The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences has, by total headcount (117 faculty and instructional academic staff, 9 classified staff) and student course enrollment totals of approximately 30,000 annually. CAHSS has an excellent student to instructional staff ratio of 23-to-1.
The College houses four academic departments: Art and Design; English and Philosophy; Social Science; and Speech Communication, Foreign Languages, Theatre, and Music.
Currently two programs (majors) reside in the College: Art (Studio Art, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Multimedia Design), and Technical Communication.
Fifteen minors are available to students from the College: Applied Foreign Language, Art, Economics, English Literature, English Teaching, English Writing, Geographic Information Systems, History, Journalism, Philosophy, Sociology, Spanish, Speech Communication, Speech Communication Teaching, and Technical Writing.
CAHSS is also home to several innovative and active centers and co-curricular activities: the Design Research Center, the Writing Center, the Website Usability Testing Center, University Bands, University Choirs, University Forensics, University Theatre, and the John Furlong Gallery.