Liberal Studies Major (Bachelor of Arts)

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Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125-128

Freshman - Credits: 33-34

Arts and Humanities Core Requirement (Cr: 3)
Electives (Cr: 12)
Liberal Studies Foundations Course (Cr: 3)
Science and Math Core Requirement (Cr: 3-4)
Social Science Core Requirement (Cr: 3)

ENG 101 - College Writing Seminar (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Core Requirement and Writing Designated Requirement
FYE 101 - First Year Experience (Cr: 1)
INT 100 - Internship I (Cr: 2)
LST 100 - Seminar in Academic Inquiry (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Core Requirement

Sophomore - Credits: 32-33

Core Electives (Cr: 6)
Language (Cr: 6)
Satisfies Core Requirement
Liberal Studies Elective 1 (Cr: 3)
Liberal Studies Elective 2 (Cr: 3)
Non-US History Elective (Cr: 3)
Science and Math Core Requirement (Cr: 3-4)
Social Science Core Requirement (Cr: 3)
US History Elective (Cr: 3)

INT 200 - Internship II (Cr: 2)

Junior - Credits: 30-31

Core Elective (Cr: 3)
Electives (Cr: 6)
English Elective (Cr: 3)
Liberal Studies Elective 3 (Cr: 3)
Liberal Studies Elective 4 (Cr: 3)
Political Science Elective (Cr: 3)
Science and Math Core Requirement (Cr: 3-4)
Social Science Core Requirement (Cr: 3)

LST 302 - Methods of Inquiry in the Humanities (Cr: 3)
Satisfies the Writing Designated Requirement

Senior - Credits: 30

Electives (Cr: 12)

LST 480 - Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
LST 489 - Senior Thesis I (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Core Requirement
LST 490 - Senior Thesis II (Cr: 3)
Satisfies Core Requirement

Liberal Studies Foundation Courses

Depending on the area of interest, Liberal Studies students select one foundation course from the following list:
AMS 101 - American Popular Culture (Cr: 3)
ART 101 - Art in Society: Prehistory to 1400 (Cr: 3)
or
ART 102 - Art in Society: 1400 to the Present (Cr: 3)
ENG 102 - Introduction to Literature (Cr: 3)
HST 201 - Contemporary Approaches to History (Cr: 3)
IST 100 - Introduction to International Studies (Cr: 3)
PHL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy (Cr: 3)
PHL 104 - Ethics (Cr: 3)
POL 100 - Introduction to Politics (Cr: 3)
REL 104 - World Religions (Cr: 3)
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology (Cr: 3)

Liberal Studies Electives

Liberal Studies Electives 1 & 2: Arts & Humanities

Choose two courses from the following areas. At least one needs to be at the 300 level or above:

American Studies (AMS)
Art (ART)
Drama (DRA)
English (ENG)
French (FR)
History (HST)
International Studies (IST)
Italian (ITL)
Liberal Studies (LST)
Music (MUS)
Philosophy (PHL)
Religion (REL)
Spanish (SP)

Liberal Studies Electives 3 & 4: Social Sciences

Choose two courses from the following areas. At least one needs to be at the 300 level or above:

Communication (CMM)
Economics (ECN)
Geography (GEO)
Political Science(POL)
Psychology (PSY)
Sociology (SOC)