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The College of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences together form Boston University’s largest and most central teaching and research enterprise, providing instruction in the liberal arts for all BU students. Arts and Sciences is home to 24 academic departments (23 of which offer major concentrations) and 33 research centers and institutes. Undergraduates choose from more than 2,500 courses in the humanities, natural and social sciences, and mathematics and computer science, pursuing B.A. degrees in more than 70 concentrations. Graduate students pursue M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in nearly 50 fields of the humanities; the natural, social, and mathematical sciences; theology; and music.

Arts and Sciences Deans

Virginia Sapiro, Dean of Arts and Sciences
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Susan K. Jackson, Senior Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
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J. Scott Whitaker, Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
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Wayne Snyder, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
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Peter Doeringer, Associate Dean for Faculty
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Juliana Walsh, Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs
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M. David Eckel, Assistant Dean of the Core Curriculum
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Michael B. Prince, Assistant Dean, Director of the Writing Program
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Edward Stern, Assistant Dean for Pre-Law Advising
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Glen Zamansky, Assistant Dean for Pre-Medical Studies
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