Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1905 |
| Dean | Quinn Huckaba |
| Students | 10,959 |
| Location | Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Website | www |
The College of Arts and Sciences, the largest of the 16 colleges at Florida State University, contains the majors of nearly 11,000 students and is made up of 18 departments, nine interdisciplinary programs and 11 centers and institutes. Nearly 2,000 degrees are issued to graduates each academic year. The college encompasses the fields of social sciences, liberal arts, mathematics, sciences and interdisciplinary studies.
The College of Arts and Sciences is the oldest college at the university, having existed since 1905. Though it has awarded bachelor's degrees since its founding, the first master's degree was not offered until 1908. The next year, the university, then called the Florida Female College, was renamed Florida State College for Women and issued its first master's degree under that name in 1909. Doctorates were given out by the College of Arts and Sciences beginning in 1952.
The college is housed in several buildings including Dodd Hall, the Bellamy Building, the Psychology Building and the Williams Building. The dean of the College of Arts and Sciences is located in the Longmire Building.
In July 2011, Quinn Huckaba, previously associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, became interim dean. He then was formally named dean in October 2012.
U.S. News & World Report (2015 Edition)
In 2015, the online computer science bachelor's degree program was ranked 1st among both public and private universities by BestColleges.com
The first master's degree was awarded in 1927 and the first PhD in 1962.
The Department of History includes faculty in Napoleonic history, Eastern European history, war and society, history of science, Latin American/Caribbean history, and Atlantic world history. Faculty members include Robert Gellately, the Earl Ray Beck Professor of History.
The Department of Biological Science includes faculty in cellular and molecular biology, computational biology, evolution and ecology, and neuroscience. In 2008, the James E. King Life Sciences Building opened, giving the Department of Biological Science a new home.
Research in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ranges from analytical through organic.
A five-story 168,000-square-foot (15,600 m2) Chemistry Building opened on May 2, 2008.
Also having worked in the field of materials science and nanoscience at FSU is the Nobel laureate Sir Harry Kroto, the co-discoverer of the C60 "buckyball", who retired from FSU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2015.
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