THE
ACADEMIC
PROGRAM
AC
ADE
MIC
S
TRU
CT
URE
OF
T
HE
UN
I
VER
SITY
T
he
a
ca
de
mic
a
nd
i
nstr
ucti
onal
pr
ogram
at
Southwestern
University
is
or
ganized
through
The
B
row
n
C
olle
ge
of
Arts
and
Sciences
and
The
Sarofim
Sc
hool
of
Fine
Arts.
T
he
Br
own
Colle
ge
of
Ar
t
s
an
d
Scienc
e
s
T
he
B
rown
C
oll
ege
of
Arts
and
Sciences
w
as
named
in
1975
to
honor
the
Geor
ge
R.
and
H
e
rma
n
Br
own
fa
mil
ies
of
Hous
ton
for
t
heir
generosity
.
The
Brown
family
has
maintained
a
s
trong
c
ommit
me
nt
to
educational
opport
unit
y
and
a
continuing
interest
in
the
institutions
that
ha
ve
s
hape
d
their
own
lives,
including
Sout
hwestern
Un
ive
r
s
ity
.
The
Brown
Challenge
was
a
gif
t
pr
oviding
res
ources
of
truly
tr
ans
form
ati
ve
scale
to
Southwestern’
s
general
endowment.
O
ve
r
the
yea
rs
,
gifts
from
T
he
Br
own
F
ounda
t
ion
and
Brown
family
have
also
recognized
and
pr
omote
d
the
po
te
ntial
of
Southwes
ter
n’
s
f
a
cul
ty
and
students.
The
Brown
legacy
at
South-
w
e
ste
rn
is
al
so
pr
es
ent
on
campus
today
t
hrough
the
Shilling
Lecture
Series,
in
the
exemplary
te
a
ching
a
nd
sc
hola
rs
hip
carried
out
by
Brow
n
Chairs
and
Fellows,
and
in
the
presence
on
c
am
pus
of
t
he
B
rown
Scholars
,
reci
pients
of
S
outhwester
n’
s
highest
academic
awar
d.
T
he
B
rown
C
oll
ege
of
Arts
and
Sciences
i
s
m
ad
e
up
of
the
Division
of
Humanities,
the
Division
of
Na
tur
al
S
c
i
en
ce
s
,
and
the
Divi
sion
of
Soci
al
Sciences.
Fields
of
study
available
in
the
Brown
C
olle
ge
i
nclude
15
academic
department
s
and
one
area.
The
Brown
College
is
also
the
primary
home
of
7
i
nter
dis
c
i
plinary
programs
.
D
iv
isi
on
of
Hu
man
i
ties
Cl
as
sic
s
Are
a
Com
munic
at
ion
Studies
Engl
ish
H
ist
ory
Mode
rn
L
a
ngua
ges
and
Literatures
Re
ligi
on
and
Philos
ophy
D
iv
isi
on
of
Soc
ial
Sciences
Ec
onomic
s
and
B
us
iness
Educ
a
tion
K
ines
iology
(se
e
Kinesi
ology
Departm
ent)
Pol
itic
al
Sc
ienc
e
Ps
ychol
ogy
Soc
iology
a
nd
Anthropology
D
iv
isi
on
of
Nat
ur
al
Sciences
Bi
ology
Che
mis
try
a
nd
B
ioc
hemis
try
K
ines
iology
(se
e
Kinesi
ology
Departm
ent)
Ma
the
mat
ics
a
nd
Comput
er
Science
Phys
ic
s
T
he
Sar
ofim
Sc
hool
of
F
ine
Art
s
T
he
S
ar
ofim
Sc
hool
of
Fine
Ar
ts
has
its
root
s
i
n
the
University’
s
original
School
of
Music,
w
hic
h
w
as
es
tablis
hed
in
1888.
In
1941,
the
Art
Department
was
mer
ged
with
the
School
of
M
usic
,
and
t
he
S
c
hool
of
Fine
Arts
of
fered
i
ts
first
courses
with
Dr
.
Henry
Edwin
Meyer
as
the
f
irs
t
de
an.
In
195
6,
the
Dr
am
a
and
Speec
h
Department
w
as
incorporated
into
the
school.
In
1999,
it
bec
am
e
the
Theatre
Depar
tment,
and
T
he
S
ar
ofim
School
of
Fine
Arts
evolved
into
its
pr
es
ent
c
onfi
gura
tion.
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The
pur
pose
s
of
T
he
S
ar
ofim
School
of
F
ine
Art
s
are
to
prepare
students
for
pro
fessions
in
the
fi
el
ds
of
studio
a
rt
,
art
his
tory
,
mus
ic
and
theatre,
including
the
teaching
of
those
subjects;
to
pr
ovi
de
t
hem
w
it
h
a
bas
e
of
liberal
arts
subjects
to
af
for
d
them
breadth
and
intel
lectual
solidity;
t
o
pr
ovide
opportuni
ties
for
all
Univers
ity
students
to
par
ticipate
in
studio,
class
and
ensemble
act
ivitie
s;
and
to
f
unc
tion
as
an
aes
thetic
and
cultur
al
force
for
the
University
an
d
the
communit
y
.
House
d
in
the
A
lma
Thomas
Fine
Ar
ts
Center
and
the
Rufus
Franklin
Edwards
Studio
Arts
Building,
T
he
Sa
rof
im
S
chool
of
Fine
Arts
makes
available
courses
lea
ding
to
the
Bachelor
of
F
ine
A
rt
s
de
gre
e
i
n
theatre,
the
Ba
chelor
of
M
usic
degree,
and
the
Bache
lor
of
Arts
in
a
r
t,
ar
t
his
tor
y
,
mus
ic
and
theatre.
The
Sar
ofim
Sc
hool
of
Fine
Ar
ts
A
rt
a
nd
Ar
t
His
t
ory
Mus
ic
The
a
tre
I
nt
er
dis
ci
plin
ary
Pr
ograms
In
addit
ion,
the
Uni
versi
ty
suppor
ts
a
s
eries
of
team-taught,
in
ter
disciplinary
courses
including
fi
el
ds
r
epr
es
ente
d
both
by
The
Brown
College
of
Arts
and
Sc
ie
nces
and
The
Saro
fim
School
of
F
ine
A
rt
s.
I
nte
rdi
sc
iplin
ary
Program
s
A
nima
l
Be
ha
vior
Envi
ronme
nta
l
St
udies
Fe
mini
st
S
tudie
s
Int
er
na
ti
onal
S
tudi
es
La
tin
A
me
ric
a
n
Studies
Phys
ic
al
S
ci
enc
e
S
OU
THWE
ST
ER
N
UN
IVE
RSIT
Y
CURRICULUM
Rati
onale
At
S
outhw
es
ter
n
U
ni
vers
ity
,
we
bel
ie
ve
that
the
liberal
arts
must
extend
beyond
a
prescribed
set
of
cour
se
s
a
nd
expe
rie
nces
to
include
all
we
do.
In
structuring
the
academic
curr
ic
ulum,
S
outhw
es
ter
n
U
nive
rs
ity
believes
that
general
education,
the
major
,
the
minor
and
elec
tives
all
contri
bute
i
n
a
vit
al
wa
y
to
a
liberal
arts
educat
ion.
A
liberal
a
r
ts
approach
to
tea
ching
and
lea
rning
r
equir
es
tha
t
f
a
culty
in
all
di
sciplines
provide
courses
tha
t
cause
students
to
challenge
the
ir
own
a
ss
umpti
ons
about
the
world
and
to
become
individ
uals
who
are
capab
le
of
self
ref
lec
tion
a
nd
c
riti
ca
l
analys
is
and
who
are
passionate
about
continued
learning
thr
oughout
their
li
ves
.
A
libe
ra
l
a
rts
approach
r
equir
es
that
individual
courses
be
placed
in
the
context
of
the
dis
ci
pline
,
in
re
la
tionship
to
ot
her
disciplines,
and
in
relation
to
the
libe
r
al
arts
in
general,
such
tha
t
s
tudent
s
c
ome
t
o
underst
and
the
es
sentially
int
er
disciplinary
nature
of
the
lib
eral
arts.
S
tudent
s
w
ho
expe
ri
ence
such
a
liberal
arts
education
should
become
literate,
inf
ormed
and
crit
ica
l
pe
rs
ons
c
apa
ble
of
m
aking
t
he
worl
d
more
humane
and
civilized.
Such
s
tudents
must
acqui
re
the
s
kills
of
communication:
they
must
learn
to
read
a
nd
think
cr
itically
,
to
write
and
s
pea
k
coge
ntly
.
The
y
m
ust
develop
mathematical
reasoning
ability
.
Because
cumulative
learning
de
vel
ops
the
ir
pow
ers
of
reasoning
and
analysis,
they
must
achieve
depth
in
som
e
field
of
know
le
dge.
A
t
the
same
tim
e,
they
need
to
acqui
re
breadth
by
becoming
familiar
with
the
dif
fe
re
nt
s
pec
ial
ize
d
modes
of
acquir
ing
knowledge
of
themselves
and
of
their
social
and
natural
environm
ents
.
The
y
must
come
to
understand
the
complexity
and
diversity
of
th
eir
own
cultural
he
rit
age
,
both
in
his
tor
ical
context
and
in
relation
to
the
international
context
of
the
21st
century
.
They
m
ust
de
vel
op
religi
ous
and
aesthetic
awareness
that
will
help
them
to
make
infor
med
and
dis
cr
imi
nati
ng
dec
isions
.
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