The College of Arts and Sciences' facilities masterplan for the next five and ten years is based upon a careful examination of past enrollment and space utilization patterns and projections into the future.

A fundamental pattern and principle in the space allocation of the past has been that of coordination with other academic units and with academic support units. For example, the College of Education (COE), because of space limitations in COE buildings, schedules 33.9% of its evening offerings in College of Arts and Sciences (COAS) space. Therefore, any growth in its evening offerings over the next ten years in the COE must be scheduled in new surge space, a fraction of which may be provided when the Health and Wellness Building is completed, or most pointedly in COAS space.

COAS space is also used by Student Services for large group gatherings and orientations; the Office of Testing and Learning Support uses COAS spaces for large scale testing. The growth of the Honors College and the Advanced Academy likewise relies almost exclusively on Arts and Sciences classroom because the Honors' College only administers one classroom and of course some of the classes require discipline specific space. Finally, as the Richard's College of Business (RCOB) is now operating at near maximum capacity, the need to schedule classes in COAS spaces will increase. Note that the ten-year plan for COAS includes multi-usage classrooms in a new building that would allow RCOB to renovate their current building for expected growth in faculty offices.

The point of this collaboration is to acknowledge that all the spaces in the COAS allocation cannot be assumed as surge space without complication. If COAS growth blocks access to spaces for COE and RCOB then the University certainly has a problem to deal with. Our request for a new building within the next ten years accommodates all three colleges. The College feels strongly that scheduling should remain with the academic units who best understand students' needs.

The current facilities infrastructure is lacking in several key areas and any master plan must take those needs into consideration first and foremost as it plans for future developments. Currently, one of the primary engines of instruction is the academic quad, the space organized by three buildings, Pafford, Boyd, and Humanities. These buildings are all in serious need of repair and renovation. Likewise, Cobb Hall, which houses the Foreign Language Department and the Printmaking Studio, has deteriorating spaces and mold problems. The Geography building is also in need of renovation. The Art Annex has reached a crisis stage requiring immediate attention.

English has no room for growth and is in fact stunting the growth of Computer Science. More alarming, however, English has faculty scattered in three buildings, Pafford, Humanities, and TLC due to lack of space in TLC. Computer Science needs surge space, and Foreign Language needs lab space. The University Writing Center in the TLC will reach capacity in less than five years. The Art Department is operating in an unhealthy and unsafe Annex and no other building on campus can accommodate program needs. Art will require a purpose-built space in the near future.

Future enrollment growth is all but certain. Whether the growth rate is 2% or 4% is a surmise, but some growth is without question. The projected growth by COE and the RCOB predict will be felt by the COAS in terms of lower-division or Core Curriculum support. As UWG experiences 3% growth per annum then at the end of five years new classroom space will be needed, as the charts in the report clearly indicate. Furthermore, discipline specific instructional space to serve the majority of core courses and majors will grow in priority. For example, even a multi-purpose classroom equipped with technology would not meet the discipline specific needs of a language course or computer science course.

The facilities needs of the COAS for the coming years can be met in the following two-step plan, one for the first five years and one for the second. The first five years require the following steps. Not necessarily the first step, but a fundamental one is the renovation of the older academic buildings, the quad buildings and Geography. Expansion of Callaway via the minor capital project and expansion with Cobb Hall to take over the space vacated by the RCOB when they move into Adamson Hall. Martha Munro's renovation is completed and Theatre will occupy that space, providing surge space for Music and temporary space for Art. To meet the facilities demands in ten years time, the COAS proposes a classroom building dedicated to housing Math, English, The Writing Center and Art. This building will be multifunctional, accommodate the needs of all three colleges, and dramatically improve first-year programming.

The details of the individual departmental analysis are provided in the report. Each department's report is included with a summary and a set of charts that captures the details of each. This plan is formulated upon the mission and goals of the University.