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About Lehigh: The College of Arts and Sciences

The College of Arts and Sciences is home to the social sciences, arts, humanities, and natural sciences. Collectively, these disciplines provide the foundation of a liberal arts and sciences education that is the core of every Lehigh degree. The College seeks to maximize student growth and development while placing the individual in the broader context of human culture and the natural world. Classrooms extend beyond four walls to the broader community and to countries spanning the globe.

The largest of Lehigh's four colleges, the College includes 18 departments and 20 interdisciplinary programs. The College offers 50 undergraduate majors, 53 undergraduate minors, 29 graduate programs (M.A., M.S., and Ph.D.), and seven graduate certificate programs. The College is home to 213 tenure-track faculty (and 14 open positions for this academic year), 75 staff, 50 to 60 research scientists and scholars, over 2,100 undergraduates, over 500 graduate students, and nine centers and institutes, including the Berman Center for Jewish Studies, the Gipson Institute for 18th Century Studies, and the Environmental Initiative.

In the natural sciences, work focuses on the life sciences, the environment, and nanotechnology. Each of these foci benefits from the interdisciplinary approach to research, realizing contributions from earth and environmental science, biology, chemistry, and physics. In the arts, the College has developed strength in performance and the visual/design arts and a new program in creative writing. The departments of music and theatre are housed in the Zoellner Arts Center. In the social sciences, the College has recognized strength in international relations and is developing a new initiative in globalization and social change that will explore issues such as identity and culture, communication, social transformation, and health and aging. In the humanities, the College has established strength in literature, religion studies, philosophy, and a new initiative in ethics and decision-making.

The College of Arts and Sciences subscribes to the belief that a liberal education is essential for success in today's global society. It promotes diversity and debate, and an ability to think creatively and work with others. Knowledge advances more quickly when working together; the College's synergistic, interdisciplinary approach to research and education reflects the needs and desires of an ever more interconnected — and interdependent — world community.

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