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About Us

About Us

Dean's Welcome

Welcome to the College of Arts and Sciences, the heart of the University. Please browse the pages of our departments and programs to learn about all that we do. Excellence in both graduate and undergraduate instruction is at the core of the College’s mission.  The College supports the IPFW Baccalaureate Framework through programs of instruction to every IPFW undergraduate with courses of general interest, core (general education) courses, and programs of study in depth for our thousands of majors. The College supports Masters Degrees in Liberal Studies and in five academic departments. 

The College of Arts and Sciences provides approximately three-fifths of all instruction at IPFW, with classes taught by outstanding faculty, many of whom are nationally and internationally known scholars. We're committed to Teaching Excellence and we prove it every day in hundreds of classrooms, laboratories, and seminar rooms.

One of the real advantages to attending a great university is the opportunity to explore the wide range of human knowledge. The College of Arts and Sciences is home to over twenty diverse disciplines that encompass much of human understanding. I invite you to take advantage of this wealth by taking some courses to enrich your mind and satisfy your soul. If one or more of the College’s disciplines is unfamiliar to you, the College of Arts and Sciences at IPFW is the perfect place to connect with an expert instructor who can introduce you to a new body of knowledge and a different mode of human thought. You may discover your true life's work, or a passionate life-long interest. I promise that as you experience classes with our world-class faculty, you will be stimulated, stretched, and intrigued.

We also provide access to our expertise through academic and community programming. This includes a successful Distinguished Lectures Series as well as departmental colloquia.

Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences are committed and successful researchers and scholars. Our faculty produce books published by major presses, over 100 articles every year in refereed scholarly journals, texts and manuals, patents, poetry and fiction, government reports, and hundreds of presentations annually at national and international conferences. Centers of Excellence in anthropology, biology, philosophy, and political science provide additional opportunities for faculty research and community engagement. Our faculty love to involve students in their research. 

Thanks for visiting our Web site. 

Marc J. Lipman, Dean