Departments

Students in a natural science laboratory

CASL’s interdisciplinary departments reflect the full range of the liberal arts and sciences, with related fields grouped together to facilitate interdisciplinary teaching and research.

Behavioral Sciences

In Behavioral Sciences, we study human beings as individuals, in groups, within societies, and across cultures.

Language, Culture, and Communication

In Language, Culture, and Communication, we study the development, structure, and use of language in rhetorical situations and cultural contexts.

Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts

In Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts, we study written and visual texts in the expression of human thought and emotion.

Mathematics and Statistics

In Mathematics and Statistics, we study numbers in both pure and applied contexts.

Natural Sciences

In Natural Sciences, we study the natural world, both living and non-living.

Social Sciences

In Social Sciences, we study the economic, social, and political organization of human societies over time and in space.

College-Wide Programs

These are interdisciplinary programs offering majors and minors that involve faculty and courses from different departments.

CASL Current News

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Halal Metropolis team sets up in the Stamelos Gallery. — The Halal Metropolis exhibition series was created by U-M Associate Professor or Art Osman Khan, local documentarian Razi Jafri and UM-Dearborn’s Center for Arab American Studies Director Sally Howell.

Halal Metropolis exhibition series opens Friday

1/14/2020

The exhibition series looks at food, politics, cultural celebrations, art and more — whatever allows someone to celebrate their full selves in their halal spaces.

Q & A with new Retention and Outreach Manager Morgan Yuncker

1/14/2020

CASL Connect had an opportunity to chat with Morgan Yuncker about her new role in CASL. Read the interview below to learn more about her new professional adventure.

Assistant Professor Joshua Akers with Brightmoor neighborhood residents — Assistant Professor Joshua Akers (right) has a working paper that outlines the housing policies and other factors that have allowed speculative buyers to contribute to neighborhood instability and blight in Detroit. In addition to sharing his research with the city, he's also partnered with people in the neighborhoods — this photo was taken in Brightmoor — to support their community outreach with his research.

UM-Dearborn research prompts Detroit to review link between housing instability and tax auctions

1/9/2020

Assistant Professor Joshua Akers' working paper outlines the housing policies and other factors that have allowed speculative buyers to contribute to neighborhood instability and blight in Detroit.

CASL faculty Paul Draus speaks to a group of officers during the Alternatives to Violent Force training on campus. — Associate Professor Paul Draus speaks about empathetic thinking with officers and listens while officers share examples of showing empathy on the job.

To serve and protect

12/19/2019

With hashtags and history at times grouping authority and the public on opposing sides, what can be done to bring everyone back together? Police officers are working with educators to understand the public point of view during the campus-created Alternatives to Violent Force training.