ACTION PLAN 2024-2025
Mission
The College of Arts & Sciences at Georgia State University provides a supportive and stimulating environment for innovation, learning and growth.
We empower students from all backgrounds to engage in rigorous education and training, advance knowledge through cutting-edge, critically important research and creative activity, deliver inspirational mentoring and teaching in and out of the classroom, and immerse themselves in service activities that enrich individuals and the university alike, benefiting the broader community and professional fields.
Values
- Responsibility: Acknowledging the highest scholarly and pedagogical standards, always honoring the trust inherent in educating students.
- Integrity: Cultivating transparency, honesty, trust, fairness and equity in decisions and resource allocation.
- Balance: Prioritizing activities wisely, considering finite resources.
- Growth: Acknowledging the highest scholarly and pedagogical standards, always honoring the trust inherent in educating students.
- Innovation: Recognizing that unique solutions arise from the ground up, encouraging all voices.
- Collaboration: Working together eagerly and effectively in multidisciplinary scholarship, teaching and service.
- Acceptance: Nurturing an inclusive, kind and supportive community, recognizing and appreciating the diverse student body and Atlanta community.
Action Items
University Pillar 1
Identity, Placemaking & Belonging
1.1 Space Audit and Capital Improvement Plan
Complete audit of college space, assess needs, and establish an equitable re-allocation system and regular facilities improvement schedule.
1.2 Campus Safety
Collaborate with GSU Police to improve campus safety and facilitate emergency response trainings for the CAS community.
1.3 Transaction Tracking
Implement online systems for administrative functions to optimize support, accountability and transparency.
1.4 PR & Marketing Communications Analysis and Plan
Analyze PR and marketing needs and establish strategic communications plan and staffing plan aligned with best practices and college strategic priorities.
University Pillar 2
Innovating Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity
2.1 Grants and Contracts Services
Streamline and enhance support for faculty funded research and sponsored activities.
2.2 Research Conversations
Launch series of interdisciplinary research events to unite faculty with converging interests and diverse expertise across disciplines.
University Pillar 3
Student Success 2.0
3.1 Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS)
Enhance BIS program assessment plans, governance structure, and enrollments; develop new concentrations to increase enrollment and career pathways.
3.2 Undergraduate Certificates
Develop undergraduate certificate programs focused on high-demand competencies, highlighting the combination of certificates with different majors.
3.3 Integrated Computing
Launch integrated computing initiative to develop combined undergraduate degrees in computing, technology and data/statistics with disciplines across the college.
3.4 Graduate Admissions and Enrollment
Strategically grow graduate enrollment. Fast-track graduate admissions by improving decision times, eliminating barriers, creating targeted pipelines and implementing holistic admissions practices.
3.5 Graduate Funding
Develop a competitive, fair and equitable graduate student funding model to attract and retain outstanding talent across disciplines.
3.6 Graduate Teacher Training
Compile graduate teacher training best practices to disseminate across departments.
University Pillar 4
Beyond College to Career
4.1 External Advisory Council
Form an external advisory council of industry leaders and GSU administrators and faculty to advise on corporate engagement and academic program development.
4.2 Internship Courses
Establish a baseline count and target growth of internship courses and opportunities, streamline the approval process, and document non-credit internship experiences for students.
Contact Us
College of Arts & Sciences
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
USPS Mailing Address
Office of the Dean
College of Arts & Sciences
P.O. Box 4038
Atlanta, GA 30302-4038