Quick Facts - Arts & Science
Established: 1908
Enrolment Numbers – 2011/12 Fall Term (Sep – Dec)
Undergraduate: 7,697
Graduate: 769 (327 PhDs, 440 Masters, 2 other)
TOTAL: 8,466
Other Enrolment Numbers – 2011/12 Fall Term (Sep – Dec)
Undergraduate International Students: 407
Graduate International Students: 266
TOTAL International Students: 673
Undergraduate Self-Declared Aboriginal Students: 644
Graduate Self-Declared Aboriginal Students: 33
TOTAL Self-Declared Aboriginal Students: 677
Degrees Granted – 2011 Ceremony Year (May and Oct)
Undergraduate: 1,025
Graduate: 167
TOTAL: 1,192
Other Numbers –2010/11 Academic Year
Faculty Numbers: 384 (full time equivalents)
Staff Numbers: 274 (full time equivalents)
Total Departments: 22 (9 in Humanities & Fine Arts, 6 in Science, and 7 in Social Sciences)
Total Interdisciplinary & Departmental Programs: 55
Study Abroad Program participants: 124
College of Arts & Science Transition Program participants: 197
Average Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 18:1
Undergraduate Research Grants: 74
Research Revenue: $23,552,932 (College total, 2010/11 fiscal year)
Faculty Publications: 847 (Scholarly & Artistic Works)
Did You Know?
The College of Arts & Science is the University of Saskatchewan’s oldest college, established in 1908. Its first classes were held in 1909 at the Drinkle Building in downtown Saskatoon. Total student enrolment in the College’s inaugural year was 70.
The Saskatoon Jazz Festival, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan and Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus were all started by emeritus faculty from the College of Arts & Science.
The College of Arts & Science is home to 14 Canada Research Chairs who specialize in a wide variety of disciplines, from X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Hydrology to Native-Newcomer Relations and Next Generation Groupware. Seven of our faculty also hold either endowed or industry-sponsored research chairs.
The Greystone Singers, who celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2009, were named one of “Saskatoon’s Seven Wonders” in a 2008 story that appeared in the StarPhoenix.
The Geology students’ society, Ore Gangue, is the oldest student society at the U of S. The group continues to have a very active alumni following and celebrated their 75th anniversary in 2009.
Learning Communities (LCs) were introduced by the College of Arts & Science—in collaboration with the University Learning Centre and Student and Enrolment Services Division—to help first-year students transition to university life. In 2007/08, a single LC was offered in the natural sciences where 26 students registered in three common courses and took part in weekly meetings led by senior students to discuss course content and study skills. The success of this program prompted an expansion in 2008/09, with 228 students enrolling in a total of six LCs that spanned the humanities, natural sciences and social sciences. In 2009/10, 281 students enrolled in a total of nine LCs, and enrolment increased again in 2010/11 with 350 Arts & Science students signing up in Term 1. Based on the success of this initiative in the College of Arts & Science, two other colleges—Agriculture & Bioresources and Kinesiology—also began offering LCs to their students in 2009/10.
