College of Arts & Letters

The College of Arts and Letters combines the inclusive community of a small liberal arts college with the innovation of a research university. Located on the beautiful quad, the college offers high-quality programs across thirteen majors with focuses ranging from culture, communication, and creativity to politics, ethics, and justice.

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Jan 13 Positive career outcomes
While the world of work has changed fundamentally, JMU graduates are fully prepared to succeed.
Jan 8 Study abroad: The world as our classroom
Opportunities to study abroad were limited for the women of Madison College, but students today enjoy plenty of options.
Jan 3 Celebrating the worlds of Black poetry
Renowned poets, emerging voices, scholars and educators gathered at JMU for Furious Flower IV.
Dec 18 JMU names Zimmerman dean of the College of Arts and Letters
Traci Zimmerman has been named dean of the College of Arts and Letters..
Dec 12 If this airplane could talk; JMU X-Labs students bring history to life
Last year, the First Air Force One Foundation posed a unique challenge to the students in JMU’s X-Labs program: come up with a plan to make First Air Force One accessible to the public.
Dec 10 ENG 415 students create handmade manuscripts in project-based learning experience
Professor Mark Rankin’s students utilize aspects of medieval scribal culture.