艺术，文学与科学学院（CALS）反映了古希腊学院所收集的相同的人文学科安排，它们反映了自由公民的更高关注，而对自由公民的关注被认为是对解放精神的追求。正是这种理念，使我们在整个大学服务的核心班级学生中占了很大比例。在灌输给学生的批判性思维技能和研究敏锐度中，我们的学院的影响力始终可以感受到。我们通过确认我们对教育，研究，社区参与和公众的承诺来支持大学的整体使命服务。我们致力于让学生成为终身学习者，批判性思想家以及富有创新精神和负责任的领导者，他们通过科学，学术和艺术成就影响社会。我们的愿景是通过增强我们的
The College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences (CALS) mirrors the same arrangement of liberal arts that were assembled in the ancient Greek academy, where they reflected the higher concerns of free citizens, and the pursuit of which were understood to liberate the spirit.It is this philosophy that we relay to the tremendous proportion of core class students we serve across the entire university. The influence of our college can be felt throughout?in the critical thinking skills and research acumen instilled in our students.We support the overall mission of the University by affirming our commitment to education, research, community engagement, and public service. We are dedicated to preparing students to become lifelong learners, critical thinkers, and innovative and responsible leaders who influence society through scientific, scholastic, and artistic achievement.Our vision is to be the academic heart of the university by enhancing the experience and lives of our students across disciplines through scholarship, creativity, and collaboration.The Art Education concentration provides advanced experiences specific to art instruction for persons who come from a wide range of educational settings. Students gain a better understanding of the history of art education, various teaching philosophies and curricular approaches, theories of teaching and learning, assessment of children?s art progress, teacher and program assessment, and research.