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| Dr. Gregory Straughn, Interim Dean |
Welcome to the College of Arts and Sciences at Abilene Christian University, the largest college at ACU with approximately 2,000 majors. More than 130 full-time and 40-50 part-time faculty members challenge students through 45 undergraduate and 9 graduate degree programs in 18 academic departments, including programs in the arts, humanities, mathematics, and social, behavioral, and natural sciences.
Every student at ACU, regardless of major, passes through the College of Arts and Sciences because most of the university's core curriculum is housed in the college. During the 2009-2010 academic year, faculty throughout the college will work to finalize changes in The Core, including the creation of a series of interdisciplinary classes taught by teams of professors. These classes will engage the "big questions" in life: how do I know what I know? who am I? who are others? where is God?
Throughout ACU’s history, arts and sciences have played a central role in the University’s commitment to educate the whole person. The college's mission supports programs of study that blend a liberal arts education with professional and career education. While departments and degree plans have changed through the years, that commitment remains unchanged.
