Providence College (also known as Providence) is a private, coeducational, Catholic university located about two miles west of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, the state's capital city. With a 2010–2011 enrollment of 3,850 undergraduate students and 735 graduate students, the College specializes in academic programs in the liberal arts. It is the only college or university in North America administered by the Dominican Order of Friars. Founded in 1917, the College offers fifty majors and thirty-four minors and requires all its students to complete 20 credits in the Development of Western Civilization, which serves as a major part of the college's core curriculum. Fr. Brian Shanley has been the school's president since 2005. In athletics, Providence College competes in NCAA's Division I and is a founding member of the Big East Conference and Hockey East. In 1917, Providence College was founded as an all-male school through the efforts of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence and the Dominican Province of St. Joseph.