page_title: Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters
section_title: Departments
hierarchical_section_title: Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters / Departments
caption_attribution_description: English: O'Shaughnessy Hall, Notre Dame
context_page_description: The College of Arts and Letters is the oldest and largest college within the University of Notre Dame. As the liberal arts home for all Notre Dame students as they take core curriculum courses, the College plays an integral role in Notre Dame's mission to serve as the world's preeminent Catholic research university. Grounded in the Catholic intellectual tradition, the Arts and Letters education offered by the College features up to seventy majors and minors, and thirty graduate programs.
  The Dean of the College of Arts and Letters is Sarah Mustillo.
context_section_description: The Humanities
  Africana Studies
  American Studies (includes journalism)
  Classics (includes Arabic Studies)
  East Asian Languages and Cultures
  English
  German and Russian Languages and Literatures
  History
  Irish Language and Literature
  Philosophy
  Program of Liberal Studies
  Romance Languages and Literatures
  Theology
  The Arts
  Art, Art History & Design
  Film, Television, and Theatre
  Music
  The Social Sciences
  Anthropology
  Economics
  Political Science
  Psychology
  Sociology
caption: O'Shaughnessy Hall, the home of the College of Arts and Letters
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