The College of Arts & Sciences is the largest academic division of SUNY Oswego, with 20 academic departments, Tyler Art Gallery, Rice Creek Field Station and more than 250 faculty. Along with 49 Bachelor Degree and 5 Masters Degree programs, the College of Arts & Sciences also is the academic home for undeclared students.

The mission of the College of Arts and Sciences is to challenge faculty and students to be responsible, thinking, creative members of both the campus and the wider communities. Through in-depth study and general education in the arts and sciences, we prepare students to address complex problems, communicate ideas, and approach the world with a curious and critical spirit. We strive to be a learner-centered community of scholars committed to high intellectual aspiration and the application of the skills and knowledge of a liberal arts education in service of a changing and diverse world. [adopted Spring, 2000]

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The College of Arts and Sciences will be an intellectual community characterized by discovery of knowledge, meeting intellectual and personal challenges, and making connections among disciplines and between academic study and practice. We will encourage and support academic collaboration among students and faculty. Students will attain the knowledge and the capacity for reasoning that are the prerequisites to becoming citizens of a world characterized by diversity and global processes. We will be guided by the recognition that knowledge is always subject to challenge, and that the new perspectives gained through study in the liberal arts and sciences promote both individual well-being and the public good. The College of Arts and Sciences will identify, support, and promote programs or interdisciplinary clusters of programs that are distinctive, that demonstrate their effectiveness, and that serve regional needs. [adopted Spring, 2002]

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• Goal 1: Student, faculty, and staff involvement in intellectual discovery will be central to courses, programs and services in the College of Arts and Sciences.
• Goal 2: We will value challenging courses and programs.
• Goal 3: We will seek connections among our programs and convey to our students the applications of liberal learning.
• Goal 4: We will increase student and faculty participation in campus intellectual life.
• Goal 5: We will promote a community and offer a curriculum focused on sustained engagement with and understanding of diverse peoples, cultures, and nations.
• Goal 6: We will identify, support, and promote programs and interdisciplinary clusters of programs that are distinctive, effective, and serve public needs.

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Department of Anthropology Dr. Ivan Brady, Chair Ms. Elizabeth Messana, Secretary Mahar Hall, 315.312.4190 Department Web Site	Department of Mathematics Dr. Margaret Groman, Chair Ms. Laurie Seguin, Secretary Ms. Crystal Beckwith, Secretary Snygg Hall, 315.312.3030 Department Web Site
Department of Art Dr. Helen Zakin, Chair Ms. Traci Terpening, Secretary Tyler Hall, 315.312.2111 Department Web Site	Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Dr. John Lalande, Chair Ms. Brenda Farnham, Secretary Wilber Hall, 315.312.2196 Department Web Site
Department of Biology Dr. Emily Oaks, Chair Ms. Kim Galkowski, Secretary Ms. Cheryl Pointon, Secretary Piez Hall, 315.312.3031 Department Web Site	Department of Music Dr. Julie Pretzat, Chair Ms. Pamela Lavallee, Secretary Tyler Hall, 315.312.2130 Department Web Site
Department of Chemistry Dr. Jeffrey Schneider, Interim Chair Ms. Chris Finnegan, Secretary Ms. Carolyn DeSantis, Secretary Snygg Hall, 315.312.3048 Department Web Site	Department of Philosophy Dr. Charles Echelbarger, Chair Ms. Jane Santore, Secretary Piez Hall, 315.312.2249 Department Web Site
Department of Communications Studies Mr. Fritz Messere, Chair Ms. Shelly Reifke, Secretary Lanigan Hall, 315.312.2357 Department Web Site	Department of Physics Dr. Dale Zych, Chair Ms. Sandi Cotter, Secretary Snygg Hall, 315.312.3044 Department Web Site
Department of Computer Science Mr. Rameen Mohammadi, Chair Ms. Phyllis Peck, Secretary Snygg Hall, 315.312.2367 Department Web Site	Department of Political Science Dr. Bruce Altschuler, Chair Ms. Cindy LeFlore, Secretary Mahar Hall, 315.312.2350 Department Web Site
Department of Earth Sciences Dr. Al Stamm, Chair Ms. Jane Santore, Secretary Piez Hall, 315.312.3065 Department Web Site	Department of Psychology Dr. Thomas Darvill, Chair Ms. Kathy Ditoro, Secretary Ms. Kathleen Aylward, Secretary Mahar Hall, 315.312.4013 Department Web Site
Department of Economics Dr. John Kane, Chair Ms. Sandi Cotter, Secretary Mahar Hall, 315.312.2175 Department Web Site	Department of Public Justice Dr. Rosalie Young, Chair Ms. Michele Fischetti, Secretary Mahar Hall, 315.312.4121 Department Web Site
Department of English Dr. Bennet Schaber, Interim Chair Ms. Joan Wallace, Secretary Ms. Rosalie Battles, Secretary Swetman Hall, 315.312.2150 Department Web Site	Department of Sociology Dr. Paul Voninski, Interim Chair Ms. Elizabeth Messana, Secretary Mahar Hall, 315.312.4190 Department Web Site
Department of History Dr. Douglas Deal, Chair Ms. Jean Dittmar, Secretary Mahar Hall, 315.312.2170 Department Web Site	Department of Theatre Mr. Mark Cole, Chair Ms. Pamela Lavallee, Secretary Tyler Hall, 315.312.2140 Department Web Site

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