School of Liberal Arts & Sciences
School of Liberal Arts & Sciences
The liberal arts and sciences are integral to the well-rounded education you expect from Columbia College Chicago. LAS subjects and programs inspire, provide contexts, literacies, histories; teach the impact of scientific reasoning on our lives—and enhance your ability to think critically and to communicate analytical perspectives.
In fact, a major, minor, or firm grounding in the liberal arts will make you even more marketable than you might be otherwise. The liberal arts and sciences connect studies to the real world with a depth and breadth that gives you (in the words of Mark Van Doren) the ability to know, the ability to do, and ability to know who you are.
The School of Liberal Arts & Sciences offers:
- Majors and concentrations in several degree programs leading to Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, and Master of Fine Arts degrees.
- Teacher certification programs in both early childhood education and primary and secondary education, including bilingual and art education programs.
- Minors and certificates in many programs, as well as in several interdisciplinary programs.
- Faculty who are nationally known scholars and award-winning teachers.
- Study abroad programs and off-campus practicum opportunities.
- Access to cutting edge technology in smart classrooms and American Sign Language labs.
| Columbia's Hotel Amerika Honored With Three Notable Essays of the Year The award-winning Best American Essays series this year listed three picks from Columbia's literary magazine, Hotel Amerika, founded and edited by David Lazar, head of the Creative Non-Fiction Program in the English Department of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. | Spring 2009 Columbia Poetry Review Now Available Columbia College Chicago is pleased to announce the publication of the 2009 Columbia Poetry Review, featuring innovative and creative work by published poets as well as the best Columbia student writing. | Columbia College Chicago Poetry Magazines Honored by Illinois Arts Council Both poetry magazines published by the Columbia College Chicago English Department are among the recipients of this year’s Illinois Arts Council Literary Awards. | John R. Thompson Recieves First LAS Dean’s Award for Cultural Studies John R. Thompson, a 2009 Columbia College Chicago graduate, is the first recipient of the LAS Dean’s Award for the Outstanding B.A. Thesis in Cultural Studies. | Three M.A.T. Grads First from Same School to Lead NAEA Student Chapters Three graduates of the Columbia College Chicago MAT art education program in the School of Liberal Arts & Science’s Education Department will make history next year when they become the first officers of the National Art Education Student Chapter from the same college or university. |