Welcome from the Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University--Camden

The College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers-Camden offers students the best of two worlds: It has the small scale of a first-rate liberal arts college plus all the opportunities offered by a major research university.  Students at Rutgers-Camden are privileged to work with professors who are creating and discovering the knowledge that will shape the twenty-first century.  Our small size enables the faculty to give our students special attention in a comfortable intellectual setting, where they receive excellent preparation for graduate education, professional school, and the workplace.  Rutgers is one of only 62 universities to be admitted to the Association of American Universities, which places it among the nation's elite institutions of higher education.

As you will see more extensively elsewhere on our website, students have a broad choice of majors, including those in traditional liberal arts fields as well as more professionally-oriented courses of study.  We provide opportunities for students, with a faculty mentor, to engage in original research.  We also have a highly selective Honors College, which offers a challenging academic program that includes seminars, junior and senior year projects, and extracurricular activities.  Our new Freshman Seminar Program offers students the chance to explore special topics and to work closely with one another and some of our leading faculty members.

I can vouch personally for the excellence of the education on this campus.  As an undergraduate student here, I reaped the benefits of small classes, individualized attention from professors, and an environment that nourished my intellectual and career aspirations.  After earning my Ph.D. and spending some two decades as a college and university professor, author, and administrator, I  returned as Dean of the College and Graduate School.

If you have questions about any Arts and Sciences programs, click here to email the Dean's Office.  I hope you will explore our website and also consider visiting us in person.

Margaret Marsh, Dean
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Camden College of Arts & Sciences
and University College
 

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