Undergraduate Possibilities

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UC Santa Barbara is renowned as a research university, and this includes the college's undergraduates.

A Liberal Arts Education

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The liberal arts have been at the heart of the university from its inception.

Find a Faculty Expert

The College has a distinguished faculty of nearly 700 scientists, scholars and artists.  You may search our database to find an expert in a particular research area. Go to the database.

 

News Highlights

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Online Maps: Everyman Offers New Directions

Geography professor Michael Goodchild, an expert in geographic information systems, talks to the New York Times about "citizen cartographers".
Thursday, 12 November 2009

Bounce-less bungee cord promises gentler jump

A new material modeled after the egg case of a snail could improve bungee cords or artificial ligaments, according to Herbert Waite, professor of MCDB.
Friday, 06 November 2009

Supernova fits into a new class

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a new class of supernova discovered by scientists at UC Berkeley was predicted two years ago by  Lars Bildsten, professor of physics and researcher at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics.

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Private contributions are critical to the College’s continued excellence and have a major impact on the University.

Diversity

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The College of Letters and Science is a vibrant academic community that embraces and promotes intellectual, socioeconomic and ethnic diversity.

Arts on Campus