The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences is a graduate school at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. . Its offices are in the historic Car Barn building on the edge of the campus in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.
6-476: The graduate program was first founded in 1820, when Georgetown College graduates expressed the desire for continued studies. The school offered its first graduate degree in 1821. The school existed independently from 1855 until the end of the American Civil War , when low student numbers forced its suspension. The school was reestablished in 1891, conferring its first doctoral degree in 1897. The school
12-484: Is currently the largest graduate school at Georgetown and offers 46 programs in 34 departments. This article about a university or college in Washington, D.C. is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Georgetown College (Georgetown University) The Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences ( CAS ) is a college of Georgetown University , a private Jesuit research university in
18-609: The Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. . It is the oldest and largest undergraduate school at Georgetown, and, until the founding of the School of Medicine in 1850, was the only higher education division of the university. In 1821, it granted its first graduate degrees, though the graduate portion has since been separated as the Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences . From 1990 to 2022, it
24-512: The School of Foreign Service in 1949, was collapsed into the College in 1995, as the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, though it maintains its separate programs. The college offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs. From 1811 to 1931, Georgetown College was led by a prefect of studies . Since 1931, it has been led by a dean . Andrew Sobanet has been the interim dean of
30-447: Was eventually dropped by Patrick Francis Healy , and preparatory eventually separated as Georgetown Prep . Over the years many schools have broken off of the College. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences first broke off in 1855, but rejoined the college organization following the downturn in admissions caused by the American Civil War , until reestablishment in 1891. The School of Languages and Linguistics, itself organized out of
36-451: Was named Georgetown College . The college enrolls over 3,500 students in 30 academic majors within 23 departments. From 1789 until the founding of the School of Medicine in 1850, Georgetown College was the only secondary school at what became Georgetown University . Robert Plunkett , the first president of Georgetown , oversaw the division of the school into three parts, "college", "preparatory", and "elementary". Elementary education
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