Division of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

The Division of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences houses the departments of Education, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Philosophy and Theology. The Department of Education contains undergraduate majors in early childhood and elementary education and a master’s degree program in education (MEd). The Department of Humanities contains undergraduate majors in communication studies, English, history, liberal studies, and Spanish, and an MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing. The Department of Social Sciences contains undergraduate majors in criminal justice, homeland security, law & society, political science, and psychology, and master’s degree programs in criminal justice (MCJ) and homeland security (MHS). The Department of Philosophy and Theology contains undergraduate majors in philosophy, theology, and marriage & family studies.

Division of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Mission Statement

The mission of the Division of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences is to support the Salesian, Christian humanist mission of DeSales University through excellence in teaching and in research for the undergraduate general education core curriculum, for the undergraduate programs (BA and BS) in communication studies, criminal justice, early childhood and elementary education, English, history, law and society, liberal studies, marriage and family studies, philosophy, political science, psychology, Spanish, and theology-and for the graduate programs in Education (MEd), Criminal Justice (MCJ), Homeland Security (MHS), and Creative Writing & Publishing (MFA).