The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest of the four colleges at Sacred Heart University and is its most diverse. The mission of the College of Arts and Sciences is to provide students at Sacred Heart University with a sound liberal arts education rooted in Catholic ideals. The College offers instruction in a wide variety of academic disciplines. It also seeks to ensure that all undergraduate students at the University acquire a balanced education characterized by the following: clarity in oral and written expression; the ability to think critically, to make judgments based on careful evaluation, and to make ethical and moral decisions; the capacity for aesthetic appreciation; the ability to appreciate the accumulated knowledge of the past; and the responsibility to relate with justice and charity to all persons.
To further the above mission, the College strives to provide a learning environment that fosters active and engaged learning as well the growth, development, and nurturing of the whole person.