Letter & Sciences

college of letters and science

With 34 academic departments and 119 major fields of study, the College of Letter and Science is the largest and most academically diverse unit in the University of California. Students and faculty in the college form an intellectual core that includes most of UCLA undergraduate instruction, as well as many of the university’s programs in faculty research and graduate-student education.
     The College includes four academic divisions -- Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Science -- which span research and teaching in the liberal arts and sciences. Within the academic departments are members of the National Academy of Sciences and other academic societies, Guggenheim Fellows, Fulbright Scholars and Donald Cram and Paul Boyer, the 1987 Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry, respectively.
     Also within the College is the Division of Honors and Undergraduate Education. The degree programs are designed to expose students to a variety of intellectual challenges by combining a wide distribution of courses and the opportunity to specialize in one particular field.
     In addition, the College houses research centers and programs spanning the sciences and the liberal arts. They link faculty from many departments in their research and teaching of interdisciplinary subjects.

1997-‘98 MILESTONES INCLUDE:
A new College high mark for fund-raising with nearly $30 million in private gifts and grants -- nearly triple the 10-year average from 1987 to 1997.
   The opening of the undergraduate wing of Young Hall, a $12 million renovation that includes instructional labs in chemistry, biology, and microbiology and molecular genetics, and the Science Learning Center, which includes six computer classrooms with access to class materials and research materials.
   The implementation of the Instructional Enhancement Initiative, which provides undergraduates with improved computer laboratories, new on-line services, and web sites for every non-tutorial course in the College of Letters & Science.
    A $1.4 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute that will fund new research opportunities for undergraduates, create advanced student laboratories and computer facilities, and support retention programs for prospective science majors.


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