College of arts and sciences

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A college of arts and sciences or school of arts and sciences is most commonly an individual institution or a unit within a university that focuses on instruction of the liberal arts and pure sciences, although they frequently include programs and faculty in fine arts, social sciences, and other disciplines such as humanities. They are especially found in North America and the Philippines.

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In contrast, an "art school" or "college/school of arts" usually refers to a unit or institution that cultivates visual or performing arts; a "liberal arts college" usually refers to a standalone institution; and a "college/school of (applied) arts and technology" typically refers to places for vocational education.

There are many alternative names, of which the most common include College (or School) of

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These are "Arts and Sciences" units that are part of a larger post-secondary institution.

Typically, Colleges of (Liberal) Arts and Sciences at a non-specialized university include a rather large number of departments offering a significant number of majors/minors or courses of study. Such departments/majors commonly include mathematics and "pure sciences" such as biology, chemistry, and physics for which B.S. and maybe M.S. degrees are offered, as well as a significant selection of liberal arts. The "liberal arts" may include social sciences such as psychology, sociology, anthropology and other social studies such as history, geography, political science, etc. and language studies including English and other languages, linguistics, writing, literature, and communication arts and a variety of humanities and other fields of study. The sciences may offer B.S. and maybe M.S. degrees, and the other majors may offer B.A. and maybe M.A. degrees. Humanities may include such fields of study as philosophy, classical studies, theology or religious studies, and certain others. Other fields of study may be lumped into a college of (Liberal) Arts and Sciences; however, certain specialized and professional fields are taught in more specialized colleges or schools such as a College of Engineering, College of Business Administration, College of Education, Public policy school, or a College of Fine Arts and certain graduate level schools such as law schools, medical schools, dental schools, etc. The situation may also vary between continents and their various countries.[ citation needed ]

In many non-specialized universities, the college of (Liberal) Arts and Sciences is one of the largest colleges on the campus, and many students even from other colleges or schools take and are even required to take courses offered by the college of (Liberal) Arts and Sciences, such as mathematics and sometimes certain sciences. A college of (Liberal) Arts and Sciences commonly has a core curriculum which all students in the college must take, regardless of their major in the college. Such a core curriculum may specify that certain courses by their students must be taken, or may require elective courses to be taken within certain areas to provide a well-rounded education for each student. Other colleges or schools within a university could have different core curriculum requirements for their students. For each major and minor field of study, certain minimum courses and usually some electives must be taken within that area for a degree.[ citation needed ]

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ASU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Arizona State University
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences University of Arkanasas
UAB College of Arts and Sciences [ broken anchor ] University of Alabama at Birmingham
American University College of Arts and Sciences American University
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences Baruch College
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences Boston College
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences Boston University
University at Buffalo College of Arts & Sciences University at Buffalo
UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science University of California, Berkeley
UC Davis College of Letters and Science University of California, Davis
UCLA College of Letters and Science University of California, Los Angeles
UCR College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences University of California, Riverside
UCSB College of Letters and Science University of California, Santa Barbara
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Carnegie Mellon University
College of Arts and Sciences Case Western Reserve University
University of Central Florida College of Arts and Humanities University of Central Florida
University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences University of Cincinnati
Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Columbia University
Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences Cornell University
University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences University of Dayton
Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences Drexel University
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences Duke University
McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts Duquesne University
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences East Carolina University
Emory College of Arts and Sciences Emory University
Fairfield College of Arts and Sciences Fairfield University
University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Florida
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Florida Atlantic University
Florida International University College of Arts and Sciences Florida International University
Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences Florida State University
Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences Georgetown University
Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Georgetown University
Franklin College of Arts and Sciences University of Georgia
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Georgia Tech
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Harvard University
Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Harvard University
University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences University of Houston
Howard University College of Arts & Sciences Howard University
University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Indiana University Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences Indiana University Bloomington
College of Arts & Sciences [4] Jacksonville University
Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Johns Hopkins University
John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences [5] Johnson & Wales University
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences [6] University of Kansas
Kent State University College of Arts and Sciences [7] Kent State University
University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences University of Kentucky
Miami University College of Arts and Science Miami University
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts University of Michigan
University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts University of Minnesota
UMSL College of Arts and Sciences University of Missouri–St. Louis
College of Letters and Sciences National University
College of Arts and Sciences University of Nebraska–Lincoln
College of Liberal Arts University of Nevada, Reno
NYU College of Arts & Science New York University
NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science New York University
University of North Dakota College of Arts and Sciences University of North Dakota
University of North Texas College of Arts and Sciences University of North Texas
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Northwestern University
Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters University of Notre Dame
Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Nova Southeastern University
Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts Oregon State University
University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences Oklahoma State University–Stillwater
UPenn School of Arts and Sciences University of Pennsylvania
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences University of Pittsburgh
SUNY College of Arts and Sciences at Potsdam State University of New York at Potsdam
Purdue University College of Liberal Arts Purdue University
University of Richmond School of Arts & Sciences University of Richmond
University of Rochester College of Arts Sciences and Engineering University of Rochester
RIT College of Liberal Arts Rochester Institute of Technology
Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences Rutgers University
Saginaw Valley State University College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences Saginaw Valley State University
Saint Louis University College of Arts and Sciences Saint Louis University
San Diego State University College of Arts & Letters San Diego State University
Savannah State University College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Savannah State University
Seattle University College of Arts and Sciences Seattle University
Seton Hall University College of Arts and Sciences Seton Hall University
USC Upstate College of Arts and Sciences University of South Carolina Upstate
Suffolk University College of Arts and Sciences Suffolk University
Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences Syracuse University
Texas A&M College of Liberal Arts Texas A&M University
Texas Tech University College of Arts & Sciences Texas Tech University
Towson University College of Liberal Arts Towson University
Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences Tufts University
Vanderbilt University College of Arts and Science Vanderbilt University
University of Missouri College of Arts and Science University of Missouri
University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences University of Oregon
University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences University of Virginia
Wake Forest University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Wake Forest University
University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences University of Washington
Arts and Sciences at WashU Washington University in St. Louis
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Wayne State University
University of West Florida College of Arts and Sciences University of West Florida
UW–Madison College of Letters and Science University of Wisconsin–Madison
UW–Milwaukee College of Letters and Science University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Yale University

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A number of independent institutions, almost entirely postsecondary, also refer to themselves as a college of arts and sciences. These include the following:

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