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Brief Sketch of the College of Arts & Sciences

Under the leadership of President James E. Perdue, Oswego began expanding its programs in 1962 to convert the former teachers college to a leading general purpose college of Arts and Sciences and by 1967 had created an academic Division of Arts & Sciences separate from the education programs and the division of graduate studies. The name of the unit was changed to the College of Arts & Sciences in 1995.

Currently the College has 20 academic departments. In addition, 9 interdisciplinary programs report to the Dean of the College. All undeclared students are considered part of the College of Arts & Sciences though their advisement is supervised by the Student Advisement Center. The Dean also supervises the Environmental Research Center, the Rice Creek Field Station, and the Tyler Art Gallery.

By the numbers,

227 faculty (Fall, 2000)
4,887 full-time students (Fall, 2000)
73,178 credit hours provided (Fall, 2000)
3,195 primary majors declared (Fall, 2001)
21.5 student/faculty ratio (Fall, 2000)
707 degrees granted (2001-2002)
$1,417,000 in external funding in 2001-02
Rice Creek Field Station
- 2 labs, 1 lecture/seminar room, 1 museum
- 26-acre Rice Pond, 400 acres of natural habitat
- 5 nature trails
- 7,286 visitors during 2001-02
Waterman Theatre
- 550 seat continental style theatre
- cited at one of the fifty best theatres built in the U.S. since 1960.
- 4 main stage productions during 2001-02 and numerous other events in Waterman and lab theatres.
Tyler Art Galleries
- 2 galleries
- 9,767 people attending 13 exhibitions in 2001-02