Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Former names

| College of Humanities and Social Sciences (1969–2011)
Type| Private College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Established| 1969
Dean| Richard Scheines

Academic staff

| 207[1]
Undergraduates| 1,228[1]
Postgraduates| 294[1]
Location|

Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania

Campus| Urban
Website| cmu.edu/dietrich

The Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences (Dietrich College) is the liberal and professional studies college and the second-largest academic unit by enrollment[2] (after the Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The college emphasizes study through rigorous analysis and technology of the behaviors, institutions, and beliefs that constitute the human experience, describing itself as “not an ordinary liberal arts school.”[3] The college was named for Marianna Brown Dietrich, the mother of philanthropist William S. Dietrich II, after his donation of $265 million to the university in 2011 – the largest single donation in Carnegie Mellon history.

The Dietrich College offers more than 60 majors and minors through its academic departments and specialized degree programs.

## About the Dietrich College

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The College of Humanities and Social Sciences admitted its first freshman class in 1969, following the announcement of the pending closure of the Margaret Morrison Carnegie College, although roots of the college can be traced to the Division of Applied Psychology, founded in 1915 and led by Walter Van Dyke Bingham and Walter Dill Scott as the first research-oriented department within Carnegie Mellon.[4] The administrative offices of the Dietrich College are located in Baker Hall. Most of the classes offered by the Dietrich College are held in Baker Hall and Porter Hall, but some classes, particularly the smaller recitation classes, are held in various locations throughout the campus. All undergraduate students at Carnegie Mellon are required to take several Dietrich classes (at least two, but usually more) as part of their program's General Education requirements. Dietrich College's general education program has been called "the most creative general education program of any American university" by The New York Times.[citation needed] The founding Dean of the Dietrich College was Erwin Steinberg. Past deans include John Patrick Crecine, Stephen Fienberg, Joel A. Tarr, Peter Stearns, and John P. Lehoczky. The current Dean is Professor of Philosophy Richard Scheines, who began his term on July 1, 2014.[5] In December 2014, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded the Dietrich College a $2 million grant to develop training in digital humanities for Ph.D. students in the departments of English, History, Philosophy, and Modern Languages.[6]

On September 7, 2011, William S. Dietrich II, the former chairman of Dietrich Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Worthington Industries, Inc., pledged a gift of $265 million. In response to this gift, Carnegie Mellon renamed the College of Humanities and Social Sciences to the Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences after William Dietrich's mother.[7]

## Departments and programs

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Baker Hall, home of the Dietrich College

Dietrich College manages seven departments, one institute, one center, and four interdisciplinary programs.

## Areas of study

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Undergraduates can earn a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in the following fields of study. Additional majors and minors are available in most fields as well. Graduate programs at the master's and doctorate levels are also available through the college.

* Behavioral Economics, Policy, and Organizations
* Chinese Studies
* Cognitive Science
* Creative Writing
* Decision Science
* Economics
* Economics and Mathematics
* Economics and Politics
* Economics and Statistics
* Environmental policy (additional major only)
* Ethics, History, and Public Policy
* European Studies
* Film and Visual media
* French and Francophone Studies
* German Studies
* Global Studies
* Hispanic Studies

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* Information Systems (primary major only)
* International Relations and Politics
* Japanese Studies
* Linguistics
* Literature and Cultures
* Logic and Computation
* Neuroscience
* Philosophy
* Policy and Management
* Professional Writing
* Psychology
* Psychology and Biological Sciences
* Russian Studies
* Social and Political History
* Statistics
* Statistics and Machine Learning
* Technical Writing and Communication

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In addition, undergraduate students can define their own major through consultation with their academic advisor.

### Jointly administered undergraduate degree programs

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The Dietrich College jointly administers the Bachelor of Humanities and Arts (BHA) and Science and Humanities Scholars (SHS) degree programs with the College of Fine Arts and the Mellon College of Science, respectively.

### Pre-professional advising

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The office of Carnegie Mellon's Pre-law Advising Program is located in the Dietrich College Academic Advisory Center in Baker Hall. Because it is a university program, all interested undergraduate students of the university are welcome to make use of the services offered by the program. Similarly, all interested students of the university, not just science students, can meet with the advisor for the Health Professions Program, located in Doherty Hall.

## Rankings

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Several of the Dietrich College's graduate programs have been ranked in national and international surveys. U.S. News & World Report national rankings for graduate programs place the college's program in economics at 20th, English 51st, history 44th, statistics 8th, and psychology 17th. The graduate program in cognitive psychology is especially highly ranked at 5th in the country.[8]

The 2020 Times Higher Education Supplement world university rankings placed Dietrich College at 55th in social sciences and 60th for arts and humanities.[9][10]

## Research

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The Dietrich College has particular strengths in the interdisciplinary fields of cognitive science, decision science, logic, technical writing, history and policy, and cognitive neuroscience.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Facts & Figures". CMU Website. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
2. ^ "Enrollment Facts 2017 by College" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
3. ^ "Carnegie Mellon University - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences - What is the Dietrich College?". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
4. ^ "CMU Psychology: 100 Years". Carnegie Mellon Psychology. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
5. ^ "Richard Scheines Named New Dean of Carnegie Mellon's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
6. ^ "Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants Carnegie Mellon $2 Million To Transform Graduate Education in Humanities". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
7. ^ "Bill Dietrich & Carnegie Mellon University". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
8. ^ "Carnegie Mellon University – Overall Rankings". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
9. ^ "Subject Ranking 2020: Social Sciences". Times Higher Education (THE). 29 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
10. ^ "Subject Ranking 2020: Arts and Humanities". Times Higher Education (THE). 24 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-10-21.

* Fenton, Edwin (2000). Carnegie Mellon 1900–2000: A Centennial History. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press. ISBN 0-88748-323-2.

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