The College of Arts and Sciences provides students a rigorous, dynamic, and The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) provides students a rigorous, dynamic, and creative liberal arts education for personal and professional development in a diverse, local, and global environment.liberal arts education for personal and professional development in a diverse, local, and global environment.

The College of Arts and Sciences is the centerpiece of Salem State University. Our programs are the core of a liberal education, instilling critical knowledge, skills, and values that enable graduates to become professional and community leaders in a diverse and global environment.

If you have a prior degree in physical education, sport and movement science or exercise science and you want to start a career as a physical education teacher, this is the path for you.

Values :

Teaching: Excellence in teaching with a focus on exposing students to new and diverse ideas. Commitment to new and dynamic methods of teaching and learning. Commitment to faculty-student collaboration and mentoring, providing a foundation for the success of a diverse community of learners.

Scholarship: Excellence in faculty scholarship that creates new knowledge while informing and invigorating the classroom experience and wider community needs.

Diversity:?CAS courses, faculty and students embody diversity of ideas and identity. CAS creates opportunities to explore a range of perspectives, experiences and worldviews that build a foundation for personal, professional and academic success.