Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

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Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI
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Indianapolis
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39°46′25″N 86°10′31″W / 39.773741°N 86.175239°W / 39.773741; -86.175239
Websiteliberalarts.iupui.edu

The Indiana University School of Liberal Arts is the home of the

liberal arts
school in the Indiana University system, the School of Liberal Arts has 11 departments (Anthropology, Communication Studies, Economics, English, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, and World Languages & Cultures), 16 undergraduate degree programs (including those offered in departmental disciplines as well as American Sign Language/English Interpreting, International Studies, Philanthropic Studies and the Individualized Major Program), and 15 graduate degrees and certificates including Ph.D.s in Economics and Philanthropic Studies. The School of Liberal Arts also houses multiple centers for research and study, some nationally and internationally renowned.

Cavanaugh Hall is home to the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.

History

The origins of the Indiana University (IU) School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI extend to 1891 when the first class was offered in Indianapolis for credit. That course, in

Cambridge University.[1]

Deans of the School of Liberal Arts have included Joseph T. Taylor, William M. Plater, John D. Barlow, Herman Saatkamp, Robert W. White, William Blomquist, and Thomas J. Davis.

Profile

The School of Liberal Arts, in its current form, took shape in 1972, three years after the consolidation of Indiana University and Purdue University programs in Indianapolis as IUPUI. Today, the School of Liberal Arts has more than 230 full-time faculty. In the School of Liberal Arts, there are approximately 2200

graduate students. Between 2010 and 2014, Liberal Arts faculty received $27,755,795 in external grants and contracts.[2]

Academic program

undergraduate experience, graduate programs with an applied focus, innovative and creative class offerings and degree programs, small class size and flexible schedules, and the combination of theory
with practical application.

Liberal Arts Departments, Programs, and Centers

Notes

  1. ^ Reference
  2. ^ "About Us". Liberal Arts @ IUPUI. Retrieved March 16, 2015.

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