SWAGÊÓƵ

Welcome to the School of Arts & Sciences!

We want to help you discover your vocation and mission in life. Our mission is to pursue truth, advance knowledge, and hand on the Catholic intellectual tradition in our teaching, scholarship, and service. We house 14 academic undergraduate programs and four at the graduate level. We instruct every Mary student through the Liberal Arts core curriculum — preparing you for a career and for life.

Through our school, students participate in several unique learning opportunities. Our Rome program offers a life-changing semester of study in the Eternal City. Mary College at ASU provides unparalleled opportunities offered by the nation’s largest research university. Our Catholic studies program forms a close-knit community of faculty and students who examine the influence of Catholicism on thought and culture from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Students can take courses in our summer semester, learn from world-class visiting scholars, and go on excursions through Year-Round Campus â€“ our innovative program through which students can graduate with a bachelor’s degree in 2.6 years or a master’s in four. And these are just the beginning; we have so much more!

Our graduate-level offerings — full degree programs, certificates, and courses — are designed for the working adult. They teach our students how to integrate Catholic perspectives with their careers and provide them the opportunity to become the best in their fields, as leaders, and as area experts. Through our school and programs, our graduates gain practical knowledge and cultivate a unified vision of reality informed by the truths of the Catholic faith. In all that we do, we aspire to create a culture grounded in St. John Henry Newman’s vision for higher education and marked by charity, wisdom, humility, and moderation.

I encourage you to consider us as you prepare for your future. We hope you will join us!

– Dr. James Peliska, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences