Pitt Profiles: Deans & Schools Series

Faculty and College of Arts & Sciences Facts

Dean N. John Cooper • Year appointed 1998 •Year college founded CAS was created in 1967, when the divisions of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences were combined into the Faculty and College of Arts and Sciences • Departments Africana Studies, Anthropology, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Classics, Communication, Computer Science, East Asian Languages and Literatures, Economics, English, French and Italian Languages and Literatures, Geology and Planetary Science, Germanic Languages and Literatures, Hispanic Languages and Literatures, History, History and Philosophy of Science, History of Art and Architecture, Linguistics, Mathematics, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics and Astronomy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Sociology, Statistics, Studio Arts, and Theatre Arts • Programs Architectural Studies; Bioethics; Children’s Literature; Classics, Philosophy and Ancient Science; Cultural Studies; Film Studies; Intelligent Systems; Jewish Studies; Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Urban Studies; Women’s Studies • Full-time faculty 505 • Ancillary faculty Approximately 300 • Full- and part-time students Approximately 12,000 FTE • Alumni 54,000+ • Applications received annually Approximately 12,000 for 2,100 places • Degrees conferred Approximately 2,000 for CAS, approximately 200 master’s degrees (FAS), and approximately 140 doctorates (FAS)