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College of Arts and Humanities

The College of Arts and Humanities provides a diverse student population with the communication skills, humanistic values and cultural awareness that form the foundation of scholarship. The college offers intellectual and artistic programs that engage students, faculty and the community in collaboration, dialog and discovery. These programs help preserve, illuminate and nourish the arts and humanities for the campus and for the wider community.

Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology

Join the leader! Preparing leaders in agriculture, family and food-related disciplines is what the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology is all about. Our graduates are prepared to lead the way to ensuring a healthy and sustainable environment and lifestyle for future generations. The diverse disciplines in our college offer opportunities for everyone: business (agricultural business, fashion merchandising), education (agricultural education, industrial technology), industry and manufacturing (food science, industrial technology, enology), family and child relations (family science, child development), promoting nutrition and health (dietetics, nutrition), working with animals (animal science, pre-vet), working with plants (plant science, horticulture, viticulture) or working with food (Culinology). It’s all topped off with a leadership development program, including a leadership and success society. Come check us out!

Craig School of Business

The Craig School of Business is dedicated to providing active, engaged learning experiences. The Internship Program was recognized as the 2009 Program of the Year by the National Society for Experiential Education. Our school was included in the top 15 schools for both the general management and operations categories in the 2010 Princeton Review’s Student Opinion Honors Lists.Over 100 undergraduate students studied abroad for two weeks this past summer, either in London, England or Sydney, Australia, and nearly 30 graduate students studied a week each in Dijon, France and Brussels, Belgium. The service learning component in the core marketing class continued to provide opportunities for students to assist local non-profit organizations. MBA Team Projects provided valuable expertise to regional businesses.

Kremen School of Education

The Kremen School of Education and Human Development's mission is the recruitment and development of ethically informed leaders for classroom teaching, education administration, counseling and higher education. This NCATE-accredited unit fosters the candidate dispositions of collaboration, valuing diversity, critical thinking, ethical judgments, reflection and life-long learning. Our mission is realized through a framework of teaching, scholarship and services that addresses regional, state, national and international perspectives.

The Kremen School of Education and Human Development (KSOEHD) prepares highly competent educators and human development specialists, while providing professional support and leadership to the community, promoting applied research and providing experiences and opportunities that will enable employed professionals to remain current in their fields.Lyles College of Engineering

The mission of the Lyles College of Engineering is to provide high-quality academic programs in engineering and technology management that support the infrastructure and growth of the central California region. With regional industry partners, these programs are linked through cooperative education opportunities, internships, projects and course assignments.

Academic programs within the college provide support and assistive programs that enhance student comprehension and learning. Through our Pathways: College of Engineering Student Services, students can access professional development activities, tutorial services, student clubs and professional societies and campus referrals for assistance and more.

College of Health and Human Services

The primary mission of the College of Health and Human Services is to provide a professionally-oriented education at the undergraduate level and to provide graduate programs in specialized disciplines that serve the needs of students and the emerging needs of residents and health and human service providers in the central California region.

What does this mean? It means students are provided with nationally accredited programs, quality instruction and hands-on learning experiences. It means students benefit from collaborating with faculty engaged in interdisciplinary research and practice, and who are leaders in their respective disciplines. And it means that graduates of the college carry this mission forward and become leaders, making a difference in the lives of residents in the region each and every day.College of Science and Mathematics

The College of Science and Mathematics (CSM) houses seven departments; Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, Mathematics, Computer Science and Earth and Environmental Science. With some 2,200 students enrolled in majors and around 100 full-time faculty, the college is one of the three largest on campus.

For students interested in pursuing a career in science, numerous job opportunities await with excellent salaries. The college is research intensive and the majority of faculty have research laboratories involving students in cutting-edge research. Last year, the faculty generated $3.8 million in research funding and collectively published 112 scientific papers, many involving students. Increasingly, undergraduate students are being encouraged to conduct research since this makes our graduates much more competitive in the workforce or in applications for higher degrees.

College of Social Sciences

The College of Social Sciences (COSS) takes great pride in educating and preparing our students for a life of activism and public service. Our faculty studies the human experience, including the depth of the past and the breadth of the entire planet, in the study of Anthropology, Geography and History.

We study the diversity of human cultures and social experiences through Sociology, Anthropology and Women Studies. We analyze economic and political affairs in global perspective in our programs in Economics and Political Science. We address some of the most pressing social issues of our times in the Department of Criminology. We offer depth of study in ethnic heritages, with special focus on African American, American Indian, Chicano and Latin America and Asian American Studies.