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Fairfield College Of Arts And Sciences




  Motto ''Per Fidem ad Plenam Veritatem'' -- Through Faith to the Fullness of Truth
  Established 1994
  Type Private , Jesuit
  Dean Dr Raymond P Poincelot
  City Fairfield
  State Connecticut
  Country USA
  Campus Suburban 200 acres (809,000 m&2)
  Website http://wwwfairfieldedu/x836html


The Fairfield College of Arts and Sciences is the oldest and largest schools within Fairfield University located in Fairfield, Connecticut . The College is host to 15 departments and 19 programs, led by roughly 150 full-time faculty and serving approximately 2,000 students. The College is also the home of the core curriculum that unifies the education of all Fairfield undergraduates.http://www.fairfield.edu/x836.html


HISTORY

  • 1942: Fairfield College of St. Robert Bellarmine, Inc. purchased two adjoining estates in Fairfieldhttp://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/fu/FU1ur.htm

  • 1945: Fairfield University was chartered by the State of Connecticut to grant degreeshttp://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/fu/fu2early.htm

  • 1947: First class of 303 male students was admitted to the College of Arts and Scienceshttp://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/fu/fu2early.htm

  • 1949: College of Arts and Sciences was accredited by the State of Connecticuthttp://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/fu/fu2early.htm

  • 1949: First summer session of undergraduate courses was held

  • 1953: Fairfield University was admitted to fully accredited membership in the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools

  • 1970: Women were admitted to all undergraduate programs

  • 1995: Accepted into Phi Beta Kappahttp://www.fairfield.edu/x2224.html



ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Undergraduate Programs

Graduate Programs


NOTABLE FACULTY

  • Dr. Edward Deak (Roger M. Lynch Professor of Economics)

  • Dr. Paul Lakeland (Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J., Professor of Catholic Studies)

  • Dr. R. James Long (Professor of Philosophy)

  • Dr. John Orman (Professor of Politics)

  • Dr. James Simon (Professor of English, Head of Journalism Program)

  • Brian Q. Torff (Director of Jazz and Popular Music, World renowned bassist and composer)

  • Dr. Ellen Umansky (Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor of Judaic Studies)



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