Shorter College was founded in 1873 as a liberal arts institution. Though the world and Shorter College have changed greatly in the last century and a quarter, Shorter is still at its core a liberal arts institution. For that reason, the foundation of every Shorter education begins in the School of Liberal Arts with the Liberal Arts Foundation.

The courses that fall under the heading of the Liberal Arts Foundation do not lead to a major; rather they form the cornerstone upon which every Shorter education rests. What is more, at Shorter College the Liberal Arts Foundation is an academic department like any other. An academic department head and a council of faculty members from throughout the College govern it.

Other departments within the School of Liberal Arts offer major area study in traditional liberal arts disciplines. Students can major in Communication Arts, Public Relations, English, French, Spanish, or Recreation. Two other programs within the School of Liberal Arts serve to support the academic enterprise at Shorter. Though the School of Liberal Arts does not offer a major in health and physical education, courses in the Health and Physical Education serve as an integral part of the common core of classes within the Liberal Arts Foundation.

The Honors Program, known at Shorter College as the Academy of Aristaeus, is also a part of the School of Liberal Arts. The Shorter College Honors program offers enriched academic experiences for extremely able and highly motivated students.

Departments

- Humanities
- Communication Arts
- Religion
- Academy of Aristaeus
- Liberal Arts Foundation

Message from the Dean

Dr. Sabrena R. Parton, Dean School of Liberal Arts Shorter College 315 Shorter Avenue, #122 Rome, GA  30165 706.233.7465 706.236.1515 Fax sparton@shorter.edu

The Mission of the School of Liberal Arts is twofold:

• To provide Shorter graduates with a foundation in the liberal arts that will enable them to possess and use the broad knowledge, skills, and versatility that twenty-first century life requires.
• To offer concentrated areas of study within traditional liberal arts disciplines, such as communication, history, literature, languages, and recreation.

Even if you do not major in a liberal arts field, the School of Liberal Arts will be a part of your Shorter education. The liberal arts are those core skills and knowledge areas that make your education more than just facts or figures. Liberal arts courses make college graduates versatile, adaptable, and conversant on a wide range of issues. By the same token, liberal arts majors graduate with broad backgrounds that enable them to serve the world in a wide variety of roles from law and publishing to politics and corporate and community planning.

Liberal arts courses have been the center of Shorter since it was founded in 1873. Whatever your contact with the School of Liberal Arts, we hope that you will be proud of the broad, versatile tradition in which you are a participant.