<p>The title says it all…</p>
<p>Everyone whom I know who attends the school studies politics. It is largely a political school, with a slight liberal slant I believe. I would not consider it a LA school though.</p>
<p>I say no.</p>
<p>Many programs are traditional liberal arts programs, but many are not. These include the School of Communication, Kogod School of Business, and School of International Service. Enrollment in these schools exceeds 50% of the undergraduate student body. However, the College of Arts and Sciences is the single largest undergraduate school (26% of undergrads). Throw in the School of Public Affairs (largely, but not solely, political science) and that gives you another 17-18% of undergraduates. Figures are from AU’s fall 2010 Academic Data Reference Book.</p>
<p>I was tempted to characterize the liberalness of AU in this post, but did not because that is not in keeping with the original question.</p>
<p>Definitely not. It is a mid-sized university. If you want to study in DC, Georgetown and Catholic U are better suited for a liberal arts education, although both of these schools have pre-professional programs as well, such as Foreign Service at GU and Engineering and Architecture at CUA.
Jackuk</p>