Mission Statement

The mission of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University is to provide excellence in the core of general education for the majority of the undergraduate students in the university, to provide strong graduate education through the level of the Ph.D., and to advance fundamental knowledge, single-investigator and interdisciplinary research, and community outreach on behalf of the university.   This is to be accomplished by:

• providing rigorous and challenging programs in undergraduate and graduate education across the liberal arts and sciences;
• offering a caring teaching environment, one that cultivates excellence among researchers, scholars and professionals and utilizes the latest technologies and facilities; and
• expanding outreach to the surrounding community and applying our problem-solving capabilities for the benefit of the citizens of Michigan and the broader society.