About the College of Arts & Sciences
Based on its Strategic Guidance, the College of Arts & Sciences at ERAU-W develops and supports career- ready graduates and advances all students to be lifelong learners and leaders in their professional disciplines. The college’s vision is to be a destination for multidisciplinary studies and impactful collaborative research as well as continue to be a national leader in general education, developing opportunities for our diverse student population to fulfill their educational goals and become responsive, responsible global citizens.
The college comprises four departments: Emergency, Disaster and Global Security Studies; Human Factors, Safety and Social Sciences ; Humanities and Communication; and Mathematics, Science, and Technology.
The college delivers courses online as well as on several sites across the United States and around the world. Currently, four graduate and seven undergraduate programs are offered, as well an several combined undergraduate-graduate pathways programs and undergraduate minors.
The college also delivers the general education program to all Worldwide Campus students, providing over 2,000 sections annually, with a focus on developing students’ capacity in critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, information literacy, communication, scientific literacy, cultural literacy, technological literacy, and collaboration. The Worldwide Campus has an enrollment of more than 23,000 students, delivering courses globally online via Canvas, synchronously via EagleVision to both homes and classrooms, face-to-face at over 130 locations, and in a blended format.
Embry-Riddle’s Worldwide Campus has earned a top five ranking during the past nine years for Best Online Bachelor’s programs from U.S. News & World Report.
For over 100 years, Embry-Riddle has been the world’s leading aviation and aerospace university, educating more than 30,000 students across residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, as well as through a global network of Worldwide locations and online programs. With more than 165,000 alumni around the world, our impact reaches every corner of the aerospace, aviation, defense and technology industries.
Today, our faculty, researchers and professional staff are advancing innovation across aviation, space, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, autonomous systems and next-generation engineering. Working alongside industry leaders, government agencies and innovators, they are solving real-world challenges and shaping the technologies that will define tomorrow.
Whether you are an educator, researcher, administrator, technologist or industry professional, your work at Embry-Riddle will contribute to something bigger than a job. Join a community driven by discovery, purpose and excellence—and help shape the future of aerospace.