Liberal Arts

The Liberal Arts emphasis is designed to include a broad range of courses in the disciplines, skills, and cultural and a life well lived. Successful students in Interdisciplinary Studies w/emphasis in Liberal Arts will earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Degree Requirements

Area I – Foundation Skills - 2 hours

FSL 101

Foundations of Scholarship and Learning

2

FSL 101 is required for new and transferring students with less than 24 credit hours. Students must earn a "C" or higher in FSL 101.

Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours

ENG 101	English Composition I	3
ENG 102	English Composition II	3
SPEE 220	Fundamentals of Speech	3
SPAN 111	Elementary Spanish I	3
	and
SPAN 112	Elementary Spanish II	3
	or
FRE 111	Elementary French I	3
	and
FRE 112	Elementary French II	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in ENG 101, ENG 102, FRE 111, and SPAN 111.

Area I - Mathematics (choose one) - 3 or 4 hours

MATH 110	Mathematics for the Liberal Arts	3
MATH 111	College Algebra	3
MATH 112	Trigonometry	3
MATH 121	Calculus I	4

Area II - Arts and Humanities - 3 hours

PHIL 201

Introduction to Philosophy

3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in PHIL 201.

Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours

ENG 215	Introduction to Literature	3
ENG 216	Topics in Literature	3

Area II - The Social Sciences - 6 hours

ANTH 210/SOC 210	Cultural Anthropology	3
ECON 241	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
	or
ECON 242	Principles of Microeconomics	3
POLSC 223	Introduction to American National Government & Politics	3
	or
POLSC 224	Introduction to American State and Local Government & Politics	3
PSY 201	General Psychology	3
	or
PSY 211	Psychology of Human Growth & Development	3
SOC 221	Introduction to Sociology	3
SOC 223	Social Problems	3

Area II - History - 6 hours

Choose one of two sequences:

HIS 191	World Civilization to 1500	3
	and
HIS 192	World Civilization since 1500	3
	or
HIS 201	History of the United States I	3
	and
HIS 202	History of the United States II	3

Area II - Natural Sciences - 7-8 hours

Choose one from the following:

BIO 100	Principles of Biology	4
BIO 111	General Biology I	3

AND Choose one from the following:

ASTR 100	Introduction to Astronomy	4
CHEM 103	Fundamentals of Chemistry	3
	and
CHEM 103L	Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab	1
CHEM 111	General Chemistry I	3
	and
CHEM 111L	General Chemistry I Lab	1
PHY 201	College Physics I	4
PHY 210	General Physics I	4
PS 100	Physical Science	4

Requirements for Interdisciplinary Studies - 30 hours

Students must choose one upper level course from EACH of the following:

ANTH - Anthropology
BUA - Business
ECON - Economics
ART - Fine Arts
HIS - History
IT - Information Technology
MATH - Mathematics
PSY - Psychology
Sciences (BIO, CHEM, or PHY)
SOC - Sociology

Students must earn a "C" or higher in requirements for Interdisciplinary Studies.

Specific Disciplinary emphasis - 21 hours

Choose sufficient courses from disciplinary emphasis to total 21 hours. At least 9 of those hours must be 300-400 level. For example:

BUA - Business
IT - Information Technology
HPER - Health & Human Performance
ENG - English
ED - Education
HIS - History

Students must earn a "C" or higher in emphasis requirements.

Required for Interdisciplinary Studies - 12 hours

Students are also required to choose 6 hours from the following:

Research course
Methods course
Internship

and

IDS 375	Junior Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies	3
PHIL 312	Ethics	3

Students must earn a "C" or higher in Interdisciplinary Studies.

General Electives - 12 hours

Choose any other courses from the catalog to total 12 hours.

Total GEC Credit Hours (43-47 hours)
Total Required Interdisciplinary Studies (30 hours)
Total Specific Disciplinary emphasis (21 hours)
Other required courses for Interdisciplinary Studies (12 hours)
General Electives (10-14 hours)

120 minimum hours required for graduation.