Mizzou’s College of Arts and Science is filled with top-notch and award-winning programs, departments and professors. For example, the National Council of Writing Program Administrators calls our Campus Writing Program one of the best in the nation. One of our math professors, Nigel Kalton, is recognized as the world’s leading scholar in the Banach Space Theory. Two of our vocal music teachers, Ann Harrell and Jo Ella Todd, have produced national collegiate vocal champions. And the Psychological Sciences Department is listed among the top programs in the nation.
Your Future
But wait, there’s more. One of the advantages of earning a degree from the College of Arts and Science is that it can lead you anywhere — including Congress, Hollywood, the Foreign Service, the corporate boardroom, the fine arts studio or even outer space! Mizzou’s oldest and largest academic division gives you options as diverse as anthropology to mathematics to religious studies.
Some of the college’s distinguished graduates include:
- Linda Bloodworth-Thomason ’69 (English), award-winning scriptwriter and television producer
- Linda Godwin ’76, PhD 80 (physics), NASA astronaut
- Gen. John A. Gordon ’68 (physics), former deputy director of the CIA
- Martha Wright Griffiths ’34 (economics), former U.S. Congress member
- Chris Cooper ’76 (theatre), Academy Award-winning actor who appeared in films such as Adaptation, Seabiscuit and American Beauty
- Mort Walker ’48 (arts), cartoonist who created Beetle Bailey
You may choose to live in a Freshman Interest Group, such as Social Change through Music or Pre-medicine and Honors. More about your FIG options.
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