Liberal Arts Division - Alexandria

Dr. Jimmie McClellan Dean for Liberal Arts

Welcome to the Liberal Arts Division, the largest academic division at NOVA. The liberal arts are the disciplines or branches of knowledge concerned with man and his culture, and thus help us to explore and understand what it means to be human. Such an understanding is important in an age that increasingly emphasizes technology and demands a faster pace.

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The Division offers a broad range of disciplines and courses taught in a variety of traditional and technological formats by teachers who are among the very best. We offer a complete array of English courses, from entry-level ESL to specialized literature courses; 12 different foreign languages (including Arabic, Hindi, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Ancient Greek and Latin), supported by a multimedia Language Center (Room AA160); and a wide variety of history, social sciencephilosophy, religion, communications, music, fine arts and photography courses.

Our peer-tutoring program (for ESL and Developmental English) and our Writing Assistance Center (in Room AA340) offer support with your written coursework.

Our Honors Program gives qualified students the opportunity to explore subject matter in greater depth in seminar atmospheres.

Finally, a relatively new program feature within this division is International Area Studies (in Latin American, Chinese, Japanese, and African-American Studies), which enables you to concentrate your studies in one of four areas combining the studies of history, literature, language, even economics and psychology.

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Location:
Room AA 252
3001 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311
Phone: 703.845.6241 or x6242

Division Dean

Dr. Jimmie McClellan
Email: jmcclellan@nvcc.edu

Administrative Staff

Azza Ahmed Administrative Assistant	Sam Rosado Rodriguez Office Manager
Jon Burton, AD English	VACANT Division Dean Secretary
Olga Merkezas Administrative Assistant	Scott Buswel English as a Second Language
Dr. Jim Baer, AD History and Political Science	Dr. Connie Elsberg Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Philosophy and Religion
Brian Delaney English and Humanities	Dr. Jean Braden Anthropology, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Geography
Stephanie Sareeram, AD ESL	Kathy Wax Developmental English. Humanities, Philosophy and Religion
Barbara Ryland-Wells, AD Music	Bill Schran, AD, Fine Arts Elizabeth Hill, AD, Communication Design
Brenda Lewis-Holmes, AD Communications Studies and Theatre	Ivy Beringer, AD Early Chidlhood Education
Sarah Raymond, AD Photography	Takako Shigehisa World Languages (Including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Ancient Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese)
Elizabeth Hill, AD Communication Design

Courses of Study/Programs:

• Administration of Justice/Paralegal
• Anthropology and Sociology
• Communication and Design
• Communication Studies and Theatre
• Developmental Reading and Writing
• Early Childhood Development
• Economics
• English Composition and Literature
• English as a Second Language
• Fine Arts
• Geography
• History
• Humanities
• Music
• Philosophy
• Photography
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Religion
• World Languages