Cal Poly Pomona College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences

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Cal Poly Pomona
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Type Public College
Parent institution
Cal Poly Pomona
Dean Camille Su-lin Johnson
Students3,472 (Fall 2016) [1]
Undergraduates 3,275 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates 197 (Fall 2016)
Location, ,
U.S.
Colors Green and Gold [2]
   
Website www.cpp.edu/class

The Cal Poly Pomona College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences is the humanities, social sciences, and performing arts college at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) located in Pomona, California, United States. The College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences (C.L.A.S.S.) educates students in eleven disciplines of study: Communication, Economics, English and Modern Languages, Geography and Anthropology, History, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology, Ethnic and Women's Studies, and Theater and New Dance. [3] [4]

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References

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