ABOUT THE COLLEGE

Dedman College is the academic heart of Southern Methodist University.

We are committed to the promise and reality of a liberal arts education as essential preparation for life and career. Through both discipline-based and interdisciplinary learning, Dedman College students gain the analytical, creative and practical skills necessary for professional success and personal growth in a rapidly changing world. Our focus is educating the whole person and preparing students to be passionate, self-reflective, globally aware and civically engaged leaders and citizens.

We are equally committed to pursuing new knowledge and bringing benefit to society through research. Dedman College fosters the process of discovery across the humanities and sciences, seeking innovation and insight through pure and applied research. Driven by the conviction that research and teaching in the liberal arts must be intimately linked, we strive to engage undergraduate and graduate students directly in the process of problem-solving and scholarly exploration.