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| College of Arts and Sciences Washburn University 1700 SW College Av, Topeka, KS 66621 | |
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Why a College of Arts & Sciences Education? Maintaining high standards in nineteen departments and programs, the College of Arts & Sciences challenges students to develop critical thinking, aesthetic awareness, and discriminating judgment, as well as a sense of purpose and a zeal for continued independent and formal learning. The College of Arts & Sciences promotes "learning for a lifetime" across a variety of disciplines. Although the content and focus of course work may vary across disciplines, several themes characterize all departments and programs within Arts & Sciences. The faculty pays attention to students as individuals.
Arts & Sciences students excel; our alumni have gone on to do extraordinary things:
Arts & Sciences students win honors.
Arts & Sciences students inherit the values of the liberal arts. Students who take courses in Arts & Sciences are drawn immediately into the "conversation of humankind":
Students learn information, but they also learn how to think, how to ask questions, and how to pursue and evaluate answers. Success in every profession depends on the ability to:
Since many students will enter professions unrelated to their major, the College provides students with the skills necessary to meet future challenges. Arts & Sciences departments reach out to the community. Arts & Sciences departments collaborate closely with surrounding communities
The College of Arts & Sciences offers a broadly based liberal education for all students, regardless of their specific objectives. In addition, it also provides for career-oriented endeavors, including a number of terminal programs and practical experiences in the field, and prepares qualified students for graduate and professional schools.
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