RE QUIRE MENTS FOR THE BACHE LOR OF ARTS IN LIBERAL STUDIES COLLEGE OF LIBERAL STUDIES

THE UNI VER SITY OF OKLA HOMA

For Stu dents En ter ing the Oklahoma State Syst em for

Higher Ed u cat ion Sum mer 2017 through

Spring 2018

GEN ERAL RE QUIRE MENTS Liberal Studies B640 (traditional) &

B645 (electronic delivery)Bach e lor of Arts in

Liberal Studies

Min i mum To tal Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Min i mum Over all Grade Point Av er age . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00Min i mum Grade Point Av er age in Ma jor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00Min i mum Grade Point Av er age in OU Work . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00

OU en cour ages stu dents to com plete at least 30 hours of ap pli ca ble coursework each year to have the op por tu nity to grad u ate in four years.GEN ERAL ED U CA TION RE QUIRE MENTS (40–50 hours) MAJOR RE QUIRE MENTS (45 hours)

Sub ject Hours Courses

Sym bolic & OralCom mu ni ca tion

(Core I)

9-19 LSTD 1113, Interdisciplinary Composition I, and LSTD 1133, Interdisciplinary Com po si tion II, andLSTD 1053, Mathematics in Liberal Studies

Foreign Language, 0-10 hours, (Core I)—Students who have completed two years of high school foreign language are exempt from the general education foreign language requirement.

So cial Sci ence(Core III)

6 LSTD 1333, Gov ern ing Our selves, and

LSTD 1313, What in the World are the Social Sciences?

Hu mani ties(Core IV)

12 LSTD 1153, A History of the U.S.

NaturalSci ence

(Core II)

7-9 Two nat u ral sci ence courses from dif fer ent dis ci plines, one must in -clude a lab o ra tory com po nent — minimum 7 hours, 2-3 courses.

LSTD 2533, Sci ence as a Pro cess (no lab o ra tory), and

__________________________________ (must in clude a lab com po nent)

Free Elec tivesElec tives to bring to tal ap pli ca ble hours to 120 in clud ing 40 up per-di vi sion hours.

Se nior Cap stone(Core V)

Met in the Upper Division Major Requirements: LSTD 4953 or 4954, Study-in-Depth (Cap stone)

Courses taken to ful fill the Uni ver sity Gen eral Edu ca tion Re quire ments must becho sen from the University-Wide General Education Approved Course List.

University-Wide General Education Requirements (min i mum 40 hours)Courses des ig nated as Core I, II, III, IV, or Capstone are part of the Gen eral Ed u ca tion cur ric u lum. Stu dents must complete a min i mum of 40 hours of Gen eral Ed u ca tion courses, cho sen from the ap proved list, in clud ing at least one up per-di vi sion Gen. Ed. course out side of the stu dent’s ma jor concentration. Courses graded S/U or P/NP will not ap ply.

Core I Sym bolic and Oral Com mu ni ca tion (9–19 hours, 3–5 courses)• Eng lish Com po si tion–6 hours, 2 courses• Mathe mat ics–3 hours, 1 course• For eign Lan guage–0–10 hours, 2 courses in the same lan guage, (can be met by suc cess ful com ple tion of 2 years of the same for eign lan guage in high school)• Other (courses such as com mu ni ca tion, logic or pub lic speak ing)

Core II Natu ral Sci ence (7 hours, 2 courses)• Courses must be taken from dif fer ent dis ci plines in the bio logi cal and/or physi cal sci ences; one of which must in clude a labo ra tory.

Core III So cial Sci ence (6 hours, 2 courses)• One course must be P SC 1113, “Ameri can Fed eral Gov ern ment” or general education-approved LSTD equivalent

Core IV Hu mani ties (12 hours, 4 courses)• Un der stand ing Ar tis tic Forms–3 hours, 1 course• West ern Civi li za tion and Cul ture–6 hours, 2 courses, in clud ing HIST 1483 or HIST 1493 or general education-approved LSTD equivalent• Non- Western Cul tures–3 hours, 1 course

Sen ior Cap stone Ex pe ri ence (3 hours, 1 course)12-16

A grade of “C” or higher must be earned in each course presented for major credit.

LSTD

LSTD LSTD LSTD LSTD LSTD LSTD

Major Core Requirements (21 hours) 1003, Intro to Interdisciplinary Study, or2023, Strategies for Success

3003, Interdisciplinary Inquiry3113, Special Topics in Humanities of the Ancient World3333, Human Arrangements: Troubled Institutions, Problems, & Inequality 3513, The Dynamic Universe3953, Study-in-Depth Prospectus4953/4954, Study-in-Depth (Capstone)

Secondary Area of Concentration Electives (6 hours)

Primary Area of Concentration Requirements (18 hours)Students will select one of the three areas of concentration below to complete as their primary curricular focus. Each area consists of four required courses and two elective courses:

Students will complete 6 hours of elective coursework from the two remaining Liberal Studies areas of concentration outside of their primary curricular focus.

LSTD 3173, Renaissance Art

LSTD 3113, Special Topics in Humanities of the Ancient World

LSTD 3193, Art of the Non-Western World

Humanities (Concentration Code P331)LSTD 2203, Evil Acts, Religious ReasonsLSTD 3133, Special Topics in Humanities of the Modern WorldLSTD 3173, Renaissance Art (also meets a Humanities Gen Ed req.)LSCJ 3113, Comparative Justice SystemsHumanities Elective: ______________________Humanities Elective: ______________________

Natural Sciences (Concentration Code P466)LSTD 3533, Ecology and EvolutionLSTD 3573, Chemistry for Changing TimesLSTD 4563, Weather and ClimateLSLC 3113, Lifespan DevelopmentNatural Science Elective: ______________________Natural Science Elective: ______________________

Social Sciences (Concentration Code P606)LSAL 4143, Cultural Diversity in the WorldLSCJ 2283, Introduction to Criminal JusticeLSTD 3343, Challenges in a Changing WorldLSTD 3363, Ethics in Social SciencesSocial Science Elective: ______________________Social Science Elective: ______________________