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Welcome to LAS

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is Iowa State University’s largest college and includes 21 academic departments and one professional school. LAS offers majors in the humanities, communications, social sciences, physical sciences, biological sciences and mathematical sciences.

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  • Air Force Aerospace Studies
  • Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry
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  • Earth, Atmosphere, and Climate
  • Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
  • Economics
  • English
  • Genetics, Development and Cell Biology
  • Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
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Ames, Iowa 50011-4009
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