School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Our Mission

To educate students for a productive life in a diverse and changing world by fostering the resilience, creativity, and critical faculties essential to civic responsibility and professional success. More distinctively, we nurture ethical and aesthetic sensibilities, a spirit of inclusivity, and the quest for personal meaning and sound character so long associated with the fruits of a liberal education.

We Fulfill Our Mission By:

Offering majors and minors grounded in a strong liberal arts core and cultivating the intellectual skills and knowledge required for success in the professional world
Embracing the Dominican ideals of study, reflection, community, and service in an environment in which they can flourish
Providing opportunities for active, collaborative learning, and educational experiences that enrich the body, mind and soul within diverse communities of learners
Attracting increased levels of research support by encouraging faculty intellectual contributions that emphasize applied scholarship and creative work
Recognizing excellence in teaching, research, and scholarship as inseparable
Nurturing talent and encouraging personal achievement in both faculty and students
Serving as an educational and community resource for the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, through music concerts, dance performances, art exhibitions, public lectures and conferences, national and international study and service trips, internships, community-based research projects, and service learning partnerships with schools and other non-profits