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4-8-6: Liberal Arts Major

The liberal arts major is an interdisciplinary program of study designed to provide a broad exploration of the ideas, values, issues, and heritage of civilization. Students develop a broad understanding of the arts and sciences, their interrelationships, and their integration with Christian thought. The liberal arts major for teachers is appropriate for students working toward Elementary Education licensure. Non-education liberal arts majors may take a general program or declare a specialization in literature or philosophy.

Requirements

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Liberal Arts requires a minimum of 128 semester hours, including all required biblical studies and general education courses and the major courses:

General Education Requirements

Biblical Studies (12 credit hours)
BIB/HIS 111 History and Literature of Ancient Israel (3)
BIB/HUM 114 Early Christian Literature (3)
THE 201 Introduction to Theology (3)
THE/HIS 303 Christianity in America (3) OR
REL/HIS 305 World Religions (3)

Communication (9 credit hours)
COM 103 Public Speaking (3) or
COM 210 Interpersonal Communication (3)
ENG 102 English Composition (3)
ENG 104 Research Writing (3)

Arts and Humanities (9 credit hours)

Choose 1 course from each of the following categories:
Philosophy - PHL 202 Philosophical Inquiry
Fine Arts - HUM 101, HUM 110, MUS 110, or THR 112 (*Fine Arts course may NOT fulfill both General Education and Major Requirements*)
Literature - ENG 201, 202, 203, 204 or 205 (*Literature course may NOT fulfill both General Education and Major Requirements*)

Behavioral and Social Sciences (9 credit hours - only 6 of the 9 credits may be from the same course prefix category)

History - Choose at least 3, but not more than 6 credits from among any 100 or 200 level HIS courses.

Social Science - Choose up to 6 credit hours of 100 or 200 level courses from the following categories:

ECO, GEO, GLS (except GLS 225), any GLS 300 Exploring World Cultures course, POL, PSY, SOC
(*Exploring World Cultures courses may NOT fulfill both General Education and Major Requirements*)

Integrative Studies (6 credit hours)
INT 101 First Year Integration (3)*
INT 402 Integrative Seminar (3)
*Please see the First Year Integration (FYI) page for specific information about this required course.

Mathematics (3 credit hours)
MAT 111 College Algebra (3) or any higher-level math course (3-4) except MAT 202 Math Literacy.

Natural Science (8 credit hours)
At least one lab science in one of the following: biology, chemistry, earth science, physical science, or physics and additional credits from these areas to meet a minimum of 8 credits in the sciences

Foreign Language
To earn the Bachelor of Arts, a student must demonstrate proficiency by completing a 2-semester sequence (a minimum of 6 credit hours) in one foreign language (including American Sign Language). Language courses identified as "conversational" do not meet this requirement.

Liberal Arts Major Courses

Required Core Courses (24 credits)
ENG 202 American Literature I (3) or
ENG 203 American Literature II (3)
HUM 101 Creative Arts (3) or
HUM/MUS 110 Musical Perspectives (3)
HUM 303 Great Books Seminar I (3)
HUM 304 Great Books Seminar II (3)
GLS 385-389 Choose an Exploring World Cultures course (3)
Any course with ART or THR prefix (3)

Emphasis - 15 credit hours

General Studies Emphasis
Electives in the humanities* (15)
Select 15 Semester hours from the following humanities courses:
Upper-division courses with the ENG prefix*
Upper-division courses with the HIS prefix*
Upper-division courses with the HUM prefix*
MUS 323 History of Music I (3)
MUS 324 History of Music II (3)

*selected with the permission of the Liberal Arts coordinator

Literature Emphasis
ENG 202 American Literature I (3) or
ENG 203 American Literature II (3) in addition to the course required for the major core
ENG 360 World Literature (3)
ENG 204 British Literature I (3) or
ENG 205 British Literature II (3)
ENG 380 Christian Writers
An upper-division ENG prefix course (3) selected with the permission of the Liberal Arts coordinator

Philosophy Emphasis
BIO 460 Bioethics (3)
PHL 302 Philosophical Theology (3)
PHL 361 Epistemology (3)
PHL 303 Metaphysics (3)
PHL 430 Continental Philosophy (3) or
PHL 435 Philosophy of Language (3)

Liberal Arts Major for Teachers

See the School of Education's Elementary Education program for details.

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