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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS
The College of Arts and Letters at Sacramento State engages faculty, staff, and students in the creation
and study of what makes us human. We offer major programs in the areas of humanities, languages and
literature, history, philosophy, communication studies, design, and the fine and performing arts. We also
offer a completion degree in Arts & Letters for returning learners with some college but no degree. In
classrooms, studios and field work experiences, Arts and Letters faculty and staff foster the creative and critical
development of students’ problem-solving skills, information literacy, verbal and written communications, as
well as their design and artistic expression. Our students acquire diverse, intercultural competencies and a keen
awareness of the past as they pursue the promise of the future. These skills, along with the fundamentals of a
liberal arts education, prepare students for a lifetime of purpose and success in today’s complex and dynamic
society.
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The College of Arts and Letters offers more than 40 specialized undergraduate and graduate degrees in
addition to nearly 30 minors and concentrations. More recently approved programs include the BA in Arts &
Letters, Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Studio Art, Photography, Graphic Design, Interior Architecture, and
Architectural Studies, a bachelor’s degree in Design Studies.
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The College also offers more than 700 major, general education, and elective courses each semester to over
16,000 students.
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The Arts and Letters Professional Seminar Series (ALPSS), a collaborative program with the Career Center,
along with certificates in Teaching English as a Second Language, Curatorial Studies, in Spanish for
Healthcare (HEALS) and Criminal Justice, Certificate in Screen, Film & Television Writing, and our Certificate
in Arts Entrepreneurship, provide additional preparation for career planning.
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The College’s commitment to enhancing global awareness and engagement are furthered through facultyled study abroad opportunities to Mexico, Japan, France, and Italy, focused graduate and undergraduate
scholarships, and in partnership with College of Continuing Education newly established modern language
courses for a global audience.
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In addition to well over 200 performances, films, exhibits, symposia, lectures, and readings, the College
presents two annual anchor events for the community: U-Nite! each fall and Festival of the Arts (FOTA)
each spring.
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We are committed to engaging with our community in multiple ways: public history and public art projects;
K-12 arts education programs such as the String Project, theater performances for high school students;
Voces de Sacramento (a Spanish-language writing contest); service-learning opportunities; and partnerships
with community-based organizations such as 916Ink, Sacramento Promise Zone, and Sacramento
Philharmonic & Opera, among others.
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Our students earn national and regional recognition for award-winning student publications, competitions,
and performances including The State Hornet; Clio: California State University, Sacramento, History Journal;
Downbeat Student Music Awards; and Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival awards. Our
Public Art students recently completed and installed Tributary, a monument celebrating Hornet spirit.
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Arts and Letters alumni continue to make us Hornet Proud. A few include, Jamil Kochai (English), author of
“The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories”, a 2002 National Book Award finalist who has joined our
faculty; Elaine Welteroth (Communication Studies), award-winning journalist and author of “More Than
Enough: Claiming Space For Who You Are (No Matter What They Say),” and more recent graduates Jonathan
Saatman and Sophia Silvers (Music), who recently performed in Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera’s
production of “Die Fledermaus” (The Bat).
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Our faculty actively publish, perform, and exhibit nationally and internationally and receive highly
competitive grants, awards, and recognition, such as those from the National Endowment for the
Humanities, Fulbright, and National Science Foundation.
