The College of Arts & Sciences at Appalachian State University is home to 16 academic departments, one academic program, two centers and one residential college spanning the humanities and the social, mathematical and natural sciences. The college is dedicated to providing instruction and research essential to the University's mission and seeks to cultivate the habits of inquiry, learning and service among all its constituents.
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In any area in the college, you can study how to make positive impacts on the environment.
Departments
- Anthropology
- Biology
- Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences
- Computer Science
- English
- Geography and Planning
- Geological and Environmental Sciences
- Government and Justice Studies
- History
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Languages, Literatures and Cultures
- Mathematical Sciences
- Philosophy and Religion
- Physics and Astronomy
- Psychology
- Sociology
Academic Program
Residential College
Upcoming Events
Inaugural Mountain Studies Lecture Series
Join us for a public lecture with expedition team members, Dr. Baker Perry, Aurora Elmore and Alex Tait. At 8,430 meters above sea level, the high-altitude expedition team (pictured here, including Dr. Baker Perry) celebrates after setting up the world's highest operating automated weather station during National Geographic and Rolex's 2019 Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition to Mt. Everest. Photo by Mark Fisher, National Geographic.
College News
App State awarded AT&T grant to examine climate change resiliency, community impact
AT&T has selected Appalachian State University as one of five universities nationally to conduct research designed to help communities ...
Appalachian’s College of Arts and Sciences welcomes a new associate dean for 2020–21
Dr. Michael “Mike” Madritch has been named associate dean of Appalachian State University’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) effective May 1, ...
Spring 2020 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series brings acclaimed authors to App State campus
BOONE, N.C. — The spring 2020 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University will feature four acclaimed a...
App State ranked the nation’s top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars in 2019–20
BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University is the nation’s top producer of Fulbright scholars among master’s institutions in 2019–20, accordin...
Signs, Wonders, Blunders
The Climate Stories Collaborative is pleased to present Signs, Wonders, Blunders, a temporary public art installation commissioned from art colle...
Warm Up With the Humanities: A Celebration of New Faculty Research
Warm Up With the Humanities: A Celebration of New Faculty ResearchFriday, February 21, 2020Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 421This event is...
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