College of Arts and Sciences
Engage. Learn. Grow.
The University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences provides students a broad, well-rounded course of study in the arts, sciences, humanities and social sciences that emphasizes experiential learning and faculty-mentored research in a global, diverse and inclusive learning environment. The College prepares students to learn, lead and serve by developing the whole person, fostering deep engagement with faculty, and accentuating the connections among academic disciplines. This liberal arts education prepares students for not just their first job, but provides adaptive skills that ensure a lifetime of career success.
Explore Your Options
The University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences offers more than 20 majors in the humanities, the social sciences, and the visual and performing arts. These popular majors prepare students for a wide range of careers, and a lifetime of personal and professional fulfillment. For more information, please watch the video.
Explore Your Options
The University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences offers more than 20 majors in the humanities, the social sciences, and the visual and performing arts. These popular majors prepare students for a wide range of careers, and a lifetime of personal and professional fulfillment. For more information, please watch the video.
Pathway to the World
Every major in the University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences connects to global and intercultural learning.
Pathway to the World
Every major in the University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences connects to global and intercultural learning.
Bachelor of Science Degrees in the College of Arts and Sciences
Learn about Bachelor of Science degrees in the University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences. We offer more than 15 majors in the natural sciences.
Bachelor of Science Degrees in the College of Arts and Sciences
Learn about Bachelor of Science degrees in the University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences. We offer more than 15 majors in the natural sciences.
The Value of an Arts Degree from the University of Dayton
Learn about arts degrees at the University of Dayton. Hear from students majoring in Music, Art & Design, and Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology.
The Value of an Arts Degree from the University of Dayton
Learn about arts degrees at the University of Dayton. Hear from students majoring in Music, Art & Design, and Theatre, Dance, and Performance Technology.
University of Dayton junior Lydia Kladitis didn’t expect her screenplay and storyboard project to end with coffee across the table from Hollywood storyboard artist J. Todd Anderson, a Dayton-based artist who has worked on every film by Joel and Ethan Coen since Raising Arizona. His credits also include Men in Black, and he is a two-time Art Directors Guild award nominee for excellence in production design, for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Hail, Caesar!
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University of Dayton environmental geologist Umesh Haritashya is one of 32 international scientists who contributed to research published Dec. 9 in Nature that assessed and ranked the planet’s 78 mountain glacier-based water systems in order of their importance to adjacent lowland communities and vulnerability to future environmental and socioeconomic changes.
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Emmy Award-winner Cathy Guisewite, creator of the iconic Cathy comic strip and an essayist, returns to her hometown to open the 2020 Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, April 2-4, at the University of Dayton as part of its 20th anniversary.
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The humanities are percolating marked interest at Heritage Coffee House as the weekly, go-to, caffeinated hot spot on campus.
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