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Sep 02, 2010
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[Archived Catalog]
General Studies Degree Completion Option (B.L.S.)
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As a degree completion program, General Studies provides students with an opportunity to build on learning acquired previously either in a professional area or a specific arts and science major. Students are expected to develop a basic knowledge of the content and methodology of the three domains – the Humanities, the Social Sciences, and the Natural Sciences. In the context of liberal learning and through writing and discussion in upper-level courses work, students are also expected to reflect on the meaning and inter-connectedness of what they have learned. Finally, in the “Senior Mentor Project” students are to demonstrate their ability to apply their knowledge and skills to a problem or issue of particular interest to them – either academic or professional.
Career or Advanced Study Options:
Although there is no targeted career preparation in General Studies, the program seeks to lay a foundation for work in a variety of professional areas. In keeping with the mission of the College, the General Studies program aspires to graduate creative, independent thinkers who are able to carve out career paths and to determine the advanced training, additional course work, or graduate programs that they need to fulfill their goals.
Learning Objectives:
In addition to the All College Curriculum skills and perspective, students who successfully complete this program will:
- Have an understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the primary domains of knowledge (the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences);
- Have a critical awareness of the aesthetic, social, and psychological functions of art and literature;
- Have a critical awareness of the dialogical relationship between self and society;
- Have a critical awareness of the theoretical principles and technological applications of scientific investigation;
- Have an appreciation of the interrelatedness and historical context of all knowledge;
- Be able to communicate effectively orally and in writing;
- Be able to think critically;
- Be able to appreciate cultural diversity;
- Be able to entertain multidisciplinary perspectives.
Policies and Conditions
A minimum grade of C- or higher is required in all courses beyond the foundation level after the student has entered the General Studies program and in LB 410.
Requirements |
I. Required Program Specific Courses: (3 credits)
II. Other Required Courses: (47 credits)
- *Humanities Elective ** (3 Credits)
(200 or 300 level)
- *Humanities Electives (6 Credits)
(300 or 400 level)
- Junior Year Interdisciplinary Seminar (3 Credits)
(“W” Course)
- Science Elective ** (3 Credits)
(200 or 300 level)
- Science Electives (6 Credits)
(300 or 400 level)
- Social Science Elective ** (3 Credits)
(200 or 300 level)
- Social Science Electives (6 Credits)
(300 or 400 level)
Notes:
*At least one of the Humanities electives must be a literature course
**At least one of these three courses must be on the 300 level III. Open Electives: (72 credits)
Note: If transfer credits do not include courses that meet the History and Math requirements of the All College Curriculum, students must make provision to satisfy these requirements either in open elective slots or, in the case of history, as a Social Science Elective.
- 24 Credits Open Electives
Notes:
All College Curriculum
Students must satisfy Oral and Written Communication Requirements of the All College Curriculum. These are courses inside or outside the program/major that have been identified as meeting the requirements for writing-intensive (“W”) or oral communication (“O”) courses. Students must include the following among their course selections:
Written: General Studies students must take two (2) “W” (writing intensive) courses beyond EN 102 (i.e., the Junior Year Interdisciplinary Seminar and one other “W” course)
Oral: General Studies students are, by virtue of prior college experience, granted a waiver for the “O” course obligations.
With regard to other distribution requirements, see the note posted to the 72 credit Open Elective requirement. Humanities courses include offerings in EN (except for 101, 102, 105, 205), PH, RL, and SP. Also qualifying are AR 231, 232, 433, and MU 101, 102. Social Science courses include offerings in HI, PO, EC, PS, and SO. Suggested Course Sequence:
(Prerequisites of program specific courses are listed in parentheses; prerequisites of all courses can be found in the Course Descriptions.) First and Second Years: (62 credits)
General Studies students will, as internal or external transfers, ordinarily have sixty-two (62) credits in hand upon entering the program. Hence each student will have followed a different sequence of courses in their freshman and sophomore years. The expectation is that the following core will have been completed:
- 15 Credits Open Electives
Third Year: (30 credits)
- Humanities Elective
(200 or 300 level)
- Science Elective
(200 or 300 level)
- Social Science Elective
(200 or 300 level)
- Junior Year Interdisciplianry Seminar
- 6 Credits Open Electives
Fourth Year: (30 credits)
- Humanities Elective
(300 or 400 level)
- Science Elective
(300 or 400 level)
- Social Science Elective
(300 or 400 level)
- 3 Credits Open Electives
- Humanities Elective
(300 or 400 level)
- Science Elective
(300 or 400 level)
- Social Science Elective
(300 or 400 level)
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