Welcome to the website of the College of Arts and Letters at California State University, Los Angeles. The College of Arts and Letters has always been a wonderful place to learn and grow, and it’s becoming an even more exciting place to be as we increase the number of outstanding students and faculty in the College.

Cal State L.A. continues to acquire state-of-the-art equipment while updating facilities and building new buildings to foster our goal of educational excellence at a public university price, attracting students, staff, and faculty who reflect the highly diverse Los Angeles basin.

The College of Arts and Letters has outstanding undergraduate and graduate programs covering a wide range of subjects in the humanities: Art; Communication Studies (including Television, Film, and Media Studies); English; Liberal Studies; Modern Languages and Literatures; Music; Philosophy; and Theatre Arts and Dance.

Would you like to teach at an elementary, middle, or high school? You might major in the Liberal Arts or in a subject such as English, Music, or Modern Languages and Literatures that you would like to teach.
Would you like to develop your creative talents? The Arts and Letters faculty will guide your fiction, poetry, screenplay and theatrical writing.
Do you like to display your talents? Student exhibitions of art work, weekly music recitals, student film and media project showings, and many theatrical and dance performances happen all around the calendar, including the summer.
Or would you like a structured way to approach life’s most critical questions? Undergraduate and graduate degrees in Philosophy taught by an award winning faculty might be the place for you.

And speaking of awards, our students and faculty continue to shine and their work is recognized in all sorts of venues, from the CSU student research competitions all the way to faculty members winning Oscar™ and Emmy™ awards! Our alumni are highly accomplished and pursue diverse fields—from practicing law to producing major motion pictures, from careers in opera to local television studios, from public relations to web design, from teaching kindergarten to doctoral students.

As the new Dean of the College of Arts and Letters at Cal State L.A., I am extremely proud of our programs as well as our creative, supportive, and caring faculty and staff. Come join us at Cal State L.A. and help us to build the Los Angeles of the 21st century!

Sincerely,

Terry L. Allison, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Arts and Letters

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