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The place to find your place

Unlimited options and unwavering support to prepare you for life and any career you choose.

It all starts here.

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Meet our community

Get to know some of our talented Liberal Arts students, alumni, and faculty members. These stories highlight the diverse backgrounds and accomplishments of our community and the impact they are making.

Enhancing first-generation student support

As a first-generation student, Milan Dukes is improving the college experience and support resources for fellow first-generation students while participating in research to help shape her career goals.

Learn about first-generation support

Building the future of Liberal Arts

The Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building—the first new Liberal Arts building at Penn State University Park in more than fifty years—will be an innovative hub of social science teaching, research, and outreach activity when it opens in January 2025.

Learn more about the Welch Building

Students study reproductive justice in Cape Town, South Africa

This past summer, Liberal Arts students studied and completed research in South Africa through a faculty-led program that explored the history of reproductive justice in the country.

Learn more about Embedded Programs

David and Joanne Kleppinger endow internship program with $280,000 gift

The couple’s philanthropy provides students with transformative, real-world experiences that not only enhance the students’ academic journeys but also position them to make meaningful contributions in government and policy.

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Students travel to Washington, DC, to explore federal employment

The Liberal Arts Career Enrichment Network hosted a bus trip to Washington, DC, for students to learn about careers in the federal government and network with alumni and employers.

Learn more about professional development

Pursue your passions

The College of the Liberal Arts is home to nearly 150 undergraduate majors, minors, integrated undergraduate-graduate degrees (IUGs), associate degrees, and certificates.
There is truly something for everyone.

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Anthropology
Anthropological Science
Communication Arts and Sciences
English
Psychology (Life Sciences Option or Neuroscience Option)
Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL)
Women’s Studies

A liberal arts major helped recent graduate John Miller develop a greater worldly perspective, improve his communication skills, and see how people experience life in different ways—traits that have benefitted the Paterno Fellow on his unique path to medical school. Read his story.

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Students in the humanities study how people process and document the human experience. Most majors in the humanities build widely transferable skills that employers appreciate and go on to be writers, counselors, event organizers, social media managers, fundraisers, travel bloggers, and more.

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The social sciences examine the relationships between individuals and societies, as well as the development and operation of societies. The critical thinking, research, and analytical skills gained in a social science major help prepare graduates for diverse job titles, including economist, psychologist, political scientist, historian, postsecondary teacher, museum curator, and social worker.

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Intercultural communication, critical thinking and reasoning, cultural adaptability, information and trend analysis, and the other skills that drive the global economy, are in high demand today. Language graduates find jobs in tourism, international development, marketing, policy making, journalism, government, and more.

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Mark your calendar

The College of the Liberal Arts hosts more than 200 events
throughout the year for students, alumni, faculty, staff, and the community.
Visit our events calendar to see the full list of upcoming events.
Below are the annual student events.