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based in

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; and the

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, located in

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. The school offers a wide range of master's programs, doctoral degree programs, and certificates in traditional disciplines in liberal arts and sciences, as well as interdisciplinary programs. The school stresses the advantage of its multiple identities: a graduate school of arts and sciences, a Catholic university, a Jesuit institution, and a school in New York City.

History

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was established at Fordham University in 1916, as well as a teachers college. Originally, the GSAS was housed in the

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in Manhattan, and offered only eight courses, mainly anchored around

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and

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. The school was led by three Jesuits; Michael J. Mahoney, J.F.X. Murphy, and Terence J. Shealy; as well as one lay instructor, Condé B. Pallen. By 1920, the school employed a total of sixteen faculty members, and offered

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, Licentiate of Philosophy, and Doctoral degrees. In 1921, the GSAS was reorganized into the modern departmental system it bears today. In 1933, a psychology department was introduced into the GSAS In 1936, upon the completion of

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, the GSAS administrative headquarters were officially relocated to Keating. The same year,

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joined the faculty, followed by

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in 1940, the latter of whom taught philosophy. Psychologist

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joined the faculty of the psychology department in 1947, and was the fourth woman to join the Fordham GSAS faculty. In 1967, Dr. Arthur Wayne Brown, a scholar in English literature, became the dean of the GSAS, and established two new Masters programs, in International Political Economy and Development, and Medieval Studies, the former of which would later be inaugurated in the political science department. After the

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, Professor Orlando Rodríguez—the chair of the department of sociology, whose son died in the World Trade Center—began teaching a graduate course on the history of

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at the GSAS. In 2008, the Fordham GSAS was selected by the

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for membership in its Academic Impact Initiative. Two years later, the university completed construction on a residential cabin for biology graduate students at the Louis Calder Center in

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Academics

Fordham Graduate School of Arts and Sciences currently offers 24

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programs, 10

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programs, and 9 Advanced Certificates in various disciplines.

Campus

Fordham GSAS is primarily located on Fordham's Rose Hill campus, headquartered in

, though some classes are offered at the

campus. Students are offered university housing near campus, but most graduate students find off-campus housing on their own.

Reputation and rankings

Fordham's various graduate programs have also been ranked by the '' U.S. News & World Report'': In 2017, the graduate program of Education was named the 45th best in the United States; its English graduate program was ranked 51st in the nation, while its history and sociology programs were ranked no. 79 and 102, respectively. The graduate program in social work was ranked the 22nd best social work program in the United States, while the university's clinical psychology and psychology programs ranked no. 74 and 141, respectively.

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