Texas Tech University College of Arts & Sciences

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established = 1925
endowment =
faculty = 506
dean = Jane Winer
students = 9,291
undergrad = 8,157
postgrad = 1,134
city = Lubbock
state = Texas
country = U.S.
website = [http://www.as.ttu.edu/ College of Arts & Sciences]

Texas Tech University College of Arts & Sciences is the largest college at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. It consists of 18 departments and offers 120 degree programs. [cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/artsandsciences/about/|title=About the College of Arts & Sciences|publisher=Texas Tech University College of Arts and Sciences|accessdate=2008-09-14] It was founded in 1925 as one of the four original colleges of Texas Tech. In 2004, some departments and schools that had been part of the college were reorganized as the Texas Tech University College of Mass Communications and the Texas Tech University College of Visual & Performing Arts.

Academic departments

* Biological Sciences
* Chemistry and Biochemistry
* Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
* Communication Studies
* Economics and Geography
* English
* Environmental Toxicology
* General Studies Program
* Geosciences
* Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences
* History
* Mathematics and Statistics
* Philosophy
* Physics and Engineering Physics
* Political Science
* Psychology
* Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work

Research centers

* [http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~menzel/ Center for Forensic Studies]
* Center for Historic Preservation and Technology
* [http://www.orgs.ttu.edu/centerforpublicservice/cps/ Center for Public Service]
* [http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/ The Center for the Study of the Vietnam Conflict]
* [http://www.pragmaticism.net/ Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism]
* Institute for the Mathematics of the Life Sciences
* [http://www.orgs.ttu.edu/leatherresearchinstitute/ Leather Research Institute]
* Southwest Center for German Studies

Degrees offered

*Bachelor of Arts
** Anthropology
** Biochemistry
** Chemistry
** Classics
** Communication Studies
** Economics
** English
** Exercise and Sport Sciences
** French
** Geography
** Geosciences
** German
** History
** Mathematics
** Philosophy
** Political Science
** Psychology
** Social Work
** Sociology
** Spanish

*Bachelor of Science
** Biochemistry
** Biology
** Cell and Molecular Biology
** Chemistry
** Economics
** Exercise and Sport Sciences
** Geosciences
** Health
** International Economics
** Mathematics
** Microbiology
** Physics
** Zoology

*Master of Arts
** Anthropology
** Applied Linguistics
** Classics
** Communication Studies
** Economics
** English
** Experimental Psychology
** German
** History
** Mathematics
** Philosophy
** Political Science
** Romance Languages
** Sociology
** Technical Communication

*Master of Public Administration

*Master of Science
** Applied Physics
** Atmospheric Science
** Biology
** Biological Informatics
** Chemistry
** Environmental Toxicology
** Exercise and Sport Sciences
** Geosciences
** Mathematics
** Microbiology
** Physics
** Sports Health
** Statistics
** Zoology

*Doctor of Philosophy
** Biology
** Chemistry
** Clinical Psychology
** Counseling Psychology
** Economics
** English
** Environmental Toxicology
** Experimental Psychology
** Geosciences
** History
** Mathematics
** Physics
** Political Science
** Spanish
** Technical Communication and Rhetoric
** Zoology

*Joint programs
** Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics (joint degree with Texas Tech University College of Engineering)
** Master of Science in Environmental Toxicology/Doctor of Jurisprudence (joint degree with Texas Tech University School of Law)
** Master of Science in Environmental Toxicology/Master of Business Administration (joint degree with Rawls College of Business)
** Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology (joint degree with Department of Physiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center)

Notable people

Faculty

* Sankar Chatterjee
* Michael Dini

External links

* [http://www.as.ttu.edu/ Texas Tech University College of Arts & Sciences website]