The College of Arts and Sciences provides the core of a student’s holistic education at Saint Martin’s University via the Core Curriculum, as well as a wide range of exciting and important majors and minors. A student’s search for knowledge and meaning as a process of constant growth and transformation is undertaken in History, Biology, English, Music, Mathematics, Chemistry, Religious Studies and other disciplines offered in the College. It is in such courses that students are best educated in the university Core Themes of Faith, Reason, Community, and Service. The faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences are dedicated and innovative teachers. They also engage in significant scholarship and sustained service in the community, modeling the very traits we instill in our students. With a core curriculum that emphasizes interdisciplinary teaching, research, service, and engagement with Benedictine Values and the Catholic intellectual tradition, Saint Martin’s students gain a complex understanding of the world that emphasizes empathy, critical analysis, innovative thinking, and a commitment to engaging with other people and cultures in a meaningful and open-hearted manner.