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Contact: Dean Chris Comer
LA 136, Missoula, MT 59812
Telephone: 243-2632
Fax: 406-243-4076

Number One in Scholarship Success

UM has been named the No. 1 university nationwide to receive Udall Scholarships since the scholarship’s inception in 1996. UM also received the most Udall Scholarships in 2005. Udall scholars are American Indian students studying American Indian public policy and health care, and non-American Indian students committed to environmental conservation. Read More...

CAS and Dean's Office

Welcome to the CAS Dean’s Office Web Page.  From this link you can find…

  • Information on CAS staff
  • Core facilities
  • Key advisory committees in the College
  • Professional opportunities in the College

CAS Demographics

CAS:

  • $18 million base budget (35% of the academic affairs budget at UM)
  • more than $24.5 million extramural funding in 2005
  • more than 60 state-supported staff

Students:

  • 6000 undergraduates with declared majors in CAS programs
  • 750 graduate students

Faculty:

  • 235 tenure-track faculty
  • 40 research faculty
  • 105 visiting or adjunct faculty (40 full time)

CAS Mission

The Mission of the College of Arts and Sciences is to pursue academic excellence by providing unique educational experiences through integration of the liberal arts, graduate study, and professional training with international and interdisciplinary emphases. 

Meeting the Mission

  • 23 departments and program in the humanities, natural and physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences that strive to offer high quality educational experiences and a curriculum to engage CAS majors, as well as students from the professional schools and colleges seeking foundation training and electives.
  • For students, CAS courses build foundational knowledge and skills, breadth across disciplines and habits of inquiry and problem solving that inform their studies, careers, and personal lives in positive ways.
  • CAS encourages and supports teaching and research that integrate across the traditional disciplines in collaborative and interdisciplinary ways, both within the college and across the University.
  • CAS faculty strives to be effective teachers and mentors as well as scholars and researchers generating new knowledge in their own fields. Research and scholarship inform teaching and training students at all levels.