College of Arts and Sciences

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Graduate Studies

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Karin Ruhlandt, Dean
300 Hall of Languages
thecollege.syr.edu/

About the College

As the liberal arts college at the center of a major research institution, the College of Arts and Sciences stands as the intellectual heart and soul of Syracuse University providing a highly-personalized academic experience. The College prepares each student for success as a citizen of the world through disciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching and learning, research, scholarship, and service, on campus and around the world. Students are exposed to a curriculum that is based on the principles of critical thinking, effective communication, and the analysis and understanding of data, geared to educate the leaders of tomorrow.

Rigorous programs of study across our three academic divisions-the sciences and mathematics, the humanities, and the social sciences-as well as our interdepartmental and interdivisional programs, provide students with critical skills to effectively launch successful careers in a vast array of fields.

Our graduate students - mentored by nationally and internationally renowned scholars, writers, and scientists - are immersed in an environment of academic rigor, research, and creativity where they develop the tools and skills needed to effect change and generate new knowledge and ideas in their chosen fields.

The College’s three academic divisions house 22 departments that offer more than 50 majors, 58 minors, and 30 master’s and Ph.D. programs. The College also offers a number of selected studies, independent study, dual and combined degree programs, as well as interdisciplinary degree options with Syracuse University’s professional schools and colleges at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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Dean’s Office
300 Hall of Languages
Phone: 315-443-2201
E-mail: casdean@syr.edu

Academic Departments

The College of Arts and Sciences is a place of discovery, creativity, and imagination that forms the core of a liberal arts education at Syracuse University. Through its three academic divisions-the Sciences and Mathematics, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences (offered in collaboration with the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs)-The College offers an eclectic array of traditional degree options as well as a number of interdisciplinary, dual, and combined-degree programs.

African American Studies
Anthropology
Art and Music Histories
Biology
Chemistry
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Earth Sciences
Economics
English
Geography
History
International Relations
Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religion
Science Teaching
Sociology
Women’s and Gender Studies
The Writing Program

Graduate Studies

The College of Arts and Sciences offers a number of graduate degree programs in the Humanities and in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Graduate programs in the Social Sciences are offered by the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Graduate applications are submitted through Syracuse University’s Graduate School.

For a list of Graduate Programs please refer to the Academic Offerings.

Programs

Master’s

• Applied Statistics, MS
• Art History, MA
• Arts Leadership Administration, MA
• Biology, MS
• Biomedical Forensic Sciences, MS
• Chemistry, MS
• Computational Linguistics, MS
• Creative Writing, MFA
• Earth Sciences, MA
• Earth Sciences, MS
• English, MA
• Forensic Science, MS
• French and Francophone Studies, MA
• Linguistic Studies, MA
• Mathematics Education, MS
• Mathematics, MS
• Medicolegal Death Investigation, MS
• Pan African Studies, MA
• Philosophy, MA
• Physics, MS
• Religion, MA
• Spanish Language, Literature and Culture, MA
• Speech Language Pathology, MS

Doctorate

• Audiology, AuD
• Audiology, AuD/PhD
• Audiology, PhD
• Biology, PhD
• Chemistry, PhD
• Clinical Psychology, PhD
• College Science Teaching, PhD
• Composition and Cultural Rhetoric, PhD
• Earth Sciences, PhD
• English, PhD
• Experimental Psychology, PhD
• Mathematics, PhD
• Philosophy, PhD
• Physics, PhD
• Religion, PhD
• School Psychology, PhD
• Social Psychology, PhD
• Speech Language Pathology, PhD
• Structural Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, PhD

Combined Degree

Certificate of Advanced Study

• Arts Leadership Administration, CAS
• Econometrics, CAS
• European Union & Contemporary Europe, CAS
• Firearm and Toolmark Examination, CAS
• Language Teaching: TESOL/TLOTE, CAS
• Latin American Studies, CAS
• Medicolegal Death Investigation, CAS
• Middle Eastern Affairs, CAS
• South Asian Studies, CAS
• Women’s Studies, CAS