The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) of

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

was formed in 2004 with the merger of the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Science. The 2019 fall enrollment in the CLAS is 9,574 students, which includes 8,375 undergraduates and 1,199 graduate students. In 2018-19, the university conferred degrees and certificates to 1,646 CLAS students. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers majors, minors, and co-majors in 20 departments. It provides over 40 undergraduate programs and nearly 60 graduate programs.

Departments

* African American Studies *

Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

* Biological Sciences *

Chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

* Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures * Communication Sciences & Disorders * Criminal Justice * Economics * English * Geology and Environmental Science * History * Mathematics * Nutrition & Food Science * Philosophy *

Physics and Astronomy Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which rela ...

* Political Science * Public Health * Psychology * Sociology * Urban Studies & Planning

Undergraduate programs

* Actuarial Mathematics (B.A.) *African American Studies (B.A.) *

(B.A.) * Asian Studies (B.A.) (Chinese, Japanese) *

Astronomy Astronomy () is a natural science that studies astronomical object, celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and chronology of the Universe, evolution. Objects of interest ...

(B.A.) *

Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

and

Chemical Biology Chemical biology is a scientific discipline spanning the fields of chemistry and biology. The discipline involves the application of chemical techniques, analysis, and often small molecules produced through synthetic chemistry, to the study and ma ...

(B.S.) * Biological Sciences (B.A. and B.S.) * Biomedical Physics (B.S.) * Chemistry (B.A. and B.S.) * Chicano-Boricua Studies (Co-Major) * Classics (B.A.) (Classics, Greek, Latin) * Communication Sciences and Disorders (B.A.) * Computer Science (B.A.) * Criminal Justice (B.S.) * Dietetics (B.S. and Post-Bachelor Certificate) * Economics (B.A.) * English (B.A.) * Environmental Science Program (B.S.) * Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies (B.A.) * Geology (B.A. and B.S.) * German (B.A.) * German and Mechanical Engineering (Joint B.A./B.S.) * Global Studies (B.A) * History (B.A.) * Information Systems Technology (B.A.) * Labor Studies (B.A.) * Linguistics (B.A.) * Mathematics (B.A. and B.S.) * Mathematical Economics (B.A.) * Near Eastern Languages (B.A.) (Arabic and Hebrew) * Near Eastern Studies (B.A.) * Nutrition and Food Science (B.A. and B.S.) * Peace and Conflict Studies (Co-Major) * Philosophy (B.A.) * Physics (B.A. and B.S.) * Political Science (B.A.) * Public Health (B.S.) * Psychology (B.A. and B.S.) * Public Affairs (B.P.A.) * Romance Languages (B.A.) (French, Italian, Spanish) * Slavic Studies (B.A.) (Polish and Russian) * Sociology (B.A.) *Statistics (B.S.) * Urban Studies (B.A.)

Graduate programs

* Anthropology (M.A. and Ph.D.) * Archival Administration (Graduate Certificate) * Audiology (Aud.D.) * Biological Sciences (M.A., M.S. and Ph.D.) * Chemistry (Ph.D.) * Classics (M.A.) (Ancient Studies, Greek & Latin, Latin) * Communication Sciences and Disorders (Ph.D.) * Criminal Justice (M.S.) * Economic Development (Graduate Certificate) * Economics (M.A.) (Ph.D.) (Joint M.A./Juris Doctor) * Employment and Labor Relations (M.A.) * English (M.A. and Ph.D.) * Geology (M.S.) * German (M.A.) * History (M.A.) (Ph.D.) * History and Law (Joint M.A./J.D.) * History and Education (Joint M.A./M.Ed.) * History and Library Science (Joint M.A./M.L.I.S.) * World History (Graduate Certificate) * Industrial and Organizational Psychology (M.A.) (Ph.D.) * Language Learning (M.A.) (Arabic, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish) * Languages, Modern (Ph.D.) (French, German, Spanish) * Linguistics (M.A.) * Mathematics (M.A., Applied M.A., and Ph.D.) * Molecular Biotechnology (M.S.) * Near Eastern Languages (M.A.) (Arabic and Hebrew) * Nutrition and Food Science (M.A., M.S. and Ph.D.) * Peace and Security Studies (Graduate Certificate) * Philosophy (M.A. and Ph.D.) * Physics (M.A., M.S., and Ph.D.) * Political Science (M.A., Joint M.A./J.D., and Ph.D.) * Psychology (M.A. and Ph.D.) * Public Administration (M.P.A.) * Romance Languages (M.A.) (French, Italian, Spanish) * Sociology (M.A. and Ph.D.) * Speech-Language Pathology (M.A.) * Statistics, Mathematical (M.A.) * Urban Planning (M.U.P.)

References

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