Dear Prospective Students,
Congratulations on taking the next step in your academic journey! My name is Dr. Brianne Dávila and I’m the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Student Success in the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, also known as CLASS. CLASS is a supportive, engaged, and diverse community of teachers, learners, and scholars committed to improving the human condition and to bettering the world. After learning more about who we are and what we do, you’ll know many reasons to join us!
CLASS offers courses about today’s most pressing and talked-about issues such as:
- Women, Health, and Body Politics
- The Philosophy and Science of Implicit Bias
- History of Technology in Music
- Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Mass Media
- International Conflict, War and Peace
- Politics, Policies, and Pop Culture
- Social Inequality, Sport, and the Body
- Harry Potter as Literature and Culture
CLASS majors participate in course-based internships that promote civic engagement, such as the Communication Studies, Social Work, Music Industry Studies programs to name a few. They are involved in co-curricular activities, including leadership opportunities among the 17 student clubs offered in CLASS, and participate in faculty-led and independent research projects and creative activities. Student accomplishments are highlighted by the various student-run publications, music ensembles, and theatre productions, and they regularly travel to local and national competitions, such as:
- The Poly Post
- The Undergraduate Journal of Ethics, Policy and Social Justice
- Harvest International
- Ethics Bowl
- Model United Nations
- Model National Organization of American States
CLASS faculty are celebrated for their advising, teaching, and mentoring, scholarly and creative activities, and service to their disciplines, departments, and communities. Each CLASS major is assigned both a faculty and staff advisor to guide them during their time at CPP.
The CLASS Student Success Center and its dedicated team of student success advisors provides general academic advising, assists with registration, petitions, reviewing degree progress, and referring students to resources both on and off campus.
We hope you decide Cal Poly Pomona is the right fit for you and encourage you to follow us on our social media sites using the handle @classcpp.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me via email at
class@cpp.edu.
Congratulations again and I hope to see you soon!
Sincerely,
Brianne Dávila, Ph.D.
