Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

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Gilman Hall, home to the School of Arts and Science's humanities departments, on Johns Hopkins' Homewood campus
Type Private
Established1876
Parent institution
Johns Hopkins University
Dean Christopher S. Celenza
Undergraduates 3,251 (fall 2023) [1]
Postgraduates 1,007 (fall 2023) [1]
Location, ,
United States
CampusUrban
Website www.krieger.jhu.edu

The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, sometimes abbreviated KSAS, is an academic division of the Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. The school is located on the university's Homewood campus. Along with the Whiting School of Engineering, it is one of the core undergraduate teaching institutions of Johns Hopkins, and offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.

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History

Johns Hopkins University, founded as the nation's first research university in 1876, originally hired "thirty of the profoundest scholars in the varied field of literature that can be secured, and which, with its magnificent endowment, will undoubtedly become one of the leading institutions of learning in America". [2]

The current School of Arts and Sciences was formed when the Faculty of Philosophy merged with the Faculty of Engineering in 1967–1968. [3]

It doesn't have the glamour of giving to a medical school. People don't realize that everything emanates from the arts and science college. It is the nucleus of the foundation of the university as a whole.

Zanvyl Krieger [4]

In December 1992, Zanvyl Krieger, a 1928 alumnus, gave a $50 million challenge grant to the School of Arts and Sciences, "the largest monetary gift in the university's history and one of the largest in American higher education". [4] The school was renamed for Krieger, who explained that he chose to give the gift to the arts and sciences school because "People don't realize that everything emanates from the arts and science college. It is the nucleus of the foundation of the university as a whole."". [4]

In November 2013, the university released its draft "Strategic Planning Final Report for the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences". [5] [6] Under the plan, fewer graduate students would be admitted (with enrollment cuts of 25% across departments), but graduate stipends were to be increased. In addition, more junior teaching faculty would replace retiring senior faculty. [5]

Students objected in October 2016 when closure of the Humanities Center was under consideration. [7] In January 2017, the school's dean assured them that the center would not close, but would be reorganized around one of three proposals: "...keeping the center’s name while rethinking its role in relation to other humanities departments; renaming the department as something that more 'clearly conveys its identity and focus'; or transforming the humanities center into a comparative literature department..." [8]

October 2017 brought cancellation of the institution's Russian major, which was no longer compatible with the partner program in Russian at Goucher College. Russian courses continue to be taught, but a major in Russian is not available. [9]

A university-wide promotion and tenure committee was established in 2020, to be piloted for three years and then evaluated. [10]

Academics

KSAS's educational offerings include over 60 undergraduate majors and minors, more than 40 full-time graduate programs, and over 20 part-time graduate programs. [11]

Beginning with the class entering in the Fall of 2024, undergraduates at the School of Arts and Science are required to complete a comprehensive set of distribution requirements known as "Foundational Abilities" (FAs) in order to graduate. The six Foundational Abilities include Writing and Communication (15 credits required) Science and Data (15 credits), Culture and Aesthetics (15 credits), Citizens and Society (15 credits), Ethics and Foundations (15 credits), and Projects and Methods (6 credits). [12]

All first-year undergraduates at the Krieger School are required to take part in a First-Year Seminar, which are designed to help students connect with their peers and faculty while settling into their freshman year of college, [13] and the University Writing Program, which offers a Reintroduction to Writing course. [14]

Humanities

Humanities at the School of Arts and Sciences consists of 9 academic departments as well as the Program in Archaeology and the Writing Seminars program. [15]

In February 2018, investor and alumnus Bill Miller donated $75 million to the philosophy department, to be used to increase the department's faculty and expand undergraduate and graduate programs. [16] The philosophy department was subsequently renamed the William H. Miller III Department Philosophy in his honor.

Natural sciences

Mudd Hall, part of the JHU Biology Complex Mudd Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.jpg
Mudd Hall, part of the JHU Biology Complex

Natural sciences at the School of Arts and Sciences consists of 8 academic departments as well as the Programs in Behavioral Biology, Molecular Biophysics, Neuroscience, and the Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program. [15]

Mergenthaler Hall, home of the economics, sociology, art history, and political science departments Mergenthaler Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.jpg
Mergenthaler Hall, home of the economics, sociology, art history, and political science departments

Social sciences

Social sciences at the School of Arts and Sciences consists of 4 academic departments as well the Program in Public Health. [15]

Interdisciplinary Programs

Advanced academic programs

The Johns Hopkins University offers part-time graduate programs through the Advanced Academic Programs (AAP), a division of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences centered in Washington, DC. [17]

Notable Faculty

Natural Sciences

Social Sciences

Humanities

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