College of Arts & Sciences

Administration

  • Virginia Sapiro, BA, MA, PhD, Dean of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Political Science
  • Susan K. Jackson, BA, MA, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Arts & Sciences; Associate Professor of French
  • Steven Jarvi, BS, EdM, PhD, Associate Dean for Student Academic Life, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Patricia Johnson, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Humanities; Associate Professor of Classical Studies
  • Geoffrey M. Cooper, BS, PhD, Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Natural Sciences; Professor of Biology
  • Strom Thacker, BA, MA, PhD, Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Social Sciences; Professor of International Relations
  • James M. Jackson, BS, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Outreach; Professor of Astronomy
  • W. Jeffrey Hughes, BSc, PhD, Associate Dean, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Astronomy
  • Joseph Bizup, BA, MA, PhD, Assistant Dean and Director of the Writing Program, College of Arts & Sciences; Associate Professor of English
  • M. David Eckel, BA, MA, PhD, Assistant Dean and Director of the Core Curriculum, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of Religion
  • Gisela Hoecherl-Alden, MEd, PhD, Assistant Dean and Director of Foreign Language Instruction, College of Arts & Sciences; Professor of the Practice of German and Foreign Language Acquisition
  • Edward Stern, BS, JD, Assistant Dean for Pre-Law Advising, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Glen Zamansky, BA, PhD, Assistant Dean for Pre-Medical Advising, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Lorraine E. Dooley, BA, EdM, EdD, Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Enrollment Services, College of Arts & Sciences

Contact

College of Arts & Sciences
725 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
617-353-2400

The College of Arts & Sciences is an academic community of students and faculty involved in the discovery, evaluation, and transmission of essential knowledge. Through study of the humanities, the natural and computational sciences, and the social sciences, young men and women prepare to lead fulfilled and examined lives and to assume roles as creative and contributing members of society.

Students are enrolled in bachelor of arts programs in 24 departments, in interdisciplinary degree programs, and in individually designed independent majors. In cooperation with the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, many of the College’s departments offer combined BA/MA programs; a combined BA/MPH program is offered jointly with the Boston University School of Public Health. Through the Boston University dual degree program students may enroll in another of the University’s undergraduate schools in order to earn dual bachelor’s degrees. Seven-year programs with the School of Medicine and the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine lead to the awarding of the BA and, respectively, the MD or DMD. The Modular Medical Integrated Curriculum (MMEDIC) combines study of the liberal arts and basic medical sciences, providing early admission and an accelerated transition to the School of Medicine for a limited number of qualified students who have completed their sophomore year.

Class work, field trips, and internship programs are offered in Washington, D.C.; London, England; Dublin, Ireland; Paris, France; Geneva, Switzerland; Dresden, Germany; Sydney, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; Shanghai, China; and Madrid, Spain. Special programs are offered in Shanghai, China; London, England; Grenoble, France; Madrid, Spain; Burgos, Spain; Geneva, Switzerland; Padua, Italy; Dresden, Germany; Haifa, Israel; Rabat, Morocco; Niamey, Niger; San Bartolo, Guatemala; and Quito, Ecuador. All of these programs extend the college classroom beyond the greater Boston community. Collaborative programs with area universities and colleges allow students to cross-register for classes.

The College provides the liberal arts foundation for undergraduates in the University’s professional schools and colleges.