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Your gift to the College of Arts and Sciences today on GiveUNC will bolster the next generation of Tar Heel scholars, makers, artists and researchers by providing them with the resources to make discoveries, push boundaries and transform knowledge into action for a better tomorrow. 

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Arts and Sciences Fund

Gifts to the Arts and Sciences Fund play a crucial role in funding the College’s highest priorities — recruiting and retaining faculty, enhancing student engagement, deepening academic excellence and achieving global impact. This support helps shape the experience of every student in the College and makes an immediate impact on campus.

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Join the Dean’s Circle

The College of Arts and Sciences recognizes leadership annual donors to the Arts and Sciences Fund of $1,500 or more as members of our Dean’s Circle. Young alumni also qualify at the following levels: $500 for class of 2019-2023 and $1,000 for class of 2014-2018.

Margaret Harper Society: $5,000+  
Join the Margaret Harper Society within the Dean’s Circle with an annual contribution of $5,000 or more to the Arts and Sciences Fund. 

Set up a monthly gift of $125 to the Arts and Sciences Fund or make a one-time gift of $1,500 to join this exclusive group.

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Academic Advising

African Studies Center

BeAM Makerspace

Carolina Asia Center

Carolina Center for Jewish Studies

Carolina Public Humanities

Center for European Studies and the Curriculum in Contemporary European Studies

Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies

Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies

Center for Student Success

Center for the Study of the American South

Curriculum in Global Studies

Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense

Department of Aerospace Studies

Department of African, African American and Diaspora Studies

Department of American Studies

Department of Anthropology

Department of Applied Physical Sciences

Department of Art and Art History

Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Department of Biology

Department of Chemistry

Department of City and Regional Planning

Department of Classics

Department of Communication

Department of Computer Science

Department of Dramatic Art

Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences

Department of Economics

Department of English and Comparative Literature

Department of Exercise and Sport Science

Department of Geography

Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures

Department of History

Department of Linguistics

Department of Mathematics

Department of Military Science

Department of Music

Department of Naval Science

Department of Philosophy

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Department of Political Science

Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

Department of Public Policy

Department of Religious Studies

Department of Romance Studies

Department of Sociology

Department of Statistics and Operations Research

Department of Women’s and Gender Studies

Environment, Ecology and Energy Program

Honors Carolina

Institute for the Arts and Humanities

Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Curriculum in Latin American Studies

Institute of Marine Sciences

Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence

Matthew Gfeller Center

Men’s Crew

Office of Study Abroad

Office of Undergraduate Education

Parr Center for Ethics

Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program

PlayMakers Repertory Company

Program for Public Discourse

Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Research Laboratories of Archaeology

Robertson Scholars Leadership Program

School of Civic Life and Leadership

Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship

Summer Bridge

UNC Bands

UNC Bluegrass Initiative

UNC Latina/o Studies Program

Writing and Learning Center

About the College of Arts and Sciences

Think. Communicate. Collaborate. Create… for meaningful lives.

The College of Arts and Sciences forms the academic core of the Carolina experience as the largest unit on campus. Our mission is to create knowledge and discover innovative solutions to the world’s greatest challenges, to educate outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, and to encourage faculty, staff and students to contribute meaningfully to North Carolina, the nation and the world.

The College is home to 17,000+ undergraduate students, 2,300+ graduate students and 979 faculty members who study and teach across the 43 departments and curricula in the College. College faculty, who teach 85% of all undergraduate hours at Carolina, consist of world-class scholars who have been recognized for outstanding research, teaching and engagement in the fine arts and humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics.

The College works to bring the best minds together to reimagine the arts and sciences for the public good. An investment in the College is an investment in a better future for all.