College and Schools

College of Arts and Sciences

The College of Arts and Sciences includes 33 departments and programs with 150 faculty teaching over 800 graduate and undergraduate classes. Intellectual disciplines within the Arts and Sciences assist students in developing coherent, integrated and rich world views. The curricula in Arts and Sciences immerse students in the study of the patterns of human, social, and cultural life. Major concentrations are focused in the Humanities, the Fine and Performing Arts, and the Social and Natural Sciences.

School of Business Administration

From new programs creating the first generation of information technology graduates to training executive leaders for the challenges of a new century, USD's School of Business Administration combines a tradition of academic excellence and business fundamentals with a vision toward the technological and entrepreneurial changes shaping the global economy.

Engineering

Offering majors in Electrical, Industrial & Systems, and Mechanical Engineering, USD Engineering is dedicated to preparing tomorrow's technical leaders by providing student-centered education in nationally-recognized undergraduate programs that combine intensive technical education with the University's traditional emphasis in the liberal arts.

School of Leadership & Education Sciences

Vision is captured in four words: leadership, ethics, reflection, and diversity. Education for human service must have as its foundation a vision for enhancing human dignity and the quality of life. To do so, human service professionals must focus on moral perspectives in their professional and community lives. The faculty and staff of the School of Leadership & Education Sciences seek to impart this vision to their students.

School of Law

Founded in 1954, the University of San Diego School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association, and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and The Order of the Coif, the most distinguished rank of American law schools.

Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science

Entering its 30th year, the School has graduated over 1200 students, 100 of them with the Nursing Doctorate. It is one of only three schools in California that confers the Ph.D. in Nursing degree. USD Nursing graduates have gone on to leadership positions as Director of Nursing, Dean, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Research, or Navy Admiral. Alumnae chair numerous boards and commissions, helping to improve the health care of San Diego, the nation, and the world.

Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies

In November 2003, the University received one of the largest gifts ever given for the study of peace from the estate of Joan B. Kroc. This $50 million endowment establishes the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies and provides continuing support to the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice. Developing through an intensive planning process, the first USD Dean of Peace Studies will inaugurate the School in 2007. The School will educate and train graduate students in peace and conflict studies, support the addition of professional staff and faculty with recognized expertise in peace studies, and expand the Institute's work in peacemaking and peacebuilding.