Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts

frisbee on campusThe Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts degree seeks to give students the tools to explore and understand connections and patterns: within and among disciplines; between self and the world; among different cultures.

It seeks to give students knowledge of how great thinkers in various fields have sought to understand experience and use their learning to address problems and engage fully with life.

About the Major

The liberal arts major seeks to give students the tools to explore and understand connections and patterns:  within and among disciplines; between self and the world; among different cultures.  It seeks to give students knowledge of how great thinkers in various fields have sought to understand experience and use their learning to address problems and engage fully with life.

 

Requirements

Total of 42 credits, at least 21 of which must be upper-division, as follows:

  • 18 credits in a primary domain;
  • 12 credits in a secondary supporting domain;
  • 9 credits in a third domain; and
  • 3 credits for a capstone or Senior Seminar course.*

In addition:

• An extended classroom experience, which may be credit or non-credit bearing. It may be through an existing course,

internship, practicum or service-learning experience.

• At least 21 credits, including at least 12 of the 42 credits required within the liberal arts major, to be done after approval of the plan of study.

Course Description and Program Details

For more information, see the Undergraduate Course Catalog.