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 - 3 hours
| FSL 101 | Foundations of Scholarship and Learning | 3 |
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 - 9 hours
Area I - Mathematics (choose one) - 3 or 4 hours
Area I - Computer Literacy - 3 hours
Choose one from the following:
| CIS 170 | Intro to Microcomputer Applications | 3 |
| | or | |
| ED 190 | Introduction to Computers for Instruction | 3 |
Area II - The Arts - 3 hours
Choose one from the following:
Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours
Area II - Social Science and Humanities - 6 hours
AND Choose one from the following:
| ANTH 210/SOC 210 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ECON 241 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 242 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| POLSC 223 | Introduction to American National Government & Politics | 3 |
| POLSC 224 | Introduction to American State and Local Government & Politics | 3 |
| PSY 201 | General Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 211 | Psychology of Human Growth & Development | 3 |
| SOC 221 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 223 | Social Problems | 3 |
Students must earn a "C" or higher in
PHIL 201.
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 - The Natural Sciences - 7-8 hours
Choose two different science disciplines from any of the following:
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
Students must earn a "C" or higher in Interdisciplinary Studies.
General Electives - 12-17 hours
Select sufficient courses from any academic discipline to bring the total hours for graduation to a minimum of 120.