The College of Arts and Humanities is a college of the University of Maryland, College Park. It is a liberal arts program that studies human experience, thought, expression, and creativity. It was one of the seven schools established in 1917 by Albert F. Woods.
The College of Arts and Humanities consists of 11 academic departments, 3 schools and more than a dozen institutes, centers and galleries. It offers with 30 academic majors and 39 academic minors. There are 2,525 undergraduate and graduate majors. The College of Arts and Humanities is housed within 12 academic buildings on campus. The college itself is located in Francis Scott Key Hall.
Departments + University of Maryland College of Arts and Humanities Departments and Degree ProgramsDepartmentStudents EnrolledMajorsMinorsCertificatesAmerican Studies61American StudiesU.S. Latina/o StudiesN/AArt215ArtN/AN/AArt History and Archaeology21Art HistoryArt History; ArchaeologyN/AClassical Languages and Literature12ClassicsArchaeology; Classical Mythology; Greek Language and Culture; Latin Language and CultureN/ACommunication738CommunicationRhetoricN/AEnglish Language and Literature356English; Film StudiesCreative Writing; Professional Writing; RhetoricN/AHistory198History; Central European, Russian and Eurasian StudiesHistory; Middle Eastern StudiesEast Asian StudiesJewish Studies4Jewish StudiesHebrew Studies; Israel Studies; Jewish Studies; Religious StudiesN/ALinguistics73LinguisticsLinguisticsN/APhilosophy64Philosophy; Philosophy, Politics, and EconomicsPhilosophyN/ASchool of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures193Arabic Studies; Chinese; Film Studies; French Language and Literature; Germanic Studies; Italian Studies; Japanese; Persian Studies; Romance Languages; Russian Language and Literature; Spanish Language, Literatures, and CulturesArabic; Chinese Language; French Studies; Germanic Language, Literature and Culture; Hebrew Studies; Italian Culture and Language; Japanese; Korean Studies; Persian Studies; Portuguese Language, Literature, and Culture; Russian Studies; Spanish Heritage Language and Latina/o Culture; Spanish Language, Culture, and Professional Contexts; Spanish Literature, Linguistics, and CultureEast Asian StudiesSchool of Music165MusicMusic and Culture; Music PerformanceN/ASchool of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies128Dance; TheatreN/AN/AWomen's Studies22Women's StudiesBlack Women's Studies; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender StudiesLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies; Women's Studies
Leadership
Dean The dean of the College of Arts and Humanities is Stephanie Shonekan. Shonekan assumed the position of dean in 2022, and succeeded Bonnie Thorton Dill who served as dean from 2011-2022.
Rankings The University of Maryland, College Park was ranked #52 in arts and humanities by U.S. News and #82 in the World University Ranking for arts and humanities.
Notable alumni
Carmen Balthrop, opera singer Gail Berman, American businesswoman Larry David, American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer Jim Henson, American puppeteer Munro Leaf, American children's author and illustrator Liz Lerman, American choreographer
References
External links
College of Arts and Humanities records - University of Maryland Libraries College of Arts and Humanities official website