The University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is the college for the liberal arts and sciences of the University of Florida, and the largest of the university's 16 academic colleges. Most core curriculum classes and 42 majors and minors are part of the college. The university reports that more than 700 faculty members teach at least 35,000 students each year, with more than 12,000 undergraduates pursuing a degree from the college and 2,000 graduate students are also attaining graduate degrees in the college.
The college faculty have received a variety of national and international awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, Guggenheim Fellowships, Senior Fulbright Awards, National Science Foundation Fellowships, Presidential Young Investigator Awards and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships. They hold memberships in the National Academy of Science, the Nobel Prize Committee, the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences and the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh.[3]
CLAS students have numerous scholarships and awards for their academic performance. During the past several years, CLAS students have been recognized as a Rhodes Scholar, Barry Goldwater Scholars, Harry Truman Scholars, and James Madison Scholars.
National Rankings according to US News (2008 edition)
Departments
Centers and institutes
Deans of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Research
- In all CLAS generates about $50 million in total research expenditures for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
See also
- University of Florida
- Subtropics Literary Magazine
Notes
External links
- Official website for the College
- Gainesville Sun info about the College
- About CLAS
- CLAS Academic Advising info
- Overview of the College
- Capital Campaign for the College
- Gainesville Sun article about the Dean's search
