Message from the Dean

Welcome to the home page of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. HSS is the largest of the six academic schools and houses numerous majors and minors as well as special programs (e.g., Crazyhorse (a leading literary magazine), Chrestomathy: the Undergraduate Research Journal of HSS, the Liberal Education and Entrepreneurship Program, and The Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Institute for Urban Affairs and Policy Studies). Please click on the organization chart of the School to see all of the units that are included.

The School is responsible for the delivery of a large part of the general education curriculum of the College, with requirements in English, History, the Humanities and the Social Sciences. The School boasts six of the top ten majors (in terms of numbers of majors) in the College: Communication, Psychology, Political Science, History, Sociology, and English.

In the School of Humanities and Social Sciences we take great pride in our faculty of "teacher-scholars." Numerous faculty have received the Distinguished Teaching, Research, and Service Awards and the Distinguished Teacher-Scholar Award as well. Faculty in HSS are known for their dedication and productivity and for their commitment to providing special attention to our students and encouraging their development as active, engaged learners through independent study, tutorials, honors, internships, and various capstone experiences in the majors.

In addition to a wide array of undergraduate programs, HSS offers graduate education programs at the masters level in: English (with The Citadel), History (with The Citadel), Public Administration (with the University of South Carolina, Columbia), the MES in Environmental Studies (with the School of Sciences and Mathematics) and Historic Preservation (with the School of the Arts and Clemson University). We have begun a certificate program in Communication and anticipate adding a masters program in Communication in the near future.

Please visit the web sites of the various departments and programs of the School of HSS using the College of Charleston home page's search function.

Dean Cynthia Lowenthal