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Liberal Arts - BA

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Program Overview

Program Requirements

Minimum University Requirements

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Program Learning Outcomes

Total Credits Required In Program Coursework

36

Total Credits Required To Earn This Credential

120
Completion requirement

Purpose: To acquire an understanding of the historical and cultural traditions of Western and/or other civilizations

Students must choose courses from at least two of the following areas:

Earn at least 9 credits

  • Any History Courses

  • Any Anthropology Courses

  • Any Folklore Courses

  • Any Religious Studies Courses

  • World/Regional Geography Courses

  • Upper-division Language Courses dealing with culture or civilization (Does not include grammar or conversation courses.)

  • Selected Linguistics Courses dealing with culture or civilization

Purpose: To develop an understanding of social and legal institutions

Students must choose courses from at least two of the following areas:

Earn at least 9 credits

  • Any Sociology Courses

  • Any Political Science Courses

  • Any Family, Consumer, and Human Development Courses

  • Any Economics Courses (except orientation courses)

  • Any Psychology Courses (except for study skills or career exploration courses)

  • Any Management Courses (except orientation courses or leadership courses)

Purpose: To develop and strengthen an appreciation of the arts and literature

Courses selected must be theory or history based, not skill based.

Students must choose courses from at least two of the following areas:

Earn at least 9 credits

  • Art

  • Theatre Arts

  • Music

  • Literature (English or Upper-division Foreign Language Courses)

  • Selected Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Courses

  • Selected Interior Design Courses

Purpose: To promote habits of critical, reasonable, and ethical inquiry, providing logic and intellectual integrity in seeking truths

Students must choose courses from at least two of the following areas:

Earn at least 9 credits

  • Any Philosophy Courses

  • Any departmental Ethics Courses

  • Upper-division Speech Courses dealing with persuasion, debate, influence, and argumentation.

  • Other courses from other areas may be approved in the goals by consultation with the academic advisor.

Methods Course Requirement: A Statistics or methods course must be taken as part of the 9-credit minimum for Goal Four if not taken as a part of the University Studies Quantitative Literacy requirement.

Complete the following as needed:

Total elective credit is determined by General Education courses taken, degree type selected, additional credits earned, and any additional math or other prerequisite courses needed. Please consult your Academic Advisor for details.