College of Arts and Sciences

We are the Arts and Sciences

The College of Arts and Sciences is Harding’s largest and oldest college. It is home to more than 47% of Harding’s undergraduate students across 15 departments with more than 80 undergraduate majors and four graduate programs. We proudly offer the majority of The Core courses for all undergraduate students, educating the whole person by pursuing truth via The Big Questions — "Who is God?", "Who are we?", "What matters?", "What are our responsibilities?", and "How do we know what we know?". We seek to lead our students on the path to thriving and faithful service in their lives, careers and continued studies.   

Our Mission

With Christ as Lord, we, the College of Arts and Sciences, walk with our students, mentoring as we teach, using the best tools of the liberal arts and scientific inquiry–classical study and hands-on exploration. We seek to lead our students on the path to thriving and faithful service in their lives, careers, and continued studies.

ART, ARCHITECTURE and DESIGN

Join talented students from all over the world in an environment that thrives on creativity. Our students graduate with the knowledge and skills needed to become professional artists or designers. We offer majors that focus on painting, three-dimensional work, graphic design, architecture, interior design, and art education. You also have the flexibility to build a portfolio that targets many other niches, such as art therapy, illustration, art history, printmaking and photography.

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Our mission is to provide, within a Christian context, a sound knowledge and foundation in the field and to enhance growth in critical thinking, scientific inquiry and Christian service.

BIOLOGY

We offer students the opportunity to explore the diversity of life on earth from a variety of scientific perspectives, to develop a sense of God-given responsibility to be good stewards of that life, and to prepare for careers that build on an appreciation of the biological sciences.

CHEMISTRY and BIOCHEMISTRY

We offer competitive programs that prepare teachers, medical professionals, engineers and more. Our faculty are talented professionals who are dedicated to providing excellent instruction and Christian mentorship.

COMMUNICATION

We prepare students for a lifetime of storytelling. With academic programs in advertising, communication studies, film production, integrated marketing communication, media production, multimedia journalism and public relations, we can help you find your story.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Our mission is to prepare students for participation in all phases of software development, provide a foundation of fundamental concepts which will accommodate emerging technologies, and help students discover their inspired purpose.

ENGINEERING and PHYSICS

Our mission is to prepare Christian professionals to assume leadership roles in their fields, to improve the quality of life for individuals and society, and to contribute to an enhanced understanding of God's creation.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE

We help all students develop critical thinking skills and gain proficiency in expository and persuasive writing. We help prepare English majors for their professions, whether for teaching, graduate study, or a variety of other fields. We model and mentor Christian scholarship.

FAMILY and CONSUMER SCIENCES

Family and Consumer Sciences is multidimensional with the overall mission of assisting individuals, families and communities in making informed decisions about their well-being, relationships and resources to achieve optimal quality of life.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE and INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Our mission is to equip language learners for service in both local and global communities through the development of intercultural competence and effective communication in one or more world languages.

HISTORY and POLITICAL SCIENCE

Our mission is to provide a quality, Christ-honoring instruction in the study of the past, politics, and public life that enables students to perceive the meaning, and determine the context, of societal issues.

KINESIOLOGY

We equip our students with discipline-specific knowledge, skill practice and professional experience via classroom instruction and student teaching or internship capstone experiences necessary for advanced graduate studies and professional careers.

MATHEMATICS

Our mission is to prepare students for careers in the field of mathematics and in data science in addition to equipping students to pursue advanced degrees in mathematics by providing opportunities to learn, use, prove and apply the fundamental concepts of mathematics.

MEDICAL HUMANITIES

This growing interdisciplinary field brings the perspectives of the humanities, arts and social sciences to the study and practice of health care. The College of Arts and Humanities and College of Sciences have partnered to provide students opportunities to pursue diverse paths.

MUSIC

We strives for excellence in all areas of performance and education. You will study with excellent faculty members, have opportunities to travel in the United States and abroad, and work with other talented students who you will become friends with for a lifetime.

THEATRE

Our goal is to create a collaborative community on an artistic mission. The art of theatre integrates actor, audience, story and space into an immersive experience. It is a reflection of who we are and what we might become.