College of Liberal & Creative Arts
Spanning the arts, humanities and social sciences, the College of Liberal & Creative Arts at SFSU is committed to inspiring the next generation of thinkers, makers and doers.
A Hub for Creativity, Collaboration and Debate. You’ll engage in a core curriculum that embraces the local, regional, and international, preparing you to thrive in an increasingly global culture. Here, you’ll learn to shape contemporary spaces, media, and social interactions. You’ll be educated for life in a complex world—one rich with diversity and filled with challenges—where your ideas, vision, and leadership can make a meaningful difference.
Why Liberal & Creative Arts at SFSU?
Immerse Yourself in a Creative Environment
You’ll get to work and network with our world-class faculty, who are constantly developing their own groundbreaking art and research in their respective professions.
Expand Your Thinking with Innovative Classes
Our curriculum remains current and relevant through unique course offerings like “Making Comics”, “Survey of Music for Film, TV, and Games”, “Bilingual English and Spanish Newswriting”
Forge a Meaningful Career
Many future Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and Tony award winners — as well as elected officials, community leaders, journalists and scholars — have spent many late nights working together on and off campus to fulfill their dreams.
Explore Our College
No matter the major, the College provides the opportunity to engage ideas that feed the spirit, power the world and empower success and growth. Get to know:
Anthropology · Art · Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts · Cinema · Classics · Communication Studies · Creative Writing · Design · English Language & Literature · History · Humanities & Comparative World Literature · International Relations · Jewish Studies · Journalism · Liberal Studies · Modern Languages & Literatures · Music · Philosophy · Political Science · Theatre & Dance · Women & Gender Studies
LCA Live
LCA Live is a multidisciplinary performing arts and lecture series at SFSU that supports the mission of the College and the University through the deliberate creation of a space for arts education and appreciation, intellectual stimulation, cultural exchange, student, faculty and staff engagement and community outreach.
Where Research Thrives
Research can take many forms when it comes to the liberal and creative arts, from performances and exhibitions to presenting at conferences or publishing in academic journals.
Supporting Undergraduate Research and Faculty Mentorship through CURE
The mission of the College Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) is to support and promote undergraduate research in all disciplines across the College. We aim to advance faculty-student mentorships and collaboration through programing that includes professional development, skill-building workshops, curricular innovation and opportunities for students to showcase their work.
Marcus Fellows: Tackling the Biggest Issues of Our Day
A donor-funded research program provides opportunities for undergraduates to dig deep into the world’s most debated, pressing issues: politics, race, mental health, veterans, climate change, bullying, sexuality and more. Working closely with faculty mentors, students sharpen investigative skills and creative talents and help build understanding on a range of issues.
