Our Divisions
FAS Divisions
The departments and programs of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences are organized into three divisions: Humanities, Social Science, and Science.
Division of Humanities
The FAS's 20+ humanities units cover the range of human knowledge: from English to Classics; from History of Art to Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies; from the world's languages and literatures to History. In addition, several programs are cross-divisional, bridging Humanities and Social Science.
The divisional dean of the Humanities is Marc Robinson.
Division of Social Science
The FAS is home to seven social science departments: Anthropology, Economics, Linguistics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Statistics and Data Science. In addition, several programs are cross-divisional, bridging Social Science and Humanities.
The divisional dean of Social Science is Kenneth Scheve.
Division of Science
The FAS is home to three departments in the biological sciences--Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry; and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology--and five in the physical sciences--Astronomy, Chemistry, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics.
The divisional dean of Science is Larry Gladney.