School of Arts and Sciences

Message from the Dean

Welcome to the School of Arts and Sciences (SOAS) at Salem State College. Our programs are offered by 20 departments, ranging from Art to Theatre and Speech Communication, and including departments such as Chemistry and Physics, Foreign Languages, Geological Sciences, and Sport and Movement Science.

The School of Arts and Sciences is proud to be the home to the college's core curriculum, the cornerstone of our commitment to offer all students at Salem State College a content rich, intellectually diverse, and academically rewarding education. It is important to the faculty and staff of the school that all students explore ideas, test concepts, and challenge themselves to learn, grow, and question. A liberal arts education is about learning to learn. The School of Arts and Sciences offers you that opportunity.

School faculty are recipients of several major grants funded by national research institutes, and in departments such as History, Mathematics, and Psychology you will have the opportunity to study and work with faculty who are nationally recognized for their expertise in their discipline. The English department is home to published authors and editors and to vibrant creative and professional writing programs, while our Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies faculty work with students on collaborative research projects. Hands-on experience is an invaluable part of higher education, and departments as diverse as Biology, Economics, and Political Science are among the many offering students practical day-to-day opportunities to apply theory to real-world situations.

The school's commitment to technological innovation can be seen in state-of-the-art facilities that support lively and expanding programs in Communications, Geography, and Music. Our Computer Science program offers both theoretical and practical guides to the ever-changing technologies of the world in which we live, and our growing Philosophy department offers the opportunity for our students to explore ways to put the vast range of our course offerings across the school into an ethically cohesive whole.

The School of Arts and Sciences lies at the heart of the Salem State College experience.

I look forward to hearing from you if you have any questions.

Interim Dean Chris Fauske
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