College of Arts & Sciences

SDSU students working on a project

Dennis Papini, Dean
Jason Zimmerman, Associate Dean
Wagner Hall 251, Box 2275A
605-688-4723
E-mail: dennis.papini@sdstate.edu
E-mail: jason.zimmerman@sdstate.edu
www.sdstate.edu/as

The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest of SDSU’s eight colleges. The college serves two significant functions within the University. It provides instruction in the University’s core requirement for a liberal education as well as education in specific disciplines. A liberal education gives students the means to test ideas, beliefs, and facts. It exposes them to a variety of academic disciplines that will broaden and deepen their perspectives and enable them to continue the learning process as educated citizens. Students study the ways of thinking and expression that are intrinsic to the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Students receive education on the scientific method, critical thinking, analysis, synthesis, and cogent expression. They develop intellectual skills, humanistic understanding, and aesthetic appreciation. Such an education increases the usefulness of career planning and specialization by laying a foundation for lifelong values.