College of Liberal Arts
About the College of Liberal Arts
Mission:
Excel in scholarship, education, and engagement in the liberal arts, advancing the values of a ‘land-grant’ research university contributing to the progress of a diverse society
Key Characteristics:
- Excellence in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, as well as at their intersections with disciplines across the University, fulfilling the College’s foundational role at a ‘land-grant’ research university.
- A diverse student body from all walks of life with access to affordable undergraduate and graduate education for evolving, challenging, and meaningful careers.
- Distinction in research, scholarship, and creative activity with high achievements and advances.
- Sustained integrity of the College’s varied undergraduate and graduate educational programs encompassing the arts, humanities, and social sciences including STEM disciplines, and interdisciplinary programs.
- Demonstrable creative and critical thinking, plus leadership skills to serve as global citizens in a diverse world and demonstrate intercultural understanding.
- Pervasive culture of diversity and inclusion among faculty, staff, and students that are valued and nurtured toward individual and collective success.
- Contributions to professional communities and society, responding to our land-grant commitment to develop broadly educated citizens prepared to self-govern and developing engaging partnerships offering access to the College’s scholarship and educational programs.
Vision:
Emerge as an innovative and effective leader in advancing liberal arts scholarship, education, and creative activity.
- Path-breaking transformative research, scholarship, and creative activity by faculty who are thought-leaders in their disciplines and who advance the liberal arts garnering national and international recognition.
- Exceptional undergraduate and graduate education in the liberal arts, with pedagogical innovations that are effective, acknowledged, cited, endorsed, and emulated by peers.
- State-of-the-art infrastructure supporting faculty, staff, and students in each discipline to support innovation as a driving force for the College toward growth and prestige.
- Recognition as an exemplar of diversity and inclusion at a land-grant institution, with its culture continually enhanced by stimulating programs and focused initiatives.
- Interdisciplinary interactions of faculty in scholarship and educational programs—within the College, with disciplines across the University, and with external partners—demonstrating effective leadership in holistically addressing society’s grand challenges.
- Student recruitment, advising, career services, and engagement in service-learning that are recognized and emulated by peers.
- Strategic marketing and communication advancing the ‘story’ of the College and its people among peers to help elevate awareness and reputation of the College both on- and off-campus.
- Impactful contributions by the College in fostering lifelong learning for national and global audiences in the contemporary spirit of a land-grant institution.
Degree+:
At Purdue, Degree+ offers a streamlined path for students to complete a degree from the College of Liberal Arts along with a degree from another academic area.
Majors
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Minors:
- Art and Design
- Asian American Studies
- ASL and Deaf Studies
- Business French
- Communication
- Creative Writing
- Critical Disability Studies
- Dance
- Electronic and Time Based Art
- Environmental Politics and Policy
- Human Rights
- Islamic Studies
- Latin American & Latino Studies
- LGBTQ Studies
- Medieval & Renaissance Studies
- Music History and Theory
- Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Peace Studies
- Portuguese
- Spanish-Proficient Track
- Spanish for the Professions
- Theatre Design and Production
