Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
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| Established | 1969 |
| Type | Private College of Arts and Sciences |
| Dean | John Lehoczky |
| Academic staff | 256[1] |
| Undergraduates | 1,175[1] |
| Postgraduates | 100[1] |
| Doctoral students | 210[1] |
| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Campus | Urban |
| Former names | College of Humanities and Social Science (1969-2011) |
| Website | hss.cmu.edu |
The Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences (Dietrich College) is the liberal and professional studies college and the second largest academic unit by enrollment at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The college emphasizes study through rigorous analysis and technology and the behaviors, institutions, and beliefs that constitute the human experience.
The Dietrich College offers more than 60 majors and minors through its academic departments and specialized degree programs. It is committed to a balance among humanistic, scientific, and professional orientations, and to an emphasis on integrating research experience into undergraduate education. The Dietrich College General Education Program combines required courses that teach key analytical skills with a wide range of elective courses to develop foundational skills essential to effective learning throughout the college career and beyond.
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About the Dietrich College [edit]
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences admitted its first freshman class in 1969, following the announcement of the pending closure of the Margaret Morrison Carnegie College, although roots of the college can be traced to the Division of Applied Psychology, founded in 1916 as the first research-oriented department within Carnegie Mellon. The administrative offices of the Dietrich College are located in Baker Hall. Most of the classes offered by the Dietrich College are held in Baker Hall and Porter Hall, but some classes, particularly the smaller recitation classes, are held in various locations throughout the campus. All undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon are required to take several Dietrich classes (at least two, but usually more) as part of their program's General Education requirements. Dietrich College's general education program has been called "the most creative general education program of any American university" by the New York Times.[2] The founding Dean of the Dietrich College was Erwin Steinberg. Past deans include John Patrick Crecine, Stephen Fienberg, Joel A. Tarr, and Peter Stearns. The current Dean is statistician John Lehoczky.
On September 7th, 2011, William S. Dietrich II, the former chairman of Dietrich Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Worthington Industries, Inc., pledged a gift of $265 million. In response to this gift, Carnegie Mellon renamed the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to the Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences after William Dietrich's mother.[3]
Departments and programs [edit]
The Dietrich College manages the following seven departments, one center, and four interdisciplinary programs:
- Department of English
- Department of History
- Department of Modern Languages
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Social and Decision Sciences
- Department of Statistics
- Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
- Economics Program (jointly with the Tepper School of Business)
- Information Systems Program
- Humanities Scholars Program
- Davis Quantitative Social Science Scholars Program
Areas of study [edit]
Undergraduates can earn a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science in the following fields of study. Additional majors and minors are available in most fields as well. Graduate programs at the master and doctorate levels are also available through the college.
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In addition, undergraduate students can define their own major through consultation with their academic advisor.
Jointly administered undergraduate degree programs [edit]
The Dietrich College jointly administers the Bachelor of Humanities and Arts (BHA) and Science and Humanities Scholars (SHS) degree programs with the College of Fine Arts and the Mellon College of Science, respectively.
Pre-professional advising [edit]
The office of Carnegie Mellon's Pre-Law Advising Program is located in the Dietrich College Academic Advisory Center in Baker Hall. Because it is a university program, all interested undergraduate students of the university are welcome to make use of the services offered by the program. Similarly, all interested students of the university, not just science students, can meet with the advisor for the Health Professions Program, located in Doherty Hall.
Rankings [edit]
Several of the Dietrich College's graduate programs have been ranked in national and international surveys. The 2014 US News and World Report graduate schools rankings ranked the graduate program in English 39th in the country, History 42nd, Statistics 9th, and Psychology 21st. The graduate program in cognitive psychology is especially highly ranked at 5th in the country.
The Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index has listed the Dietrich College's research in History as the 4th most productive in the country, Philosophy as 5th, and Cognitive Science at 2nd in the country.
The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) ranking of world universities, the Dietrich College ranked 15th in the United States (28th in the world) in the social sciences category. The Dietrich College is also ranked #15 in the social sciences among Shanghai Jiao Tong University's world's top 100 universities.
Finally, in 2007, an Institute for Operations Research and Management Science-study ranked the graduate Social and Decision Sciences program at a tie for 1st in the country.
Complete Carnegie Mellon and Dietrich College rankings can be found on the Carnegie Mellon University web site.
Research [edit]
The Dietrich College has particular strengths in the interdisciplinary fields of cognitive science, decision science, logic, rational choice, technical writing, history and policy, and cognitive neuroscience and manages the following interdisciplinary research centers, some of which are linked to other Carnegie Mellon colleges or the University of Pittsburgh:
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d "Carnegie Mellon Quick Facts" (PDF). CMU Website. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ "Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences".
- ^ "Bill Dietrich & Carnegie Mellon University".
- Fenton, Edwin (2000). Carnegie Mellon 1900-2000: A Centennial History. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press. ISBN 0-88748-323-2.
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