The New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (also referred to simply as New College) is one of three arts and science colleges within

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

in the United States. New College is located on ASU's West campus. The college resembles a traditional liberal arts and science college, but with an

interdisciplinary Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several other fields like sociology, anthropology, psychology, ec ...

focus, in which faculty are grouped into broad divisions rather than discipline-specific departments. In the 2021–2021 academic year, New College enrolled approximately 2700 students and 120 faculty.

Academics

Degree programs

New College has 45 undergraduate degree programs and 10 graduate degree programs leading to bachelor's, master's and Ph.D degrees in the

liberal arts Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term ''art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the ...

and

sciences Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

. Many of the degree programs are unique to the college within the larger university. Academic programs are divided among three schools: ''Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies'', ''Mathematical and Natural Sciences'' and ''Social and Behavioral Sciences''.

Research

Being within a

research university A research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission. They are the most important sites at which knowledge production occurs, along with "intergenerational kno ...

, New College is research-oriented, with a particular focus on involving undergraduate students. and with research on

topics. New College faculty are awarded nearly $5 million annually for their research and are members of the ASU Graduate Faculty, and may advise Ph.D. students in

doctoral A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...

programs in each faculty member's respective academic field.Graduate Faculty
Arizona State University Graduate College

References

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