Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters is an academic college
of Florida Atlantic University
located in Boca Raton, Florida
, USA. The Schmidt College of Arts and Letters focuses on the traditional and liberal arts
.
College
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of Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...
located in Boca Raton, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, USA. The Schmidt College of Arts and Letters focuses on the traditional and liberal arts
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
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Schools and departments
The university offers 24 various degrees throughout the various departments in the College of Arts and Letters, and the School of Arts.Departments
- Anthropology
- Arts & Humanities
- Communication
- Comparative Studies
- English
- History
- Jewish Studies
- Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
- Liberal Studies
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Social Science
- Sociology
- Women's Studies