Departments & Programs
The College of Arts and Letters houses eighteen departments and several interdisciplinary programs. Teaching and research in the college consists of a broad range of traditional and innovative disciplines, from fields such as history, politics, economics, geography, languages, and literatures to gender and ethnic studies, international business, and rhetoric and writing.
Academic Departments
- Africana Studies
- American Indian Studies
- Anthropology
- Chicana and Chicano Studies
- Classics and Humanities
- Economics
- English and Comparative Literature
- European Studies (+ French, German, Italian and Russian)
- Geography
- History
- Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Religion, Study of
- Rhetoric & Writing Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures
- Women's Studies
Interdisciplinary Programs
- Asian Studies
- Big Data Analytics
- Brazilian Studies
- Comparative International Studies
- International Business
- International Security and Conflict Resolution (ISCOR)
- Islamic and Arabic Studies
- Jewish Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Plus (LGBTQ+) Studies
- Masters of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences (MALAS)
- Social Science
- Sustainability
- Urban Studies
Be sure to also look at our academic programs and centers and institutes pages for more information on CAL.