Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences

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Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences is the Liberal Arts College at East Carolina University. It is comprised principally of departments in the humanities, the natural sciences and mathematics, and the social sciences.

1 History
2 Namesake
3 Departments
4 Interdisciplinary Programs:

[edit] History

In 1941, the Board of Trustees approved an undergraduate degree program in liberal arts disciplines for students wanting to pursue a nonteaching degree. When East Carolina College was elevated to university status in 1967, the School of Arts and Sciences became the College of Arts and Sciences, the home of the liberal arts.

[edit] Namesake

The school is named for Thomas Harriot. He was born in Oxfordshire, England, about 1560. In 1585, the 25-year-old Harriot served as cartographer, historian and surveyor for Sir Walter Raleigh's second expedition to Virginia.

[edit] Departments

Foreign Languages and Literatures

Urban and Regional Planning

[edit] Interdisciplinary Programs:

Asian Studies

Classical Studies

Coastal and Marine Studies

Great Books

International Studies

Institute for Historical and Cultural Research (IHCR)

Medieval and Renaissance Studies

North Carolina Studies

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		East Carolina University
	Academics:	Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, College of Fine Arts and Communication, The College of Health and Human Performance, The College of Human Ecology, College of Technology and Computer Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, School of Nursing
	Student Life:	The East Carolinian, Student Pirate Club, Alma Mater, E.C. Victory, Greenville, Marching Pirates, ECU Transit, Buccaneer, Expressions, Rebel, WZMB, Student Rec Center, Greek Life, The League of Societies
	Medical:	Brody School of Medicine, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, SpeechEasy, da Vinci, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery
	Athletics	Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Clark-LeClair Stadium, Conference USA, Paint it Purple Firday, Pirate Walk, ECU Pirates
	People of ECU:	Notable Alumni, Steve Ballard, Leo Warren Jenkins, Terry Holland, Skip Holtz, Ricky Stokes, Randolph Chitwood, Sandra Bullock, Marc_Basnight, Billy Taylor, Kay Yow, Emily Proctor, Robert Burren Morgan