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    Mar 29, 2024  
2012 - 2013 Catalog of Courses 
    
2012 - 2013 Catalog of Courses [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Liberal Studies Major


REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN LIBERAL STUDIES:


Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 39


See Liberal Arts Core .

Specific Departmental Requirements:


  • Primary Concentration (includes Senior Seminar) - Credits: 30
    15 credits must be upper division.
  • Two Secondary Concentrations - Credits: 24
    12 credits each. A total of 12 of the 24 credits must be upper division.
     
    NOTE: Choices for areas of concentration are listed at the end of this section.

Subtotal Specific Core Requirements - Credits: 54


Auxiliary Core Requirements:


  • Two semesters of one college-level modern language - Credits: 6-8

OPTIONAL TRACKS:


Community Engagement Track


 Must satisfy the core and auxiliary Liberal Studies requirements plus:

Subtotal Community Engagement Track - Credits: 7-9


Honors Track


Must satisfy the core and auxiliary Liberal Studies requirements plus:

  •  Three Honors Forums, stand alone or learning community [6 credits total] (may not be HON 250 ; one course must be 400-level)
  •  A CO-3 level course (preferably HON 350 ) [3 credits] 

Subtotal Honors Track - Credits: 9


Interdisciplinary Track


Must satisfy the core and auxiliary Liberal Studies requirements plus:

Subtotal Interdisciplinary Track - CREDITS: 9


Free Electives (variable)


TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120*


* Among the minimum 120 credits required for the degree, 45 credits must be upper-division (300- and 400-level) courses.

Note to transfer and former students: If you have taken any of your major requirements and received a different number of credits than listed above, you may need to complete additional major credit requirements.

Areas of Concentration:


Anthropology:


Art:


Two art history courses and two studio courses required for Primary Concentration.

Economics:


Gender and Women’s Studies


History


All courses in the Department of History are appropriate for the Humanities concentrations in History.

Modern Languages:


In addition to all Modern Languages courses, ED 333  is allowed. Spanish, French, or German allowed as primary concentration. Spanish, French, German, Japanese, or Navajo allowed as secondary concentration.  Students may only declare one concentration in any Modern Language.  Note: Students with a primary concentration in Spanish may complete ML 496  or ML 431  to satisfy the senior seminar requirement.

Music:


For a primary concentration, students must take MU128, MU129, MU331, MU332,and MU496 (18 hours total). The remaining 12 hours may be chosen from MU 109,209, 309, 409, 228, 229, 336, 342, and 415.

For a secondary concentration, students must take Mu 331 and 332 required; all additional credits must be chosen from among:

Philosophy


All courses in the Department of Philosophy are appropriate for the Humanities concentrations in Philosophy.

Political Science:


Psychology:


No more than a combined total of six credits in psychology from off-campus coursework or Innovative Month or independent study (Psyc 299/Psyc 499) may be counted toward a primary or secondary concentration.

Sociology:


SOC 300  is required for primary concentration

Theatre:


All courses in the Department of Theatre are appropriate for the Humanities concentrations in Theatre.

A maximum of six credits may be counted toward the primary concentration, and a maximum of four credits may be counted toward the secondary concentration from among: