As the largest and most diverse academic unit at SUNY New Paltz, we are home to 18 departments and interdisciplinary programs, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Along with undergraduate majors and graduate programs, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences currently offers 11 interdisciplinary minor curricula, often in conjunction with other schools on campus. We are also host to allied units such as the Speech-Language and Hearing Center and Audiology Clinic. These programs enable students to develop the knowledge and skills provided by a liberal education and acquire focused expertise in their major and minor studies.

Our faculty's work at New Paltz reflects their passionate intellectual and professional engagement. Together with our students, in curricular and co-curricular learning experiences, we actively promote reasoned, meaningful dialogue. We are wholly devoted to students' success as lifelong learners and as engaged global citizens who will collaborate with diverse partners.

The liberal arts and sciences are enduringly relevant, as they train students to address vital human questions. Even as traditional liberal arts disciplines become more porous, they retain their purpose by educating students to think critically and creatively about complex problems. The liberal arts and sciences continue to leverage new technology to respond to age-old questions and to pose new ones. The data available through modern technology can be daunting; however, the liberal arts and sciences must draw intelligently and ethically from it to understand the past and present and to shape the future.