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Revision as of 06:57, 15 June 2009
| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1900 |
| Students | 16,417 |
| Location | , , |
| Dean | Linda Maxson, Ph.D. |
| Website | http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/ |
The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is the largest of the eleven colleges at The University of Iowa, founded in 1900. In 2007-2008, there was a total of 16,417 undergraduates enrolled in CLAS, 81% of all undergraduates at the university, and about 2,400 graduate students. The largest undergraduate majors are: Psychology, English, Biology, Communication Studies, Interdepartmental Studies, Political Science, Art, History, International Studies, and Journalism. The College is housed in Schaeffer Hall part of the historic Pentacrest on the university's Iowa City campus.
Rankings
The University of Iowa's College of Liberal Arts and Science offers some of the highest-ranked graduate programs in the country among public universities:
- Writers' Workshop (Creative Writing): #1[1]
- Speech-Language Pathology: #1
- Audiology: #1
- Social Psychology: #2
- Fine Arts (overall): #4
- Paleontology: #5
- Plasma Physics: #7
- Clinical Psychology: #8
- Political Science: #12
- English: #15
- History: #17
- Sociology: #20
- Biology: #23
- Psychology: #25
History
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was founded in 1900 when the University reorganized itself. Though The University of Iowa has offered liberal arts education since its founding in 1847, The College of Liberal Arts came into existence only at the dawn of the new century.
The College of Liberal Arts was renamed The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2001.[2]