Undergraduate Student Resources
Are you a prospective Notre Dame student?
We enourage you to explore the entire College website, our Arts and Letters Viewbook, and the Office for Undergraduate Admissions website for more information. We also invite you to read about recent alumni from the College and check out our after graduation statistics page.
Are you a first-year ND student thinking about Arts and Letters?
Read a welcome from the Arts and Letters dean on the first-year students resource page and start exploring all the majors, minors, and special programs the College has to offer.
Are you a sophomore or junior enrolled in the College?
Visit the Arts and Letters students resource page to read a letter from the dean and learn more about how to make the most of your time in the College. Assistant deans in the Office for Undergraduate Studies can also help you take advantage of academic opportunities and prepare for your future career. Learn more on the advising webpages.
Already a senior?
You know by now what you need to do, but here are some last pieces of advice from the dean and some links below you may find helpful.
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Arts and Letters News
History Major Explores Work of Missionaries in Colonial Peru
It is widely known that Spanish missionaries played a significant role in introducing Catholicism to the peoples of the Andes throughout the colonial period. Notre Dame senior history major Joseph VanderZee traveled to archives in Lima and Rome to dig a little deeper and find out what these early missionaries thought of the indigenous population—and how their attitudes affected the development of the Peruvian Church. Read More >
Theologian Gary Anderson Elected to American Academy of Jewish Research
Gary Anderson, Hesburgh Professor of Catholic Theology at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Jewish Research (AAJR). The AAJR is the oldest organization of Judaic scholars in North America, and fellows are nominated and elected by their peers. The group has approximately 100 members in the United States—and Anderson is one of a select few who are not Jewish. Read More >
Solving a Fascinating Puzzle
Robert Goulding, an associate professor in the University of Notre Dame’s Program of Liberal Studies, was recently awarded a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to support a research project that combines mathematics, philosophy, and Renaissance science. Goulding, who also teaches in the History and Philosophy of Science graduate program, says his work focuses on English scientist and mathematician Thomas Harriot (1560–1621), whom he calls “a really unusual figure” in intellectual history. Read More >
Microfinance Yields Mixed Results in Thailand, Economist Joseph Kaboski Finds
Large-scale microfinance programs are widely used as a tool to fight poverty in developing countries, but a recent study by University of Notre Dame economist Joseph Kaboski and MIT colleague Robert Townsend suggests that microfinancing can have varying results for participants and may not be the most cost-effective use of funds for many situations. The study was published in a recent issue of Econometrica. Kaboski and Townsend used the Thai Million Baht Village Fund, one of the largest government microfinance initiatives of its kind, to evaluate and understand the benefits and disadvantages of microfinance interventions. Read More >
