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 senior Willow Lopez participated in the 2019 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute where she focused on her research into sexual violence in U.S.-Mexico border communities, and was selected to present her work in August at the American Political Science Association conference in Washington, D.C.
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The Optical Society will honor University of Dayton physicist Jay Mathews with its 2019 Diversity and Inclusion Advocacy Recognition award for encouraging and fostering diversity, and providing opportunities for underserved students in the field of optics and photonics.
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Assistant Professor Anya Galli Robertson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, discusses the "glitter revolution" taking place in Mexican feminist and LGBTQ protests. Follow this and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.
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Brooklyn-based comedian Karen Chee has traded “hotel life” for a TV studio. Last year, Chee won an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2018 Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop and a two-week stay at the University of Dayton Marriott. Now, she’s part of an Emmy-nominated group of comedy writers on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
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