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Carolina's Liberal Arts Advantage:
Discovery Across the Disciplines

As the largest and oldest school at UNC-Chapel Hill, the College of Arts and Sciences forms the core of the Carolina experience: an unsurpassed liberal-arts education within a world-class research university.

All Carolina undergraduates spend their first two years in the College, within a  rigorous curriculum  of requirements and electives spanning the  arts and sciences. This degree of immersion in the liberal arts is rare among major research universities.

What's more, more than 70 percent of undergraduates choose their major field of studies in the College of Arts and Sciences. And about 22 percent of all graduate and professional students are in the College, the largest percentage of graduate students at the University.

Through the College, undergraduate and graduate students enjoy unusual opportunities to work closely with extraordinary professors who excel in both teaching and research. Top scholars discuss and test ideas with their students in classes, seminars, research projects, independent studies, service work and field trips around the world.

All of the programs in the College of Arts and Sciences expose students to ideas and experiences crossing academic and cultural boundaries. We believe this is more important than ever and offers the best preparation for enlightened citizenship, leadership and service in the 21st century.

The College supports the University's core values encouraging diversity and equal educational and employment opportunities throughout the University community. These values are articulated in the University's non-discrimination policy and by the office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs.

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