School of Arts & Sciences
Overview
The School of Arts & Sciences stands at the core of LAU’s liberal arts tradition, and is home to the university’s oldest programs. Graduates from the School of Arts & Sciences are sought by diverse employers in all fields. Offering numerous degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels, the school strongly believes in the importance of reaching out to the community and practicing civic engagement.
Mission
The School of Arts and Sciences offers a rigorous and innovative education that embraces liberal arts and sciences through critical inquiry, creativity, and research. The School is committed to student centeredness, academic excellence, and the dissemination of knowledge. It aims to develop informed and civically engaged global citizens, and strives to graduate life-long learners, ethical scholars, scientists, professionals, and artists to lead in a rapidly evolving world.
School Administration
The School of Arts & Sciences has a presence at both LAU campuses, in Beirut and Byblos.
The school houses the departments of:
- Communication Arts
- Computer Science & Mathematics
- Education
- English
- Humanities
- Natural Sciences, and
- Social Sciences
Furthermore, the school administers the:
- Institute of Media Research and Training (IMRT)
- Institute for Social Justice & Conflict Resolution
- Institute for Migration Studies
- Software Institute
- Early Childhood Center
The school is led by one academic dean assisted by three assistant deans, and the chairs and associate chairs of departments. The Dean is the chief academic officer of the school and provides leadership and supervision on all consequential functions that affect the progress of the school. The assistant deans work on school-wide functions and matters in coordination with the chairs. The chairs and the associate chairs provide leadership to the departments in order to enhance the quality and reputation of the department.
Dean
- Cathia Jenainati, Ph.D.
Assistant Deans
- Samer Habre, Ph.D.
- Haidar Harmanani, Ph.D.
- Robin Taleb, Ph.D.
Chairs
- Danielle Azar, Ph.D., Computer Science & Mathematics
- Rima Bahous, Ed.D., Education
- Vahid Behmardi, Ph.D., Humanities
- Victor Khachan, Ph.D., English
- Jad Melki, Ph.D., Communication Arts
- Marwan Rowayheb, Ph.D., Social Sciences
- Sima Tokajian, Ph.D., Natural Sciences
Associate Chairs
- Nadra Assaf, Ed.D., Communication Arts
- Dany Badran, Ph.D., English
- Sami Baroudi, Ph.D., Social Sciences
- Hussein Hassan, Ph.D., Natural Sciences
- Azzam Mourad, Ph.D., Computer Science & Mathematics
Staff
- Ms. Laila Ghorayeb, Senior Executive Assistant, Beirut
- Ms. Nelly Abboud, Senior Executive Assistant, Byblos
- Ms. Gioia Wehbeh, Assessment Officer
Degrees Offered
Undergraduate Majors
- B.A. in Arabic Language & Literature
- B.A. in Communication
- B.A. in English
- B.A. in History
- B.A in Multimedia Journalism
- B.A in Performing Arts
- B.A. in Philosophy
- B.A. in Political Science
- B.A. in Political Science/ International Affairs
- B.A. in Psychology
- B.A. in Social Work & Community Development
- B.A in Television & Film
- B.A. in Translation
- B.S. in Applied Physics
- B.S. in Bioinformatics
- B.S. in Biology
- B.S. in Chemistry
- B.S. in Computer Science
- B.S. in Mathematics
- B.S. in Nutrition
- B.S. in Nutrition & Dietetics Coordinated Program (CP)
Graduate Programs
- Executive M.A. in Actuarial Science - offered jointly with the Adnan Kassar School of Business
- M.A. in Education
- M.A. in International Affairs
- M.A. in Migration Studies
- M.A. in Multimedia Journalism
- M.A. in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies
- M.S. in Computer Science
- MS in Applied and Computational Mathematics
- M.S. in Biological Sciences
- M.S. in Nutrition
Minors
- Actuarial Science
- Advertising & Public Relations
- Arabic Language & Literature
- Audiovisual Production
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Conflict Analysis & Resolution
- Creative and Journalistic Writing
- English
- Environmental Science - offered jointly with the School of Engineering
- Food Science & Management
- Gender Studies
- History
- Legal Studies
- Mathematics
- Multimedia Journalism
- Nutrition
- Performing Arts
- Philosophy
- Political Science/ International Affairs
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Social Work & Community Development
- Sociology
Non-Degree Programs
Contact Information
Beirut
- Ms. Laila Ghorayeb
Senior Executive Assistant, Beirut campus
- Phone number: Extension 1105
- E-mail: lghrayeb@lau.edu.lb
- Office: Nicol Hall 522F
Byblos
- Ms. Nelly Abboud
Senior Executive Assistant, Byblos campus
- Phone number: Extension 2333
- E-mail: nelly.abboud@lau.edu.lb
- Office: Block A 815
Staff office hours are 8 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m (during fall and spring semesters). If you are calling from outside LAU, dial +961-1-786-456 and enter the extension when prompted.