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About CAS

The College of Arts and Sciences is dedicated to excellence in teaching, scholarship, the arts, and service to its local, national, and international communities.
The college provides a rich education in the liberal arts and sciences for all of American University's undergraduate students, offering challenging programs of study for its undergraduate and graduate majors; and fosters outstanding research, practice, and creative activity.
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Discover Our Community: Inclusion, Sustainability, Engagement
Our Community: Sustainability
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See some of the ways AU and CAS students and faculty pursue sustainability.
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Fast Facts
- Students in the College
Undergraduate students: 1,925
Graduate students: 1,097 - Faculty in the College
Full-time faculty: 409
Adjunct faculty: 466 - Average Class Size, 2019
Undergraduate classes: 23
Graduate classes: 12 - Degrees Offered
Doctoral: 5
Master's: 36
Graduate certificates: 21
Undergraduate degrees: 50
Undergraduate certificates: 13
Minors: 53 - Degrees Conferred, 2018-2019
Undergraduate: 508
Master's: 349
Doctoral: 29