Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences

The Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences is the oldest and largest school within Fairfield University located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The College is host to 15 departments and diverse interdisciplinary 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.

History

 * 1942: Fairfield College of St. Robert Bellarmine, Inc. purchased two adjoining estates in Fairfield
 * 1945: Fairfield University was chartered by the State of Connecticut to grant degrees
 * 1947: First class of 303 male students was admitted to the College of Arts and Sciences
 * 1949: College of Arts and Sciences was accredited by the State of Connecticut
 * 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 Kappa
 * 2008 Introduced low residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program including residency portion at Enders Island.
 * 2013 Introduced Master of Public Administration Program.

Notable faculty

 * Betsy Bowen, Professor of English, 2010 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Connecticut Professor of the Year
 * Edward Deak - Roger M. Lynch Professor of Economics and highly regarded State of Connecticut economist
 * David L. Downie - Director of Environmental Studies; former Director of the Global Roundtable on Climate Change at The Earth Institute
 * Paul Lakeland - Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J., Professor of Catholic Studies and award-winning author
 * R. James Long - Professor of Philosophy
 * Laura Nash - Director of Music Program; 2009 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Connecticut Professor of the Year; and 2008 Connecticut Music Educator of the Year
 * Nicholas Rinaldi - Professor of Creative Writing and award-winning novelist and poet
 * Richard Ryscavage S.J., Professor of Sociology and International Studies, nationally known expert on immigration and refugees
 * Kurt C. Schlichting - E. Gerald Corrigan Endowed Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences and award-winning author
 * James Simon - Professor of English and Head of Journalism Program
 * Timothy Law Snyder - 16th President of Loyola Marymount University
 * Brian Q. Torff - Director of Jazz and Popular Music and renowned bassist and composer
 * Ellen Umansky - Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor of Judaic Studies
 * David R. Winn - Chairman of the Physics Department; developed quartz fiber calorimeter for the Large Hadron Collider