SO MANY CHOICES

One has to study just to learn all the departments in the College of Arts and Sciences at UTC. Following its liberal arts roots from its days as the University of Chattanooga, the College today offers a vast array of majors (62 in all), leading to countless career opportunities and other pathways to explore.

Its graduates spread out across the country and around the world, carrying the knowledge and experience they earned at UTC with them. This issue of the University of Tennessee Chattanooga Magazine features articles and success stories about Arts and Sciences, its professors, current students and graduates. The magazine takes a look at their accomplishments and hopes and dreams, and how UTC becomes a major influence in their lives, both personal and educational.

This issue includes a conversation with a soon-to-be-married couple in biochemistry and how the husband fought through an upbringing that would crush others. We highlight the award-winning Department of Psychology and interview biology researchers trying to understand why so many low birthweight babies are born in our region. We also profile students who have become major movers and shakers in Chattanooga, including an English graduate now in charge of helping small businesses in the city as well as music majors who are symphony conductors and Broadway performers.

The College of Arts and Sciences is an expansive and fascinating place to explore. Read along in many of the pages that follow.