DEAN’S MESSAGE
We continue to develop and deliver flagship academic and research programs across disciplines to integrate research, teaching and outreach into an interdisciplinary excellence hub. Adding to our M.S. in Human Factors program that achieved Human Factors and Ergonomic Society accreditation, we launched a B.S. in Human Factors Psychology program and will be launching a B.S. in Data Science program. All our 2025-2026 academic year degree programs are STEM-designated. We also held our third annual Humanistic STEM (H-STEM) symposium that grew out of a National Science Foundation grant and is part of our broader H-STEM student success component. H-STEM is embedded in the general education program so that students learn early in their academic careers that multiple lenses of inquiry can help to develop these abilities. Further fostering our research enterprise, we acceded to the Center for Space and Atmospheric Research (CSAR). Formerly a college-level center, CSAR at our sister College of Arts & Sciences on the Daytona Beach campus has been elevated to a university-level center of excellence. CSAR focuses on modeling, observational and experimental studies that span space and atmospheric physics, planetary science and astrophysics, with new research opportunities for faculty and students in our Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology.
I appreciate your interest in the College of Arts & Sciences (COAS) at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University — Worldwide Campus! During the 2024-2025 academic year, we brought our motto of “Innovative Education and Research to Foster Positive Change around the World” to life in several significant ways. We expanded the reach of our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on “Combating Human Trafficking: Understanding, Prevention and Action,” engaging a global audience. The MOOC was developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking. Our partnership with the U.S. Naval Community College brought about the brand new A.S. in Emergency Management and undergraduate certificate in Emergency Management Leadership. Most recently, we have successfully held our inaugural Pracademic Emergency Management and Homeland Security Virtual Summit, a nationwide and international event attracting more than 300 participants. Following our vision “to be a destination college for multidisciplinary studies and impactful collaborative research, as well as continue to be a national leader in general education, developing opportunities for our diverse student population to fulfill their educational goals and become responsive, responsible global citizens,” we successfully fostered our mission that is rooted in “developing and supporting career-ready graduates and advances all students to be lifelong learners and leaders in their professional disciplines.” We continued to make significant steps toward becoming a true destination college this year. We welcomed new research and scholarship-strong junior and senior faculty and expanded our research portfolio, which added new productivity, as well as national and international research and education partnerships. We are proud to deliver the General Education program to all students of Embry-Riddle Worldwide as well as to those students from residential campuses who seek an online accelerator. In advancing the General Education program, we have put an emphasis on artificial intelligence and comprehensive space studies, from policy and culture to technology, in collaboration with our College of Aviation.
COAS makes studying great!
Alexander Siedschlag, Ph.D., M.A. Dean and Professor Worldwide College of Arts & Sciences
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