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CLAS Structure Overview

The College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is the largest college at MSU Denver. We are made up of nineteen academic departments, spanning 45+ majors and disciplines which are separated into three divisions:

The Division of Fine and Performing Arts

The Division of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Division of Sciences

Check out each division homepage to view Academic Department websites, find resources and more.

CLAS Divisions

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The Division of Fine and Performing Arts

The Division of Fine and Performing Arts has three academic departments including the Department of Art, the Department of Music, and the Department of Theatre and Dance.

Division of Fine and Performing Arts Homepage
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The Division of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Division of Humanities and Social Sciences has eleven academic departments including the Department of Africana Studies, the Department of Chicana/o Studies, the Department of Communication Studies, the Department of English, the Department of History, the Department of Journalism and Media Production, the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Political Science, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the Department of World Languages and the Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy (GITA).

Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Homepage
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The Division of Sciences

The Division of Mathematics and Sciences has five academic departments including the Department of Biology, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, the Department of Physics and the Department of Psychological Sciences.

Division of Sciences Homepage

Interdisciplinary Alliances

Learn more about the College's interdisciplinary efforts and pursuits through the Dean's innovation grant funding, event funding, team and co-teaching and micro-credentialing and badging.

Interdisciplinary Alliance Opportunities

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

We are CLAS

Campus Location:

Central Classroom 314

Mailing Address:

Campus Box 37
P. O. Box 173362
Denver, CO 80217-3362

Phone: 

303-615-0600

Email: 

[email protected]

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