Welcome to Tulane's School of Liberal Arts

We're reimagining the future of a liberal arts education. The School of Liberal Arts houses the humanities, social sciences and fine & performing arts disciplines across 16 departments and 19 interdisciplinary programs at Tulane University. Here, we work to foster and promote innovative scholarship, creative inquiry and transformative research. This is where students come to learn, grow, and solve some of the biggest challenges of today and tomorrow.
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Core Offerings

Majors and Minors / Undergraduate Studies / Graduate Studies / Research Opportunities

Our Mission

As we embrace our potential to lead conversations that matter, we've identified four distinctive pillars that uphold our identity and inform our continued growth and success.

We strive to build a global liberal arts curriculum and faculty, we embrace our dual identity as a liberal arts college within a research one university, we forge a deeper relationship with New Orleans and the Gulf South, and we craft a liberal arts education for next generation leaders and the careers of the future.
Read more about our Pillars of Distinction

Carole Barnette Boudreaux '65 Great Writers Series


Talk, Reception, & Book Signing with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Marilynne Robinson.

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 6PM
Lake Theater

Academic Programs

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Undergraduate Programs

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Graduate Programs

Students and Classical Studies Professor Emilia Oddo at the Bronze Age site Knossos (Crete)

Research Opportunities

Today’s #MajorMonday celebrates one of our most popular majors: Communication. Communication majors gain key skills for the professional world — learning to analyze and think critically about the historical and cultural context of our identities and relationships, the media landscape, and the structures and institutions that influence it. Use Class Scheduler to view Communication courses and register for classes.
#WaveWeekend2024 launched with such a great Friday morning meeting of the Dean’s Advisory Council, which happens once a semester on our Uptown campus. #SLADean @briantedwrds provided #TulaneLiberalArts school updates, Shawn Abbott of @onlyattulane gave an admissions presentation, and seniors from our Student Advisory Board spoke about navigating their professional pathways after graduating with degrees in the #liberalarts from @tulaneu. Next up, meet us in Newcomb Sculpture Garden at 2pm to Catch Up with the Dean at our favorite annual #homecoming event! 🌊
💚🌊 HERE COMES THE GREEN WAVE 🌊💚 We're counting down to #WaveWeekend24 and can't wait to see you at our #TulaneLiberalArts events next week! From our 3rd Homecoming Catch Up With the Dean event to the annual @Tulaneglass glass-blowing demonstration, and lectures on Indigenous Middle America and Pompeii, we've got something for all interests. Then we kick off game day with everyone's favorite tailgate. Make sure to swing by our tent to grab a bite to eat and a cold drink, and pick up some premium swag — you don't want to miss what we've got this year! 📆 Saturday, November 9th 🕚 11:00 AM 📍 Tent #18 in Tailgate Village #SLAlinkinbio for all of our Wave Weekend '24 event info!
As a chemistry major and Arabic minor, Lily Sahihi never imagined her two passions would intersect — until one day it clicked. During a class with Bouchaib Gadir, senior professor of practice for Middle East & North African Studies, he mentioned the similarities between trilateral Arabic root forms and the DNA in stem cells. "Once the seed was planted I couldn't stop thinking about it," Lily says. Thanks to a grant from @Tulane.CELT, Lily was able to pursue this fascinating cross-disciplinary exploration. Discover her findings and learn more about the process in our October newsletter. #SLAlinkinbio
By breaking down the traditional barriers between disciplines, we can think outside the box to solve complex problems. A new class series for first- and second-year students aims to instill this kind of thinking early on. STEM² Studies classes are team-taught by professors from #TulaneLiberalArts, the School of Science and Engineering, and the School of Medicine (@tulanemed). With initiatives such as this one, we are continuing to build a culture of collaboration and introduce our students to the power of different perspectives. #SLALinkinBio to read more.
Freshmen from the "Indian Tribes on the Bayou" course, including Saanvi Nair (second 📷) and Kali Lasseigne (third 📷), traveled to Grand Bayou Indian Village, home of the Atakapa-Ishak/Chawasha Tribe, for a service learning opportunity. Alongside tribal members and @crcl_org volunteers, they built oyster reefs to combat coastal erosion and restore marine life habitats 🦪🌊. Recycled oyster shells mimic natural reefs, protecting the shoreline and promoting a healthier Gulf 🌱. Learn more about their experience in our October newsletter. #SLALinkInBio