College of
LIBERAL ARTS AND
SCIENCES
DISCOVER YOUR PASSION
The oldest and largest of Villanova’s colleges, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers more than 40 academic programs and cultivates knowledge, understanding and intellectual courage for a purposeful life in a challenging and changing world.
CLAS undergraduate and graduate students can find opportunities for collaborative research and learning with faculty who are dedicated teacher-scholars and among the most distinguished in their fields. From pinpointing a protein that could hold a key to cancer screenings, to testing the impact of industry on local waterways, to critiquing creative writing alongside published novelists, each experience elevates learning and yields insights.
The College’s dynamic, integrated curriculum encourages creativity and innovation, developing critical thinkers, strong communicators and ethical leaders well positioned for diverse and interesting careers. With an emphasis on faculty-student engagement, experiential learning and a global perspective, CLAS is where students find their passion, path and purpose.
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COLLEGE NEWS
In "Constructing Science: Connecting Causal Reasoning to Scientific Thinking in Young Children," co-authors Deena Weisberg, PhD, Villanova University, and David Sobel, PhD, Brown University, trace the ways children’s causal reasoning combine with other factors to develop into scientific thinking.
Villanova Professor Considers Small Particles on a Large Scale in New Book
Physics professor Georgia Papaefthymiou, PhD, explores how nanomagnetism, a developing field of nanoscience, can be applied across disciplines to dramatically shape the world of physics, health care and biology in her new book Nanomagnetism: An Interdisciplinary Approach.
Villanova’s Augustine and Culture Seminar Program Celebrates 30th Year
The Augustine and Culture Seminar, a two-semester, first-year seminar course rooted in Augustinian and Catholic intellectual traditions, celebrates its 30th anniversary this academic year with special events and commemorative moments including a marquee lecture this fall.
Judith Giesberg, PhD, received a 2022 National Endowment Public Scholars Fellowship, including $60,000 in funding for one year to support her project “Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery."
AT A GLANCE
60+
GRADUATE STUDENTS PRESENT AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES EACH YEAR
97%
SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT RATE
FOR CLASS OF 2021
14
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS IN 2021 – 2022
91%
of students seeking an internship participated in at least one
200
STUDENTS COMPLETE A LAB OR FIELD RESEARCH PROJECT EACH YEAR
92%
of students seeking an international experience participated in at least one