College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

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University of Michigan
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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Other name
LSA
MottoLeading in Thought and Action
Type Public
Established1841;183 years ago (1841)
Parent institution
 University of Michigan
Endowment $750 million (2011)[ citation needed ]
Dean Anne Curzan
Academic staff
1,372
Administrative staff
2,200
Undergraduates 17,149 [1]
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan
,
United States

42°16′34.4″N83°44′28.8″W / 42.276222°N 83.741333°W / 42.276222; -83.741333
Campus40 acres (16 ha)
Website lsa.umich.edu

The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) is the liberal arts and sciences school of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Established in 1841, the college is home to both the University of Michigan Honors Program and Residential College.

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History

Literary Class of 1880 (includes Mary Henrietta Graham, the first African American woman graduate of the University of Michigan) Literary Class of 1880.jpg
Literary Class of 1880 (includes Mary Henrietta Graham, the first African American woman graduate of the University of Michigan)
Angell Hall, one of the major buildings housing the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Front of Angell Hall.jpg
Angell Hall, one of the major buildings housing the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts was originally designated the Literary Department and was the core of the University of Michigan. From 1841 to 1874, the faculty elected a president that communicated with the regents about department needs. In 1875, Henry Simmons Frieze became the first of the deans of LSA.

In March 2013 Helen Zell gave $50 million to LSA, the largest gift in LSA history, to support scholarships and stipends for Master's students in creative writing. [2]

Deans

Henry Simmons Frieze, first of the deans of the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Photograph of Henry Simmons Frieze (published 1906).jpg
Henry Simmons Frieze, first of the deans of the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Faculty of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Department of Literature, Science, and the Arts

College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Residential College

The Residential College (RC) is a division of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Catherine Badgley is the current director of the RC. [34]

Founded in 1967, [35] the Residential College was designed to create a smaller liberal arts program with the resources of a larger university. The college was developed by a planning committee of faculty that included Theodore Newcomb, Carl Cohen, and Bradford Perkins. [36]

Students in the RC take classes in LSA as well as specially-designed RC courses, many of which are seminar courses with fewer than fifteen students each. All RC students are required to live in the same residence hall, East Quadrangle, for at least their first two years. Since the RC is a part of the LSA, all LSA academic requirements apply to it. In addition to the usual concentrations in LSA, RC students may choose to pursue five additional concentrations (RC website): "Arts and Ideas in the Humanities," "Creative Writing and Literature," "Drama," "Social Theory and Practice," and an option for an "Individualized Major."

A major requirement for RC participation is intensive language training, which consists of two eight-credit courses similar to language immersion, and one four-credit readings course. Intensive Japanese at the RC has no reading courses, and the semi-immersion curriculum consists of two ten-credit courses. Other languages offered include Spanish, French, Latin, German, Japanese, and Russian.

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