Montana State University

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College of Letters and Science

Montana State University
P.O. Box 172360
Bozeman, MT 59717-2360

Tel: (406) 994-4288
Fax: (406) 994-6879
E-mail: lands@montana.edu
Location: 2-205 Wilson Hall

Dean:

Paula M. Lutz
plutz@montana.edu

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College of Letters and Science

College Department

Welcome to the College of Letters & Science at Montana State University!

The College of Letters & Science, the largest center for learning, teaching and research at Montana State University, offers students an excellent liberal arts education in nearly 50 majors and 25 minors. Within the four areas of humanities, natural sciences, mathematics and social sciences, the college prepares students to respond to the complexities of the world and the rapid expansion of human knowledge.

Students learn to think critically, solve problems, communicate clearly, understand various disciplines and cultures, and develop the engagement that will make them life-long learners and leaders. Many of our faculty members are well known nationally and internationally for their contributions to their field. Because senior faculty members regularly teach undergraduate courses, students have the opportunity to work with truly distinguished teachers.

Additionally, faculty members in the College of Letters & Science have an impressive record for winning highly competitive national grants to support research and scholarship, with over $29.1 million in research grants last year. Undergraduates benefit from opportunities to work directly with faculty on original research and scholarship, an experience that is elsewhere often available only to graduate students.

Graduates from the college report impressive employment success, with nearly three quarters of them employed upon graduation and the other quarter attending graduate school, medical school or law school. Graduates find employment with a wide-range of agencies and companies, such as the Los Alamos National Laboratories, U.S. Fish, Wildlife and Parks and Digital Equipment Corporation. Recent graduates of the College of Letters & Science are attending graduate or professional school at Harvard, Brown, MIT, Columbia, the University of Washington and the University of California at Berkeley.