Our web pages reflect our mission, to be a learning community for the arts and sciences within West Chester University, carried out through the teaching, research, scholarship, artistic creation and service activities of faculty, students, and staff. We offer over 50 bachelor's degrees as well as general education courses for all undergraduate students. Eleven departments also offer master's degrees. Descriptions of the programs, courses, and other information can be found under the academic program links. What the dry facts and statistics about the college cannot convey is the sense of excitement and movement within the college as we try to balance the competition for coverage within our curriculum between new ideas, knowledge and skills with those which have stood the test of time.
New material is built on a foundation of theory.
A sense of the history of an academic field helps put new ideas in perspective. The modern laboratories, classrooms, and offices include the Materials Research Center and the Electron Microscopic Analysis Center, both supported by NSF facilities grants, the Kresege Foundation, and many friends and alumni. The final phase of renovations to Schmucker Center - the North Building will begin in the near future. Other visible changes to improve our teaching and public spaces have occurred in art studios in Mitchell Hall and the lobby of New Main. This interdisciplinary degree will help meet the needs of K-12 teachers, museum employees, and scholars facing growing demands for educational programs in this area.