The Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) is a college of Georgetown University, a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.. It is the oldest and largest undergraduate school at Georgetown, and, until the founding of the School of Medicine in 1850, was the only higher education division of the university. In 1821, it granted its first graduate degrees, though the graduate portion has since been separated as the Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. From 1990 to 2022, it was named Georgetown College.
The college enrolls over 3,500 students in 30 academic majors within 23 departments.
History
From 1789 until the founding of the School of Medicine in 1850, Georgetown College was the only secondary school at what became Georgetown University. Robert Plunkett, the first president of Georgetown, oversaw the division of the school into three parts, "college", "preparatory", and "elementary". Elementary education was eventually dropped by Patrick Francis Healy, and preparatory eventually separated as Georgetown Prep.
Over the years many schools have broken off of the College. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences first broke off in 1855, but rejoined the college organization following the downturn in admissions caused by the American Civil War, until reestablishment in 1891. The School of Languages and Linguistics, itself organized out of the School of Foreign Service in 1949, was collapsed into the College in 1995, as the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, though it maintains its separate programs.
Degrees The college offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs.
List of deans and prefects of studies From 1811 to 1931, Georgetown College was led by a prefect of studies. Since 1931, it has been led by a dean. Andrew Sobanet has been the interim dean of the school since July 1, 2024. The following people have led the college:
+ Name Years Prefects of Studies1 1811–18172 1819–18243 1825–18264 1826–18275 1827–18286 1829–18317 1831–18338 1833–18379 1837–183910 1840–184111 1841–184312 1843–184513 1845–184814 1848–185115 1851–185216 1852–185317 1853–185418 1854–185819 1858–186520 1866–186721 1867–186822 1868–188023 1880–188124 1881–188225 1882–188326 1883–188627 1886–188828 1888–189829 1898–190130 1901–190331 1903–190532 1905–190933 1909–191834 191835 1918–192236 1922–192437 1924–192638 1926–192839 1928–1931Deans1 1931–19322 1932–19333 1933–19344 1934–19425 1942–19466 1946–19497 1949–19518 1951–19579 1957–196410 1964–196611 1966–198912 1989–1999131999–2008142008–2017152017–2020162022–2024172025–
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