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.
EXPLORE OUR PROGRAMS
BACHELOR'S
MASTER'S
DOCTORAL
CERTIFICATE
MINOR
CURRICULUM
THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE
DEAN'S WELCOME
CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
GRADUATE STUDIES
STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES
RESEARCH
INTERNSHIPS
STORIES OF DISCOVERY
COLLEGE NEWS
The rap duel between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson in the Broadway hit Hamilton popularized what is known as the national bank controversy, but the 40-year constitutional debate was much more dynamic than a two-sided argument. In his new book, Reconstructing the National Bank Controversy, Eric Lomazoff, PhD presents a more robust and nuanced account of the controversy.
Biology professors Adam Langley, PhD and Samantha K. Chapman, PhD, together with a team of 16 researchers, documented findings that compared the abundance of ambient (growing in natural conditions) plants to plants in plots experimentally treated with elevated carbon dioxide, nutrients, water and warming to simulate future environmental changes.
Villanova Professor’s New Book Offers In-Depth Look at the Birth of Italian Industrial Culture
In The Art of Objects: The Birth of Italian Industrial Culture, 1878-1928, Luca Cottini, PhD traces the origins of the Italian culture of design in the social and aesthetic construction of the age’s most iconic industrial objects, including, among others, alarm clocks, bicycles, gramophones and cigarettes.
Chemist Looks to Create Higher Efficient, Alternative Sources of Renewable Energy
Bryan Eigenbrodt, PhD, Chemistry, is seeking to increase that percentage in his latest research project, by creating an alternate source or more efficient use of renewable energy through a developed fuel cell electrode catalyst.
AT A GLANCE
60+
GRADUATE STUDENTS PRESENT AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES EACH YEAR
95.6%
SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT RATE
FOR CLASS OF 2017
13
FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS IN 2017-2018
70%
OF THE CLASS OF 2016
COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP
200
STUDENTS COMPLETE A LAB OR FIELD RESEARCH PROJECT EACH YEAR
43%
OF THE CLASS OF 2017 STUDIED ABROAD