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These pages correspond to "Chapter IV: College of Arts and Sciences" in the printed Adelphi University Bulletin. Click here to download a printable PDF of this section (119 pages, 1 MB - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

College of Arts and Sciences

Science Building 127
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Steven J. Rubin
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Philosophy of the College of Arts and Sciences

When Adelphi College was founded in 1896, it was committed to the belief that all frontiers of learning could be advanced. It was the challenge of each succeeding generation of students to learn from the great minds of the past and, when the lessons were learned, to go beyond them. This continuum of learning, in which the past comes alive and the future becomes enabled by it, has been Adelphi’s mission from its inception.

As Adelphi University has developed over more than a century, it has maintained this philosophy of liberal education—most centrally in the College of Arts and Sciences. It is here that the University offers its students not merely learning in specific disciplines, but the liberal education that permits the disciplines to be seen in proper perspective. In addition to offering specialized study, the College of Arts and Sciences offers to explore something else: why.

Arriving at this “why” is the obligation of the humanities, those studies that preserve and interpret the intellectual and cultural heritage of the world throughout the centuries. Literature is part of this heritage, as are philosophy, history, fine arts, music and drama, language and linguistics, and the bedrock sciences of chemistry, biology, physics, and mathematics. Each of these fields is studied on their own terms and with their own goals, which often include solid practical application and career opportunities. But they also interrelate with and illuminate each other in vital ways.

The skills that a student develops in the course of a liberal education are those that are proper to each field in which she/he studies—fluency in languages, adeptness in mathematics, competence in the employment of chemistry, and so forth—but there are also powers, which one may call skills, that cut across all disciplines: research competence, analytical skills, critical thinking, and the ability to express verbally and in writing what one has learned. These are the components of a liberal, humanistic education.

The faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences would have its students develop in the broadest possible manner. Classroom learning is a part of the student’s education, but that learning should always be pushing the student beyond the classroom, stimulating him or her to explore that which has yet to be revealed. Thus the student is encouraged to pursue original research, to undertake collaborative work with peers and mentors, to study in a variety of internships both here and abroad, and to avail himself or herself of the opportunities that the University offers to meet visiting artists, scholars, and world figures.

This is the College of Arts and Sciences' way of bringing about the promise of the University's motto, "The truth shall make us free."

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College of Arts and Sciences Programs of Study


Undergraduate Information
  1. Center for African American and Ethnic Studies
  2. Anthropology and Sociology
  3. Art and Art History
  4. Biology
  5. Chemistry
  6. Communications
  7. Economics*
  8. English
  9. History
  10. Languages and International Studies
  11. Mathematics and Computer Science
  12. Performing Arts
  13. Philosophy
  14. Physics
  15. Political Science
  16. Psychology**
  17. Interdisciplinary Studies

*The Adelphi University School of Business offers major and minor programs in Economics

**The Gordon F. Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studiesoffers major and minor programs in Psychology

Special Programs Graduate Information
  1. Art and Art History
  2. Biology
  3. English
  4. Mathematics and Computer Science
  5. Physics
  6. Interdisciplinary Studies

* These programs, along with the Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social Studies Education, are offered by the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education.
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Contact

For additional information about Adelphi University's College of Arts and Sciences, please contact:

College of Arts and Sciences
Science Building, Room 127
Adelphi University
1 South Avenue
P.O. Box 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
p - 516.877.4120
f - 516.877.4191
This page last modified on February 22, 2010.
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