Who are we?
The College of Liberal Arts encompasses the disciplines of the visual and performing arts, humanities and social sciences with 25 units, 13 academic departments, four centers, two presses and four museums.
We are also a key partner in exciting interdisciplinary programs such as computational linguistics (with Engineering), bilingual media (with Journalism), teaching majors (with Education), Forensic Studies Certificate (with Science and CABNR), and a forthcoming major in Law, Business, and Society (with Business). We are actively involved in providing experiences at the Lake Tahoe location, offering two self-sustaining low-residency MFA programs in Creative Writing and Interdisciplinary Arts, in addition to launching the Arts, Land, and Environment Certificate.
With a little under 3,000 undergraduate students and 420 graduate students, 240 faculty and 35 staff members, the College of Liberal Arts plays a key role in preparing the next generation of civically and ethically minded critical thinkers, strong communicators, complex problem solvers and global-minded individuals. Among them are our future leaders, lawyers, CEOs and maybe even another two-time state governor and president. Did you know that over a third of Fortune 500 CEOs hold a liberal arts degree? (Askew, 2018). Local employers repeatedly report how much they value the transferable skills and knowledge developed through a liberal arts education (e.g., Comstock Inc., Artistocrat Technologies, among others).
Guided by the College's 2025-2030 strategic plan, as well as the University's strategic plan, we will continue to focus on educating and inspiring students to be engaged, flexible, and critically literate global citizens through programs taught by faculty who are ambitious, innovative, and community-engaged in their research and creative work in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
