Departments and Schools: School of Criminal Justice, Leadership and Sociology; School of Visual and Performing Arts; Department of Communication Studies, Law and Political Science; Department of English and Modern Languages; and Department of History and Philosophy

College Leadership: Dr. David Macey, Dean and Dr. Brad Will, Assistant Dean

For updated information, see our website at www.fhsu.edu/coas.

Science, language, fine arts, politics, and music. The College of Arts, Humanities & Social Science offers these and more to our students. Regardless of where your passion lies, the College will have something you can enjoy and excel in.

Higher education is a controlled and concentrated preparation for life, and a liberal arts education is a preparation for living that life to the fullest. The College of Arts & Sciences strives to develop skills and abilities to work with others and develop the students for a successful life after college.

The College of Arts, Humanities & Social Science values, appreciates, and enjoys the wonder of human culture and the natural world. Through its forward-thinking curriculum and hard-working faculty, the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Science can prepare you for whatever you choose.

Degrees Offered

At the undergraduate level, a student may select the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Applied Science, and Bachelor of Music degrees. A self-directed Bachelor of General Studies is available as a degree program that provides for a 21-hour concentration instead of a specific major. In addition, the college offers an 18-hour concentration in ethnic studies that can be added to any university major.

At the graduate level, the college offers the Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Liberal Studies, and Master of Science.

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Mission Statement

The mission of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is to prepare the responsible student for citizenship, personal growth, and the 21st century workplace by striving to provide value-centered liberal arts education anytime, anyplace at an affordable cost.

In the accomplishment of this mission, the college takes special pride in helping Fort Hays State University serve as the door of opportunity for generations of rural and urban citizens who might otherwise never discover the intellectual challenges and benefits of a liberal arts education because of the cost of American elite, private colleges. The word liberal is derived from the Latin root “libertas” meaning “freedom.” The combining of the knowledge, skills, and perspective of the arts and sciences with professional study in a particular field provides the individual learner with the freedom to realize one’s potential as a human being.

Liberal education is not only education for employment; it is education for life that empowers the individual to assume many roles in a complex world where future careers in the emerging knowledge society have yet to be discovered.