Carnegie Mellon College of Humanities and Social Sciences

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The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (H&SS) is the second largest academic unit by enrollment of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

The college admitted its first freshman class in 1969, following the announcement of the pending closure of the Margaret Morrison Carnegie College. The administrative offices of H&SS are located in Baker Hall. Most of the classes offered by H&SS are held in Baker Hall and Porter Hall, but some classes, particularly the smaller recitation classes, are held in various locations throughout the campus. H&SS also houses the Carnegie Mellon University Press which specializes in poetry. All undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon are required to take several H&SS classes (at least two, but usually more) as part of their program's General Education requirements. The current Dean of H&SS is John Lehoczky.

Contents 1 Departments 2 Areas of study 2.1 Jointly administered undergraduate degree programs 2.2 Pre-professional advising 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Departments

H&SS manages the following departments and programs:

• English
• History
• Modern Languages
• Philosophy
• Psychology
• Social and Decision Sciences
• Economics
• Statistics
• Information Systems

[edit] Areas of study

Undergraduates can earn a B.A. or B.S. in the following fields of study. Additional majors and minors are available in most fields as well. Graduate programs are also available through the college.

• Anthropology and History
• Chinese
• Cognitive Science
• Creative Writing
• Decision Science
• Economics
• Economics and Statistics
• English
• Environmental policy (additional major only)
• Ethics, History, and Public Policy
• European Studies
• French and Francophone Studies
• German
• Hispanic Studies
• History and Policy
• Information Systems (primary major only)
• International Relations (additional major only)
• Japanese
• Linguistics
• Logic and Computation
• Philosophy
• Policy and Management
• Political Science
• Professional Writing
• Psychology
• Psychology and Biological Sciences
• Russian Studies
• Social and Cultural History
• Statistics
• Technical Writing and Communication

In addition, undergraduate students can define their own major through consultation with their academic advisor.

[edit] Jointly administered undergraduate degree programs

H&SS jointly administers the Bachelor of Humanities and Arts (BHA) and Bachelor of Science and Arts (BSA) degree programs with the College of Fine Arts and the Mellon College of Science, respectively.

[edit] Pre-professional advising

The office of Carnegie Mellon's Pre-Law Advising Program is located in the H&SS Academic Advisory Center in Baker Hall. Because it is a university program, all interested undergraduate students of the university are welcome to make use of the services offered by the program. Similarly, all interested students of the university, not just science students, can meet with the advisor for the Health Professions Program, located in Doherty Hall.

[edit] References

• Fenton, Edwin (2000). Carnegie Mellon 1900-2000: A Centennial History. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press. ISBN 0-88748-323-2. 

[edit] External links

• College of Humanities and Social Science

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