2. Alpha/Omega = first & last of Greek alphabet symbolizing the scope of studies of Liberal Arts White = humanities, arts & letters Open Book = the learning process & literacy Torch = knowledge Color Stripes = disciplines LIBERAL ARTS SEAL
3. Latin = “liberalis”Spanish = “libre” “appropriate for free men – the elite as opposed to trade skills” knowledge and general intellectual skills
4. Charlotte looked at him in a teacherly fashion. “You know what liberal arts means?” Pause. Rumination. “ ….no.” “It’s from Latin.” Charlotte was the very picture of kind patience. “In Latin liber means free. It also means book but that’s just a coincidence, I think. Anyway, the Romans had slaves from all over the world, and some of the slaves were very bright, like the Greeks. The Romans would let the slaves get educated in all sorts of practical subjects, like math, like engineering so they could build things, like music so they could be entertainers. But only Roman citizens, the free people? -- Liber? -- could take things like rhetoric and literature and history and theology and philosophy. Because they were the arts of persuasion – and they didn’t want the slaves to learn how to present arguments that might inspire them to unite and rise up or something. So the “liberal” arts are the arts of persuasion, and they didn’t want anybody but free citizens knowing how to persuade people” TOM WOLFEI AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS
6. Goals of a Liberal ArtsEducation 1) To teach students how to think critically and how to build intellectual muscles that will allow them to analyze and organize ideas 2) To broaden students’ understanding of the world by forcing them to grapple with underlying principles and issues that are behind the challenges in today’s global environment
7. Liberal Arts Skills That Are Most Useful in Careers and Professions (a short list!) Writing Speaking Foreign languages and cross-cultural knowledge Numeracy Research and information retrieval Analytical thinking Creative thinking Effective with ambiguity Learning and synthesizing new ideas
8. Paul Johnson BA Spanish President, DPT Laboratories J. James Rohack BA Psychology President, American Medical Association Randy de la Garza BA Political Science President and CFO of La Garza Public Relations, Inc. John W. Rolph BA History Administrative Law Judge Alfredo Corchado BA Journalism Foreign Correspondent-Dallas Morning News and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University ALUMNI FIND JOBS IN ALL AREAS!
9. The College of Liberal Arts is the LARGEST College on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso Over 6,500 Students!
27. 1. FINE & PERFORMING ARTS ART MUSIC DANCE FILM THEATRE ARTS MUSEUM STUDIES ART HISTORY
28. 2. HUMANITIES HISTORY HUMANITIES PHILOSOPHY ENGLISH CREATIVE WRITING LANGUAGES
29. 3. SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SOCIOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY CRIMINAL JUSTICE ANTHROPOLOGY COMMUNICATION POLITICAL SCIENCE LINGUISTICS
30. CULTURAL, GENDER & AREA STUDIES PROGRAMS Asian Studies Military Science Chicano Studies Women’s Studies Religious Studies African American Studies Inter-American Jewish Studies Latin American & Border Studies
31. SPECIAL PROGRAMS & CENTERS KTEP Borderzine Rio Grande Review UTEP Dinner Theatre Sam Donaldson Center Institute of Oral History West Texas Writing Project Communicaton Multimedia Lab Center for Inter-American and Border Studies Investigative Interviewing Research Laboratory Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts The Center for Science, Technology, Ethics and Policy Prevention and Treatment in Clinical Health (PATCH) Lab Teacher Preparation- Center for Arts & Science Education Psycholinguistic Research and Bilingualism and Reading (PROBAR) Lab
32. LIBERAL ARTS BA DEGREE COMPONENTS UNIVERSITY CORE LIBERAL GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS Language requirement Block electives requirement MAJOR MINOR
33. FIRST COMPONENT “UNIVERSITY CORE” All UTEP students must take the core courses and pass through Liberal Arts
34. STUDENTS CAN DUAL FULFILL IN THIS AREA! Univ Core + Major Univ Core + Minor
35. EXAMPLE: PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS NEED PSYC 1301 FOR THEIR MAJOR BUT CAN ALSO TAKE IT FOR THEIR UNIVERSITY CORE AND THE CLASS CAN COUNT FOR BOTH DUAL FULFILL
36. Preferred for English and American Literature and Creative Writing majors I. Communication – 9 credits (6 credits from English composition and 3 credits from public speaking) ENGL 1311 AND ENGL 1312 or 1313 ESOL 1311 AND ESOL 1312 [and ESOL 1310] [and ESOL 1310 if not taken with ESOL 1311] ENGL 1611 – (may be substituted as COMM 1301 and ENGL 1311) Recommended for Business, Engineering and Science majors COMM 1301 COMM 1302
37. Psychology Majors AND Minors, Business Minors, Criminal Justice Majors II. Mathematics – 3-5 credits (choice of one class depending on major) MATH 1320 MATH 1508 MATH 1319 Science and Engineering All Liberal Arts majors except those mentioned in green bubble
38. UTEP Course Placement COLLEGE LEVELCOURSES DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES MATH SEQUENCE MATH 1319 MATH 1508 MATH 1411 Additional MATH Courses EPCC Courses MATH 0300 MATH 0301 MATH 0310 MATH 0311 MATH 1320 MATH 2301 EPCC Courses READING SEQUENCE HIST 1301 HIST 1302 PSYC 1301 READ 0307 ENGL 0310 POLS 2310 POLS 2311 SOCI 1301 EPCC Course ENGLISH SEQUENCE ENGL 0111 May be required ENGL 0309 ENGL 0311 ENGL 1312 ENGL 1311 EPCC Course Updated: 4/06
40. III. Natural Sciences – 6 – 8 credits ASTR 1307 and 1308 and 1107 or 1108 BIOL 1303 and 1304 and 1103 or 1104 BIOL 1305-1107 and 1306-1108 BIOL 1305-1107 and 2311-2111 BIOL 1305-1107 and 2313-2113 CHEM 1407 and 1408 CHEM 1305-1105 and 1306-1106 ESCI 1301-1101 and BIOL 1306-1108 ESCI 1301-1101 and BIOL 1303-1103 ESCI 1301-1101 and GEOL 1313-1103 ESCI 1301-1101 and GEOL 1311 ESCI 1301-1101 and GEOG 1306-1106 GEOL 1311 and 1312 GEOL 1311 and GEOG 1306-1106 GEOL 1312 and GEOG 1306-1106 GEOL 1313-1103 and GEOG 1306-1106 GEOL 1313-1103 and 1314-1104 PHYS 1403 and 1404 PHYS 2420 and 2421 MUST COMPLETE SEQUENCE!
41. Almost all courses in the Humanities block are sophomore courses… the student should wait until he/she is a sophomore before taking these courses. IV. Humanities – 3 credits (choice of one class) ENGL 2311 HIST 2301 PHIL 1301 ENGL 2312 HIST 2302 PHIL 2306 ENGL 2313 ENGL 2314 ENGL 2318 HUMANITIES The pre-requisite for the highlighted courses is ENGL 1312/1313
42. IV. Humanities – 3 credits (choice of one class) ENGL 2311 HIST 2301 PHIL 1301 ENGL 2312 HIST 2302 PHIL 2306 ENGL 2313 ENGL 2314 ENGL 2318 Recommended for English Teaching & Creative Writing Majors intending to Minor in Secondary Education Recommended for Philosophy Majors Recommended for History and Social Studies Majors HUMANITIES
43. VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS! V. Visual & Performing Arts – 3 credits (choice of one class) ART 1300 ARTS 3320 DANC 1304 MUSL 1321 ARTH 1305 MUSL 1324 THEA 1313 ARTH 1306 MUSL 1327 FILM 1390 Recommended for all Art Majors
44. VI. U.S. History – 6 credits (both classes required) HIST 1301 HIST 1302 Reading-Intensive Courses
45. VII. Political Science – 6 credits (both classes required) POLS 2310 POLS 2311 Reading-Intensive Courses
46. SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Intro. to Linguistics may be cross-listed with Anthropology or English VIII. Social & Behavioral Sciences – 3 credits (choice of one class) ANTH 1301 GEOG 1310 ANTH 1302 LING/ANTH/ENGL 2320 PSYC 1301 *Reading-intensive course ECON 1301 SOCI 1301 *Reading-intensive course ECON 2303 ECON 2304 Reading-Intensive Courses
47. SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES VIII. Social & Behavioral Sciences – 3 credits (choice of one class) ANTH 1301 GEOG 1310 ANTH 1302 LING/ANTH/ENGL 2320 ECON 1301, 2303, 2304 PSYC 1301 SOCI 1301 ECON 2303 ECON 2304 Recommended For Social Studies and History Majors with Secondary Education Minor Recommended for Anthropology Majors Recommended for Linguistics Majors Recommended for Psychology Majors Recommended for Sociology Majors
48. For Freshmen only! Make sure student takes this course during freshmen year. IX. Institutionally Designated Option – 3 credits (choice of one class) For students with For students with 29 or fewer credits 30 or more credits UNIV 1301 UNIV 2350 Prerequisites: ENGL 1312/1313 and Sophomore standing
52. LANGUAGES! STUDENTS MUST TAKE THEIR LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS EARLY! BA - Art ED Majors, NO LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS BFA - NO LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS BM – RESTRICTED LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS BS - NO LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
54. PLACEMENT TESTS TESTING CENTER: FRENCH SPANISH LANGUAGES & LINGUISTICS DEPT: ARABIC GERMAN HEBREW ITALIAN LATIN RUSSIAN PORTUGUESE PERSIAN Don’t confuse with CLEP tests Special Note: Only placement tests taken at UTEP will count at UTEP
55. CLEP TESTS CAN ONLY CLEP OUT OF: SPANISH 1301 AND SPANISH 1302 FRENCH 1301 AND FRENCH 1302 (freshman classes ONLY!) It’s not recommended that you take the CLEP test for the language requirements!
56. PLACEMENT TESTS Will PLACE student INTO a class: Example: Spanish 1301 Spanish 1302 Spanish 2301 Spanish 2302 Spanish 33XX
57. PLACEMENT TESTS If student PLACESINTO: Example: Spanish 1301 Spanish 1302 THIS CLASS… will take this class and remaining classes needed (and will get credit for 1301) Spanish 2301 Spanish 2302 Spanish 33XX
58. PLACEMENT TESTS If student PLACESINTO: Example: Spanish 1301 Spanish 1302 Spanish 2301 Spanish 2302 THIS CLASS… will take this class and be done with requirements (and get credit for 1301, 1302 and 2301) Spanish 33XX
59. LANGUAGE COURSESUnderlined courses are the requirements. Courses prior to underlined courses are the pre-requisites. ARABIC – ARAB 1501, 1502, 2401, 2402 FRENCH – FREN 1301, 1302, 2301, 2302 GERMAN – GERM 1301, 1302, 2301, 2302 HEBREW – LING 2303, 2304 ITALIAN – LING 2303, 2304 LATIN – LATN 2303, 2304 PERSIAN – LING 2303 PART 1 & 2, 2304 PART 3 & 4 PORTUGUESE – PORT 2301, 2302 RUSSIAN – LING 2303, 2304 SPANISH – SPAN 1301, 1302, 2301, 2302 (2303, 2304)
60. ANOTHER THING ABOUT THOSE LANGUAGES If a student MAJORS in Spanish or French, he/she CAN NOT use that same language to satisfy the language requirement under the Liberal Arts Gen Ed Requirements. If a student MINORS in Spanish or French, he/she CAN use the same language to satisfy the language requirement under the Liberal Arts Gen Ed Requirements.
79. CAUTION, CAUTION,CAUTION! SOME CLASSES ARE CROSS-LISTED WITH OTHER CLASSES. IN OTHER WORDS, SOME CLASSES HAVE TWO TITLES BECAUSE THEY ARE USED IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS
80. ROAD BLOCK – part 2! A STUDENT CAN NOT TAKE THE CLASS IF IT IS CROSS-LISTED WITH A CLASS IN HIS/HER MAJOR OR MINOR
81. NOW FOR THE CULTURAL, GENDER AND AREASTUDIES COURSES A STUDENT CAN TAKE COURSES FROM THIS AREA AND THEY WILL COUNT AS PART OF THE BLOCK ELECTIVES AS ASSIGNED IN THE SCHEDULE
82. CULTURAL, GENDER & AREA STUDIES PROGRAMS Asian Studies Military Science Chicano Studies Women’s Studies Religious Studies African American Studies Inter-American Jewish Studies Latin American & Border Studies
83. PLEASE NOTE: NOCLASSES IN THE BLOCK ELECTIVES CAN DUAL FULFILL WITH COURSES IN THE UNIVERSITY CORE, THE MAJOR OR THE MINOR!
87. MATH AND LANGUAGE HOLDS Students who exceed 45+ hours and have not started the Math or Language requirements will have a hold placed on their records! TAKE MATH AND LANGUAGE REQUIRMENTS EARLY!
88. GPA IN ORDER TO GRADUATE A STUDENT NEEDS THE FOLLOWING GPA: CUMULATIVE: 2.0 MAJOR: 2.0 MINOR: 2.0 P.S. – Students can not transfer from another College to College of Liberal Arts unless they have a GPA of 2.0+
89. DEAN’S LIST (YAY!) IF A STUDENT COMPLETES AT LEAST 12 HOURS AND HAS EARNED A SEMESTER GPA OF 3.5 OR ABOVE – THE STUDENT IS PLACED ON THE DEAN’S LIST! THIS HONOR IS NOTED ON THE STUDENT’S ACADEMIC RECORD!
90. CAUTION, CAUTION, CAUTION! IF THE STUDENT FALLS BELOW A CUMULATIVE 2.0 GPA DURING ANY SEMESTER HE/SHE WILL BE PLACED ON PROBATION OR SUSPENSION!
