The College of Arts & Sciences is Alabama's largest and most recognized public liberal arts college and has received national recognition for academic excellence. In fact, the College is the academic heart of the University, offering fundamental disciplines on which all curricula rely. The College is the University's largest division, with approximately 5,000 undergraduate students and 1,000 graduate students.
The College has a strong program of student development and is recognized for the number of national awards received by students. These include Rhode Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships, Truman Scholarships, USA Today's All-USA Academic Team, Jacob K. Javits Fellowships and Ruth Lilly Fellowships. The College also has more than 30 active national honor society chapters.
It is the largest among the University's 12 divisions with approximately 5,200 undergraduate students and 900 graduate students. The College employs 360 tenure-track faculty including more than 138 professors, 117 associate professors and 64 assistant professors, along with 250 staff members. It supports personnel in 40 programs, occupying more than 25 campus buildings, with an annual budget of $30 million.
The College consists of 22 academic departments and programs whose chairs and directors report directly to the Dean: American Studies, Anthropology, Art and Art History, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Communicative Disorders, Criminal Justice, English, Geography, Geological Sciences, History, Mathematics, Modern Languages and Classics, Music, New College, Philosophy, Physics and Astronomy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Theatre and Dance, and Woman's Studies. The College includes 13 doctoral programs and 31 master's programs.
Departments and programs in the College present over 700 special lectures and events annually. Many are free and open to the public. These include main stage performances in the Gallaway Theatre, experimental plays in the Allan Bales Theatre, and Dance Alabama! performances in the Department of Theatre and Dance; the Celebrity Series, University Symphony Orchestra performances, and faculty recitals in the School of Music; the Bankhead Visiting Writers series in the Department of English, and a full season of exhibitions and art and art history lecturers in the Sarah Moody Gallery in the Department of Art. Season schedules and tickets are available to faculty at reduced rates.
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