The Boston University College of Arts & Sciences (CAS), which includes the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (GRS), is the largest school at Boston University, offering Bachelor of Arts degrees in 25 departments and nearly 25 interdisciplinary programs, including those offered through the Pardee School of Global Studies.

Graduate students can earn a master's or Ph.D. in nearly 50 fields.

More than 8,000 undergraduates and 2,000 graduate students attend the College of Arts & Sciences each year.

[1] CAS was founded in 1873 as the College of Liberal Arts, with Rev.

John W. Lindsay serving as the first dean, and was renamed to the College of Arts & Sciences in 1996.