College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Mission Statement

The Franklin Pierce College of Liberal Arts, Business, Social Sciences, and Education promotes intellectual curiosity and provides supportive opportunities for students to develop the knowledge and skills foundational to their accomplishment of personal fulfillment, career success, and responsible citizenship.

The College of Liberal Arts, Business, Social Sciences, and Education engages students in the broad range of liberal arts disciplines essential to developing a respect and appreciation for alternative and complementary ways of understanding and interacting with our world.

The College of Liberal Arts, Business, Social Sciences, and Education faculty are dedicated to all of the activities in which faculty and students, together, interact in a process of teaching and learning.

Broad-Based Student Learning Goals

• Critical thinking and reading
• Information literacy
• Written, oral, and digital communication
• Creative thinking and innovation
• Historical, societal, and cultural understanding
• Ethical reasoning
• Application and transmission of knowledge