Providing a Liberal Arts & Sciences Education
liber: li·ber, \ˈlī-bər, ˈlē-ber\, noun - free and unrestricted
The goal of a liberal arts education is to provide knowledge and understanding to develop intellectual capacities like reason and judgment.
A liberal arts education provides not just a specific trade, but a skill set for individuals to learn, adapt, act and thrive as individuals, as community stewards and as global citizens.
The College
16 departments
1 academic program
2 centers
1 residential college
Quick Numbers
6,100 students
91 majors offered
457 full-time faculty
67 staff
The Facts
32% of degrees awarded in the University are from the College
Over 70% of all general education is taught in the College
48% of student credit hours produced on campus
21 out of 38 buildings on campus house CAS programs (fall 2016)
118 out of 203 general classrooms are used for CAS classes (fall 2016)
68 out of 155 designated lab classrooms are CAS teaching labs
50% of the Office of International Education and Development (OIED) competitive scholarships have gone to CAS students for the last two years
$3,699,734 awarded to the college in external grants during 2017-18 academic year
Approximately 38,834 living alumni
Internships
432 student internships from summer 2017- spring 2018
1,318 Undergraduate internships in 30 states and Washington, D.C. 2014-2017
382 Graduate internships in 19 states and Washington, D.C. 2014-2017
28 International undergraduate internships 2016-2017 including countries such as:
Colombia, Canada, South Africa, Zambia, Germany, Kenya, Romania, Maruitius, Spain, Egypt, India, China, United Kingdom, Malawi, Japan, Australia, Peru and Honduras
International Connections
393 travel and research grants awarded for a total of $100,725 to CAS students from the Office of Student Research
19 Current international degree- seeking CAS students 2016-2017
11 CAS international teaching scholars during 2015-2017
6 Fulbright Awards 2017-18:
Dr. Susan Lappan (Anthropology); Dr. Scott Relyea (History); Dr. Steve Hageman (Geological and Environmental Sciences); Megan Holt-Smith '16 (MA of Arts and Romance Languages); Ryan Hellenbrand '17 (Sustainable development and Global Studies); Johnna Reisner '17 (MA of English)
Student Research and Creative Endeavors
74% of student participants in the Appalachian Celebration of Student Research & Creative Endeavors
65% of University Student Research Grants are given to CAS students
67% of University Student Travel Grants are given to CAS students
Scholarships for Students
The College of Arts and Sciences awarded 5 college-wide scholarships and the 16 college departments gave 132 departmental scholarships for the 2018-19 academic year in the amount of $218,000.00. Learn more about the scholarships offered and the students that they have assisted, https://cas.appstate.edu/students/scholarships.
Pre-Professional Preparation
- Pre-Medical School
- Pre-Dental School
- Pre-Pharmacy School
- Pre-Veterinarian School
- Pre-Law
- Pre-Engineering
- Pre-Seminary
Teacher Licensure
- Biology (9-12)
- Chemistry (9-12)
- English (9-12)
- Earth/Environmental Sciences (9-12)
- French (K-12)
- History/Social Studies (9-12)
- Mathematics (9-12)
- Physics (9-12)
- Spanish (K-12)
Accelerated Master's Program
Core Facilities and Labs
Animal Facility
Microscopy Lab
Dark Sky Observatory
Rankin Observatory
Visualization Lab
Archeology Ethnography Lab