Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1851 |
| Dean | Adrian Randolph |
Academic staff | 600+ [1] |
| Undergraduates | 4,300+ [1] |
| Location | Evanston, Illinois, USA |
| Website | http://www.weinberg.northwestern.edu |
 | |
The Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (WCAS or Weinberg College) is the largest of the twelve schools comprising Northwestern University, located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois. It was established in 1851 and today comprises 25 departments and many specialty programs.
Weinberg enrolls students in its classes from all of Northwestern's undergraduate schools, including the Medill School of Journalism, School of Music, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Communication, and School of Education and Social Policy. All faculty members in Weinberg teach undergraduate students.
About 3 percent of student enrollments are in courses taught exclusively by teaching assistants, mostly in small introductory courses in foreign languages; all other courses are taught by professors.[2] The number of men and women in Weinberg is about equal; 30 percent of undergraduates belong to racial or ethnic minorities. Students also come from all 50 states; Illinois is the home of the largest number of students, followed by California, Ohio, and New York. Seven percent of Weinberg students are from foreign countries.[2]
Weinberg has 15 interdisciplinary programs that offer minors or majors. These include American studies, European studies, Integrated Science Program (ISP), Legal Studies, Mathematical Experience for Northwestern Undergraduates (MENU), Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (MMSS), and the Writing Major. Each of these programs has special admissions requirements.[2]
Each first-year student in Weinberg is required to take two "First-Year Seminars," 15 or 16 students in each, focused on the development of writing and discussion skills. A first-year student's typical schedule each quarter includes a small class of 15 students, a class of 20-25 students, and two larger lecture courses. Last year fewer than 10 of more than 2000 courses in Weinberg College enrolled over 300 students.[2]
Each year, faculty members associated with several of Northwestern's graduate programs teach undergraduates. Professors from the Kellogg School of Management offer courses in accounting, finance, and marketing especially designed for Weinberg students. Law School faculty each year teach several undergraduate courses in Weinberg as well. Weinberg also has special agreements with Chicago's major cultural institutions, including the Field Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Adler Planetarium, Chicago Botanic Garden, and American Bar Foundation, to offer courses taught by Chicago-area experts.[2]
Degree Requirements
Degree requirements specify that each Weinberg student should demonstrate writing and foreign language proficiency (by taking certain courses), complete two first-year seminars (small specialized courses with 15 students), complete two courses in each area of distribution requirements (two units must be completed in each of the following areas: Natural Sciences, Formal Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Historical Studies, Ethics and Values, and Literature and Fine Arts), and complete a WCAS major.[3] Weinberg graduates receive the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Philosophy degree.[4]
Areas of Study
The following is a list of courses of study which can be pursued at Weinberg:[5]
- African American Studies (major, minor)
- African and Asian Languages Program (minor in Chinese Language and Culture, minor in Japanese Language and Culture)
- African Studies (adjunct major, minor)
- American Studies (major)
- Anthropology (major, minor)
- Art History (major, minor)
- Art Theory and Practice (major)
- Asian American Studies (minor)
- Asian Studies (adjunct major and minor in Asian Studies, major in Asian Languages and Civilizations)
- Astronomy (major, minor)
- Biological Sciences (major)
- Business Institutions (minor)
- Catholic studies (minor)
- Central and Southeastern European Studies (minor)
- Chemistry (major, minor)
- Chinese Language and Culture (minor)
- Classics (major; minor concentrations in Latin, Greek, and Classical Studies)
- Cognitive Science (major, minor)
- Comparative Literary Studies (major in Comparative Literary Studies, minor in World Literature)
- Computer Science (major, minor)
- Computing and Information Systems (major)
- Critical Theory (minor)
- Drama (major)
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (major, minor)
- Economics (major, minor)
- English (major, minor)
- Environmental Policy and Culture (minor)
- Environmental Sciences (major) (cross-school program)
- Evolutionary Processes (minor)
- Film & Media Studies (minor) (School of Communication program)
- Financial Economics (certificate) (Kellogg School of Management program)
- French (major, minor)
- Gender & Sexuality Studies (major, minor)
- Geography (adjunct major, minor)
- German (major, minor)
- Global Health Studies (minor)
- Hebrew (minor)
- History (major, minor)
- Humanities (minor)
- Integrated Science (major)
- International Studies (adjunct major, minor)
- Italian (major, minor)
- Japanese Language and Culture (minor)
- Jewish Studies (major and minor in Jewish Studies, minor in Hebrew Studies)
- Latin America and Caribbean Studies (minor)
- Latina and Latino Studies (major, minor)
- Legal Studies (adjunct major, minor)
- Linguistics (major, minor)
- Managerial Analytics (certificate) (Kellogg School of Management program)
- Materials Science (major, minor)
- Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (adjunct major)
- Mathematics (major, minor)
- Middle East Studies (adjunct major and minor in Middle East Studies, major in Middle East Languages and Civilizations)
- Neuroscience (major)
- Philosophy (major, minor)
- Physics (major, minor)
- Political Science (major, minor)
- Psychology (major, minor)
- Religious Studies (major and minor in Religious Studies, minor in Catholic Studies)
- Science in Human Culture (adjunct major, minor)
- Slavic Languages and Literature (major in Slavic Languages and Literature, minor concentrations in Russian and in Slavic Studies, and in Central and Southeastern European Studies)
- Sociology (major, minor)
- Sound Design (minor) (cross-school program)
- Spanish and Portuguese (major and minor in Spanish)
- Statistics (major, minor)
- Transportation and Logistics (minor) (cross-school program)
- Urban Studies (adjunct major)
- World Literature (minor)
Notable alumni
- Madeleine Wing Adler (‘62) - president, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- Leigh Alexander (‘79) - chief marketing officer, Unisys
- Marie Arana (‘71) - book editor, Washington Post
- Lee Phillip Bell (‘50) - creator, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful
- Saul Bellow (‘37) - Nobel Prize-winning author
- Anthony Bozza (‘93), New York Times best-selling author; former Rolling Stone cover story writer
- Nicholas Chabraja (‘64) - chairman and CEO, General Dynamics
- Douglas Conant (‘73) - president and CEO, Campbell Soup Company
- Luke Donald (‘01) - professional golfer
- D. Cameron Findlay (‘82) - executive vice president and general counsel, Aon Corporation; former Deputy Secretary of Labor
- Christopher Galvin (‘73) - chairman, NAVTEQ Corp; former president and CEO, Motorola, Inc.
- Angela Jackson (‘77) - poet, author, playwright
- Jeff Jacobs (‘92) - director of beverage new business development, Campbell Soup Company
- Tim Johnson (‘83) - film director
- Catherine Kaputa (‘70) - president, Self Brand; adjunct professor, New York University's Stern School of Business
- Marc Kirschner (‘66) - cell biology department chair, Harvard Medical School
- Jim Kolbe (‘65) - U.S. Congressman
- Glenn Loury (‘72) - Brown University economist
- Todd Martin (‘92) - former professional tennis player
- James McNaught ('90) - U.S. State Department officer, Afghanistan
- John Musker (‘75) - Disney cartoon director
- Dawn Clark Netsch (‘48) - former state legislator and a key figure in Illinois politics
- Phyllis Oakley (‘56) - diplomat, former top intelligence adviser to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
- William Osborn (‘69) - president and CEO, Northern Trust Corporation
- Eva Paterson (‘71) - civil rights attorney
- Sidney Sheldon (‘38) - romance novelist
- David Skorton (‘70) - president, Cornell University
- Rick Sund (‘73) - general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team
- William Tuohy (‘51) - foreign correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Edward Weiler (‘71) - director, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Fred "The Hammer" Williamson (‘60) - actor
- Paul Winter (‘61) - musician; founder, Paul Winter Consort
References
- 1 2 Northwestern Facts, About, Northwestern University
- 1 2 3 4 5 Weinberg College Facts, Welcome, WCAS, Northwestern University
- ↑ Archived February 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Degrees Awarded-August 2001-June 2002
- ↑ List of Majors and Minors in Weinberg College, Majors, Minors, and Certificates, Undergraduate Students, WCAS, Northwestern University