Administration

Dean: Lindsey Lupo, Ph.D.
Office: Clara Colt Hall 205
Telephone: (619) 849-2938
Email: lindseylupo@pointloma.edu
Operations Director: Madi Bucci

General Information

The School of Humanities, Arts, and Public Engagement (SHAPE) consists of five (5) academic departments and is at the very heart of liberal arts education at Point Loma Nazarene University. Programs in the school focus on the arts, social sciences, and humanities, and are offered at the undergraduate (both traditional and accelerated) and graduate levels. The school's highly qualified faculty members are professionally active in their field and committed to engaging students in the learning experience. By emphasizing the university’s mission to engage and challenge minds, to form and model character, and to see service as an expression of faith, SHAPE faculty challenge students to become life-long learners, to value the process of personal and intellectual development, and to give their lives in meaningful service to others.

Accreditations and Affiliations

For information about Accreditations and Affiliations, please click here.

Academic Organization

The School of Humanities, Arts, and Public Engagement is led by a leadership team that includes the Dean and Associate Deans. The following is a list of academic departments in the school:

Departments

Department of Art and Design
Department of Communication Studies
Department of History and Political Science
Department of Literature, Journalism, Writing and Languages
Department of Music

Curricula

Students should refer to the information in this catalog for a complete listing of programs, program learning outcomes, GE course learning outcomes, degree requirements, and course descriptions offered by academic areas within the School of Humanities, Arts, and Public Engagement.

To view requirements for majors, minors, and certificates, see the Degree Program Information page.