CASL ("castle") is home of five graduate programs, 32 undergraduate majors, and cutting-edge programs in environmental sciences, science and mathematics education, religious diversity and Arab American Studies, health policy and health psychology, civic engagement and leadership, policy and law, and our automotive heritage. CASL programs reflect our commitment to building a vibrant metropolitan region, and to preparing our students for leadership in Metro Detroit. Most importantly, CASL offers education in the liberal arts and sciences—the basic tools students need to be successful professionals and effective citizens.
CASL News
The American Council on Education Reports on the CASL SOAR Program
The College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters (CASL) SOAR Program is an outreach program designed to...
News from the Economics Faculty
Several economics faculty members recently shared their news regarding publications, presentations...
Upcoming Events
Running for Office Training Seminars
Register for June 2, 3 or 4 workshops offered by the Institute for Local Government.
The Mysterious Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way
International Year of Astronomy Event on Friday, May 15 at 6 p.m. in 1010 SLRC.
"Liberal education ... frees the mind from the constraints of a particular moment and set of circumstances, ... permits one to see possibilities that are not immediately apparent, to understand things in a larger context, to think about situations conceptually and analytically, to draw upon a base of master knowledge when faced with specific situations. ... It equips a student for life far more richly and completely, and across a far wider expanse of time and space, than does education whose sole aim is to be useful."
--Nicholas Lemann, Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University
"The only education that prepares us for change is a liberal education. ... We need the flexible intellectual tools to be problem solvers, to be able to continue learning over time."
--David Kearns, former CEO of Xerox