College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

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University of Michigan
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Seal of the University of Michigan.svg
Other name
LSA
MottoLeading in Thought and Action
Type Public
Established1841;183 years ago (1841)
Parent institution
 University of Michigan
Endowment $750 million (2011)[ citation needed ]
Dean Anne Curzan
Academic staff
1,372
Administrative staff
2,200
Undergraduates 17,149 [1]
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan
,
United States

42°16′34.4″N83°44′28.8″W / 42.276222°N 83.741333°W / 42.276222; -83.741333
Campus40 acres (16 ha)
Website lsa.umich.edu

The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) is the liberal arts and sciences school of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Established in 1841, the college is home to both the University of Michigan Honors Program and Residential College.

Contents

History

Literary Class of 1880 (includes Mary Henrietta Graham, the first African American woman graduate of the University of Michigan) Literary Class of 1880.jpg
Literary Class of 1880 (includes Mary Henrietta Graham, the first African American woman graduate of the University of Michigan)
Angell Hall, one of the major buildings housing the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Front of Angell Hall.jpg
Angell Hall, one of the major buildings housing the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts was originally designated the Literary Department and was the core of the University of Michigan. From 1841 to 1874, the faculty elected a president that communicated with the regents about department needs. In 1875, Henry Simmons Frieze became the first of the deans of LSA.

In March 2013 Helen Zell gave $50 million to LSA, the largest gift in LSA history, to support scholarships and stipends for Master's students in creative writing. [2]

Deans

Henry Simmons Frieze, first of the deans of the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Photograph of Henry Simmons Frieze (published 1906).jpg
Henry Simmons Frieze, first of the deans of the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Faculty of Literature, Science, and the Arts

NameService yearLength

(Approx.)

Field of study
Henry Simmons Frieze 1875–18805 yearsClassical Studies [3]
Charles Kendall Adams 1880–18811 yearHistory [4]
Edward Olney1881–18821 yearMathematics [5]
Henry Simmons Frieze1882–18897 yearsClassical Studies

Department of Literature, Science, and the Arts

NameService yearLength

(Approx.)

Field of study
Martin Luther D'Ooge 1890–18977 yearsClassical Studies [6]
Richard Hudson1897–190710 yearsHistory [7]
John Oren Reed 1907–19141 yearPhysics [8]
John Robert Effinger (acting)1912–19153 yearsFrench [9]

College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

NameService yearLength

(Approx.)

Field of study
John Robert Effinger1915–19338 yearsFrench
Edward Henry Kraus 1933–194512 yearsMineralogy [10]
Hayward Keniston 1945–19516 yearRomance Languages [11]
Burton Doan Thuma (acting)1951–19521 yearPsychology [12]
Charles Edwin Odegaard1952–19586 yearsHistory [13]
Roger William Heyns1959–19601 yearEducation [14]
Burton Doan Thuma (acting)1962–19631 yearPsychology
William Haber1963–19685 yearsEconomics [15]
William Lee Hays1968–19702 yearsPsychology [16]
Alfred S. Sussman (acting)1970–19711 yearBotany [17]
Frank H. T. Rhodes 1971–19743 yearsGeological Sciences/Mineralogy [18]
Billy E. Frye (acting)1974–19762 yearsZoology [19]
Billy E. Frye1976–19804 yearsZoology
John R. Knott (acting)1980–19811 yearEnglish [20]
Peter O. Steiner 1981–19898 yearsEconomics/Law [21]
Edie Goldenberg1989–19989 yearsPolitical Science [22]
Patricia Gurin (acting)1998–19991 yearPsychology/Women's Studies [23]
Shirley Neuman1999–20023 yearsEnglish/Women's Studies [24]
Terrence J. McDonald (acting)2002–20031 yearHistory [25]
Terrence J. McDonald2003–201310 yearsHistory
Susan A. Gelman (interim)2013–20141 yearPsychology [26]
Andrew D. Martin 2014–20184 yearsPolitical Science [27]
Elizabeth Cole (interim)2018–20191 yearSocial Sciences [28]
Anne Curzan 2019–20245 yearsLinguistics [29]
Rosario Ceballo2024–presentincumbentPsychology [30]

Source: [31]

Residential College

The Residential College (RC) is a division of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Catherine Badgley is the current director of the RC. [32]

Founded in 1967, [33] the Residential College was designed to create a smaller liberal arts program with the resources of a larger university. The college was developed by a planning committee of faculty that included Theodore Newcomb, Carl Cohen, and Bradford Perkins. [34]

Students in the RC take classes in LSA as well as specially-designed RC courses, many of which are seminar courses with fewer than fifteen students each. All RC students are required to live in the same residence hall, East Quadrangle, for at least their first two years. Since the RC is a part of the LSA, all LSA academic requirements apply to it. In addition to the usual concentrations in LSA, RC students may choose to pursue five additional concentrations (RC website): "Arts and Ideas in the Humanities," "Creative Writing and Literature," "Drama," "Social Theory and Practice," and an option for an "Individualized Major."

A major requirement for RC participation is intensive language training, which consists of two eight-credit courses similar to language immersion, and one four-credit readings course. Intensive Japanese at the RC has no reading courses, and the semi-immersion curriculum consists of two ten-credit courses. Other languages offered include Spanish, French, Latin, German, Japanese, and Russian.

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

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