The College of Liberal Arts, Texas State's largest college in numbers of faculty and the credit hours generated, brings together programs in the social sciences and humanities. The College includes nine academic departments, eight departmental centers, and four free-standing centers. A number of the College's programs are ranked among the best in the nation. Please follow the links below to learn about each department's full academic program and faculty.  You can also read brief descriptions of the departments and their distinctive achievements.

Department of Anthropology
Center for Archeological Studies
Center for the Arts and Symbolism of Ancient America

Department of English

Department of Geography
Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education
James and Marilyn Lovell Center for Environmental Geography and Hazards Research
Research Center for River Recreation and Tourism
Texas Center for Geographic Information Science

Department of History
Center for Texas Music History

Department of Modern Languages

Department of Philosophy

Department of Political Science
William P. Hobby Center for Public Service

Department of Psychology

Department of Sociology

Center for International Studies

Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies

Center for the Study of the Southwest
NEH Southwest Regional Humanities Center