Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences Mission Statement

Function of the Dean

Andrea Martinez

Senior Assistant Dean
College of Arts and Sciences

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Colby Lemieux

Assistant Dean

College of Arts and Sciences

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Jean Daniele

Director of Operations and Budget Manager
College of Arts and Sciences

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Message From The Dean

Welcome to Fairfield University's Higher of Arts and Sciences (CAS). CAS is a community of caring, engaged, and student-focused faculty and staff dedicated to invention, discovery, and the prospect of producing knowledge in the service of others. In add-on to existence the oldest of the Academy's five schools, we are also the home to Fairfield's Core Curriculum, the intellectual foundation of a Fairfield education anchored in the liberal arts and deeply informed by Jesuit values of academic excellence and service. Nosotros create accurate learning opportunities for students that allow for "exploring the complexities of the human condition, experiencing the wonders of artistic creation, investigating the intricacies of the universe, and reflecting on the mysteries of the sacred – so that we may all practise our part to promote a just and peaceful earth."

With 15 departments and 18 programs, CAS values inspired instruction and innovative faculty research that makes Fairfield unique. With majors, minors, and interdisciplinary programs spanning a wide diverseness of subjects and areas of bookish inquiry, the opportunities to explore are limitless and uniquely position our students for success in an increasingly competitive chore marketplace where key skills such critical thinking and clear communication are highly valued. From taking the stage in a theater product to studying the impact of pollution on marine life, the College of Arts and Sciences provides the space to explore your passions. Inside easy reach of major metropolitan centers and countless companies and service organizations, our internship program allows our students to put theory into do in the real world as part of their studies in the College.

We are confident that your time with u.s.a. will not only prepare you for a rewarding career but an inspired life of service.  As the philosopher John Dewey observed, "Education is non preparation for life; teaching is life itself." Information technology is our desire that you live and learn fully during your fourth dimension at the Higher and that yous are fully engaged. But, always remember your responsibility to lead by sharing what you have learned with others. In the immortal words of Ignatius of Loyola, "Go forth and ready the world on burn down."

Dr. Richard Greenwald
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty

The College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University is home to a vibrant community of engaged faculty, dedicated staff and budding scholars devoted to the procedure of invention and discovery and excited by the prospect of producing knowledge in the service of others. Faculty members are experts in their field and work closely with students to provide academic communication, individualized attention and career planning.

Informational Board

The Higher of Arts and Sciences Board of Advisors was launched in Spring 2005 and consists of an assortment of distinguished professionals and alumni with interests in the work of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Mission Argument

Our Essence: The CAS Mission Statement

The College of Arts and Sciences is the academic foundation of Fairfield University. It serves its students, faculty, and staff,  every bit well as the University's other schools and the larger community, through pedagogy, enquiry, and service in the Jesuit tradition. In classrooms, studios and laboratories, on campus and around the world, our faculty and students work together, calling on the vital intellectual values of analysis, reflection, discernment and imagination to sympathize the past, appoint our present and shape our personal and commonage futures.

The College challenges students to learn and grow, personally and professionally, through departmental and interdisciplinary majors and minors, as well as graduate and continuing education programs. It provides an integrative immersion in the liberal arts through the breadth and depth of the Core Curriculum and its cantankerous-disciplinary Core Pathways. It sponsors a host of bookish and cultural activities that connect the Academy to the broader earth and promote life-long learning. In all its endeavors, the Higher encourages openness to departure and a willingness to view the world from diverse perspectives.

Every bit a customs of scholars, the College engages in innovative research and professional activities in a spirit of collaboration across disciplines, in order to advance noesis and solve real-globe problems. It fosters and mentors student research to support the next generation of informed and clear scholars, thinkers, and public intellectuals. College faculty lead national and global bookish communities and demonstrate their commitment to the public good through scholarship and creative work.

As a community of educated citizens, the College responds to the Jesuit call to exist  women and men for others by seeking to instill in its students a habit of service and a life-long commitment to social justice in their personal and professional lives.

We undertake this journey together -- exploring the complexities of the human condition, experiencing the wonders of artistic creation, investigating the intricacies of the universe, and reflecting on the mysteries of the sacred -- and then that we may all do our part to promote a but and peaceful globe.  In all that we do, the College of Arts and Sciences affirms the enduring importance of a liberal arts didactics in the Jesuit tradition.

(Adopted May 1, 2014)

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