College of Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences engages students with humanity’s greatest ideas to create understanding, apply insights, and serve the world as Christian thinkers and problem solvers.
About/Mission: The College of Arts and Sciences endeavors to educate students for worldwide Christian service and leadership through programs of study and other learning experiences that blend a liberal arts education with professional and career education. The college offers a broad spectrum of programs in the arts, humanities, social sciences, behavioral sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics as well as professional and pre-professional programs. Many courses in the college are designed to provide a unique liberal arts education from a Christian perspective to students of all majors throughout the university.
Undergraduate Departments
- Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
- Art and Design
- Biology
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Communication and Sociology
- Engineering and Physics
- English (See Language and Literature)
- Foreign Languages (See Language and Literature)
- History and Global Studies
- Journalism and Mass Communication
- Language and Literature
- Mathematics
- Music
- Political Science and Criminal Justice
- Psychology
- Theatre
Meet the Dean
Gregory Straughn, Ph.D.
Gregory Straughn has taught music history and theory courses at Abilene Christian University since 2000. In his professional career, he has performed as a cellist with the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra and the Denton and Dallas Bach Societies. His scholarly work has centered on nineteenth-century opera, specifically Wagner’s Parsifal and the ensemble structures in the works of Jules Massenet. Since 2009, he has held a variety of administrative roles at ACU, including Honors Dean, Associate Provost for General Education, Interim Provost, and, currently, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Phone: 325-674-2209
Email: gbs00a@acu.edu
