The Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is the largest of the 17 independent school units at ASU. Students majoring in the college make up 32 percent of all Tempe campus students and the college fills over 40 percent of all ASU course seats.
The college is home to three academic divisions, 22 interdisciplinary schools and departments and 40 research centers/institutes. The college offers 85+ undergraduate majors and 130+ graduate degrees. As of fall 2015, the college’s total student enrollment was 16,544 and 29 percent of all ASU undergraduates were enrolled in a major, concurrent degree, minor or certificate in the college.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is headed by Dean Patrick Kenney. Each of the three academic divisions is led by a divisional dean:
Dean George Justice, Humanities
Dean Ferran Garcia-Pichel, Natural Sciences
Dean Elizabeth Wentz, Social Sciences
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is located within the Fulton Center on the corner of University Drive and College Avenue, as part of ASU’s Tempe campus.
Faculty:
Sidney Altman – Professor, School of Life Sciences; 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Luc Anselin – Regents’ Professor and Walter Isard Chair, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning; 2011 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
George Cowgill – Professor Emeritus, School of Human Evolution and Social Change; 2004 Alfred Vincent Kidder Award of the American Anthropological Association
Paul Davies – Regents’ Professor, Department of Physics; 2002 Faraday Prize by The Royal Society
Leland H. Hartwell – Virginia G. Piper Chair of Personalized Medicine and co-director of the Biodesign Institute's Center for Sustainable Health; 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Bert Hölldobler – Foundation Professor, School of Life Sciences; 1991 Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction
Lawrence Krauss – Foundation Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration; 2012 National Science Board Medal for contributions to public education in science and engineering in the U.S.
Stephen J. Pyne – Regents’ Professor, School of Life Sciences; 1988 MacArthur Fellowship
Alberto Ríos – Regents’ Professor, Department of English; Arizona's first state poet laureate
Frank Wilczek – Research Professor, ASU Origins Project; 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics
Alumni :
Allison DuBois – Bachelor of Arts in political science; author and purported medium
Tad Waddington – Bachelor of Arts in psychology and Chinese; CEO of Lasting Contribution®, LLC
Andrew Walter – Bachelor of Arts in communication; businessman and retired NFL quarterback
Schools:
Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
School of Earth and Space Exploration
School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
School of International Letters and Cultures
School of Life Sciences
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
School of Molecular Sciences
School of Politics and Global Studies
School of Social Transformation
School of Transborder Studies
T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics
Departments:
Department of Aerospace Studies
Department of Economics
Department of English
Department of Military Science
Department of Naval Science
Department of Physics
Department of Psychology
Programs:
American Indian Studies
Jewish Studies
Research Centers and Institutes
American Indian Policy Institute
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science
Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center (BioKIC)
Center for Archeology and Society
Center for Asian Research
Center for Bioarchaeological Research
Center for Bioenergy and Photosynthesis
Center for Biological Physics
Center for Biology and Society
Center for Child and Family Success
Center for Digital Antiquity
Center for Evolution and Medicine
Center for Film, Media and Popular Culture
Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology
Center for Global Health
Center for Indian Education
Center for Jewish Studies
Center for Meteorite Studies
Center for Political Thought and Leadership
Center for Practice, Research and Innovation in Mathematics Education (PRIME)
Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
Center for Strategic Communication
Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict
Center on the Future of War
Confucius Institute
Hispanic Research Center
Institute for Humanities Research
Institute for Social Science Research
Institute of Human Origins
LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science
Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics
Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies
Origins Project
REACH Institute
Simon A. Levin Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center
Spatial Analysis Research Center
Urban Climate Research Center
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing
ASU Centers and Institutes with Liberal Arts and Sciences Partnerships
Biodesign Institute
2016 U.S. News & World Report Rankings for Graduate Programs:
20th in Earth Sciences
37th in Clinical Psychology
38th in Psychology
50th in Physics
54th in Political Science
55th in Biological Sciences
59th in English
59th in Sociology
60th in Chemistry
60th in Math
63rd in Statistics
74th in History
