The College of Arts and Sciences (CoAS) is one of the many colleges at

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. It was formed in 1990 when Drexel merged the two existing College of Sciences and College of Humanities together.

History

Founded in 1891 as the ''Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry''. In 1914, the School of Engineering employed full professors for English, mathematics, and chemistry. The College of Science was created in 1968 and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences was created in 1970. In 1990, the present-day College of Arts and Science was created from a combination of the College of Science and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. This consolidation was mainly a result of a downturn in enrollments and fiscal shortfalls at the time. After the merger with MCP/Hahnemann in 2002, several departments within the college were reorganized, which resulted in the creation of the Department of Psychology, the Department of Culture and Communication, and the Department of

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and Philosophy. In addition, Computer Science was separated from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and moved to the College of Engineering and the School of Education was separated from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Present

The current structure of the college is made up of fourteen departments and one interdisciplinary major program that interact with each other as well as with a broad array of units throughout the university. The college's level of involvement in teaching across the university is exhibited by the fact that the college teaches approximately 35% of the total student credit hours of the university each year."Strategic Plan"
(March 2004), College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University. Last accessed on September 14, 2006. ''Access the PDF by clicking the link in the center of the screen. The college employs over 300 faculty with research expenditures exceeding $4.6 million. At the undergraduate level, the college has 19 majors (BS, BA) as well as several minor and dual-degree programs. At the graduate level, the college has nine PhD. programs and 12 MS programs. The CoAS offers majors and minors in 26 different areas of study and is the home of

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, Drexel's literary magazine. Students also have the opportunity for e-Learning an internet based learning opportunity involving different mediums such as online discussions,

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, and PowerPoint presentations.

Degrees Offered

The College of Arts and Sciences offers 20 majors, 8 accelerated degrees, 6 certificates, 9 intermediate proficiency certificates, and 38 minors. * Majors ** Anthropology (BA) ** Biological Sciences (BS) ** Chemistry (BA, BS) ** Chemistry-Biochemistry Concentration (BS) ** Communication (BA, BS) ** Criminology and Justice Studies (BS) ** English (BA) ** Environmental Sciences (BS) ** Environmental Studies (BS) ** Environmental Studies and Sustainability (BA) ** Geoscience (BS) ** Global Studies (BA) ** History (BA) ** Mathematics (BA, BS) ** Philosophy (BA) ** Physics (BS) ** Political Science (BA) ** Psychology (BS) ** Sociology (BA) * Accelerated Degrees ** Anthropology (BA) / Science, Technology & Society (MS) ** Anthropology (BA/BS) / Law (JD) ** Biological Scienced (BS) / Biology (MS) ** Biological Sciences (BA/BS) / Medicine (MD) ** Chemistry (BS) / Chemistry (MS) ** Chemistry (BA/BS) / Medicine (MD) ** Chemistry (BA/BS) / Law (JD) ** English (BA) / Publishing (MA) ** History (BA) / Library and Information Science (MSLIS) ** History (BA) / Science, Technology & Society (MS) ** Philosophy (BA) / Public Policy (MS) ** Philosophy (BA) / Science, Technology & Society (MS) ** Political Science (BA) / Science, Technology & Society (MS) ** Sociology (BA) / Science, Technology & Society (MS) * Certificates ** Ethical Theory and Practice ** Interfaith and Religious Studies ** Medical Humanities ** Philosophy, Arts, and Humanities ** Philosophy, Science & Technology ** Writing and Publishing * Intermediate Proficiency Certificates ** Arabic ** Chinese ** French ** German ** Hebrew ** Italian ** Japanese ** Korean ** Spanish * Minors ** Africana Studies ** Anthropology ** Arabic ** Astrophysics ** Bioinformatics ** Biological Sciences ** Biophysics ** Bioscience and Society ** Chemistry ** Chinese ** Communication ** Computer Crime ** Criminal Justice ** Ecology ** English ** Environmental Studies ** French ** Geoscience ** German ** Global Studies ** History ** Human Factors and Ergonomics ** Italian Studies ** Japanese ** Judaic Studies ** Korean ** Mathematics ** Neuroscience ** Nonprofit Communication ** Philosophy ** Physics ** Politics ** Psychology ** Science, Technology & Society ** Sociology ** Spanish ** Women's and Gender Studies ** Writing

References

Sources

College of Arts and Sciences: About CoASDrexel University Catalog: The College of Arts and Sciences
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