The College of Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts will include the departments of art, dance, English, history, modern languages and culture, music, philosophy, and theater. The colleges replace the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Health and Human Services, and the College of Information Science and Business Administration. The core Liberal Studies Program will remain paramount to all academic majors.
Every academic program is grounded in and linked to liberal studies.
Furthermore, our 'World as Community' emphasis draws attention to the important dimension of international studies. We have been consistently ranked in the top 10 nationally among comparable institutions for providing study abroad opportunities for our students. With the doctor of physical therapy degree, it is one of only two of the 14 state-owned universities in Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education to offer a doctoral degree. This news release was available for downloading at 2 p.m. on the date and Internet address listed at the top of this release.