Departments

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

More CASL News

CASL to recognize Chancellor's Medallion recipients, April 2019

4/16/2019

The College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters will recognize two Chancellor's Medallion recipients during the university's commencement ceremony on April 28.

Community Service Personnel Scholarship program signing

City of Center Line signs Public Safety Employee Scholarship agreement with UM-Dearborn

4/5/2019

The Community Service Personnel Scholarship program at the University of Michigan-Dearborn was established to recognize the service of public safety personnel to our communities and to encourage them to pursue or continue their educational goals.

UM-Dearborn Faculty Awards 2019 — Provost Kate Davy and Chancellor Domenico Grasso (center) congratulate recipients of the 2019 Faculty Awards. From left: Vivek Singh, Distinguished Research Award; Bochen Jia, Distinguished Teaching Award; Jeffrey R. Bouwman, Distinguished Digital Education Award; Gerald Holowicki, Collegiate Lecturer Program Award; Nilay Chakraborty, Distinguished Teaching Award; Edward J. Williams, Collegiate Lecturer Program Award; and H. James Gilmore, Distinguished Service Award.

More than 100 students and seven faculty members recognized at annual Honor Scholars and Faculty Awards Ceremony

4/1/2019

The awards program, now in its 37th year, honors students for their strong academic achievement and faculty who have distinguished themselves in teaching, research and service.

Lishin and Rahman wedding — CCJ Director and Professor Donald Shelton, Michelle Lishin Rahman, Moe Rahman, and Judge Annette Berry.

A criminal justice course that sparked a friendship, became a marital union

4/1/2019

CCJ graduate student and program Administrative Assistant Michelle Lishin wed Moe Rahman, whom she met in CRJ 473, in a quaint ceremony officiated by Prof. Donald Shelton.