Liberal Arts New Student Orientation 2009 - Presentation Transcript
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
White = humanities, arts & letters Alpha/Omega = first & last of Greek alphabet symbolizing the scope of studies of Liberal Arts Torch = knowledge Open Book = the learning process & literacy Color Stripes = disciplines LIBERAL ARTS SEAL
Latin = “ liberalis ” Spanish = “libre”
“ appropriate for free men –
the elite as opposed
to trade skills”
knowledge and general intellectual skills
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 WOLFE I AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS
WHY LIBERAL ARTS?
Goals of a Liberal Arts Education
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
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
ALUMNI FIND JOBS IN ALL AREAS!
Paul Johnson
BA Spanish
President, DPT Laboratories
John Rechy
BA English
Author and Professor
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
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS OFFERS THE FOLLOWING DEGREES:
BA – Bachelor of Arts
BFA – Bachelor of Fine Arts
BM – Bachelor of Music
MA – Master of Arts
MFA – Master of Fine Arts
PhD – Doctor of Philosophy
Over 6,500 Students!
UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND MINORS
51 Areas of study for MAJORS
50 Areas of study for MINORS Over 2,000 combinations of majors and minors!
1. FINE & PERFORMING ARTS 2. HUMANITIES 3. SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES THREE AREAS OF THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS:
FINE & PERFORMING ARTS
ART
MUSIC
DANCE
MUSIC
THEATRE
THEATRE ARTS
HUMANITIES
HISTORY
PHILOSOPHY
ENGLISH
CREATIVE
WRITING
LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
SOCIOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
ANTHROPOLOGY
COMMUNICATION
STUDIES PROGRAMS
African American Studies
Jewish Studies
Chicano Studies
Military Studies
Religious Studies
Asian Studies
Women’s Studies
Humanities Studies
Latin American & Border Studies
SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND CENTERS
Stanlee and Gerald Rubin
Center for the Visual Arts
UTEP Dinner Theatre
Center for Civic Engagement
Oral History
Teacher Preparation
Sam Donaldson Center
Center for Inter-American
and Border Studies
KTEP
ADVISING MODEL: Shared Student Academic Dept. AAC Humanities Social & Behavioral Sciences Fine & Performing Arts Academic Dept. Student AAC = Academic Advising Center
All UTEP students must take the core courses and pass through Liberal Arts UNIVERSITY CORE
DEGREE PLAN REQUESTS
At 60 hours students should fill out the form for an official degree plan
Update every semester or two
Request correct degree plan
LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE COMPONENTS
UNIVERSITY CORE
LIBERAL GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
MAJOR
MINOR
FIRST COMPONENT -“UNIVERSITY CORE”
STUDENTS CAN DUAL FULFILL IN THIS AREA!
Univ Core + Major
Univ Core + Minor
DUAL FULFILL
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
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 Preferred for English and American Literature and Creative Writing majors COMM 1301 COMM 1302
All Liberal Arts majors except those mentioned in green bubble Science and Engineering II. Mathematics – 3-5 credits (choice of one class depending on major) M ATH 1320 MATH 1508 MATH 1319 Psychology Majors AND Minors, Business Minors, Criminal Justice Majors
UTEP Course Placement COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES MATH SEQUENCE EPCC Courses READING SEQUENCE EPCC Course READ 0307 ENGL 0310 ENGLISH SEQUENCE ENGL 0309 ENGL 1311 ENGL 0311 ENGL 0111 May be required EPCC Course MATH 0300 MATH 0301 MATH 0310 MATH 1508 MATH 1411 MATH 1320 MATH 2301 MATH 0311 EPCC Courses MATH 1319 Additional MATH Courses HIST 1301 HIST 1302 PSYC 1301 POLS 2310 POLS 2311 SOCI 1301 Updated: 4/06 ENGL 1312
MATH
Accuplacer scores are good for TWO YEARS
III. Natural Sciences – 6 – 8 credits
ASTR 1307 & 1308, F. GEOL 1311 & 1312 or
and 1107 or 1108 GEOL 1311 AND GEOG 1306-1106 or
B. BIOL 1303 & 1304 GEOL 1312 and GEOL 1306-1106 or
and 1103 or 1104* GEOL 1313-1103 and GEOG 1306-1106 or
or GEOL 1313-1103 and 1314-1104
BIOL 1305-1107 and
1306-1108 or G. PHYS 1403 and 1404 or
2311-2111 or PHYS 2420 and 2421
2313-2113
D. CHEM 1407 & 1408* or
1305-1105 and 1306-1106
E. ESCI 1301-1101 and
BIOL 1306-1108 or
BIOL 1303-1103* or
GEOL 1313-1103 or
GEOL 1311* or
GEOG 1306-1106
MUST COMPLETE SEQUENCE!
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 Almost all courses in the Humanities block are sophomore courses… the student should wait until he/she is a sophomore before taking these courses. The pre-requisite for the highlighted courses is ENGL 1312/1313 HUMANITIES
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 Recommended for English Teaching & Creative Writing Majors intending to Minor in Secondary Education Recommended for History and Social Studies Majors Recommended for Philosophy Majors
V. Visual & Performing Arts – 3 credits (choice of one class) ART 1300 DANC 1304 MUSL 1321 ARTH 1305 MUSL 1324 THEA 1313 ARTH 1306 MUSL 1327 THEA 1390 VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS! Recommended for all Art Majors
VI. U.S. History – 6 credits (both classes required) HIST 1301 HIST 1302 Reading-Intensive Courses
VII. Political Science – 6 credits (both classes required) POLS 2310 POLS 2311 Reading-Intensive Courses
VIII. Social & Behavioral Sciences – 3 credits (choice of one class) ANTH 1301 GEOG 1310 ANTH 1302 LING/ANTH/ENGL 2320 ECON 1301 PSYC 1301 *Reading-intensive course Substitutions: SOCI 1301 *Reading-intensive course ECON 2303 ECON 2304 Reading-Intensive Courses Intro. to Linguistics may be cross-listed with Anthropology or English 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 PSYC 1301 SOCI 1301 ECON 2303 ECON 2304 SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Recommended for Anthropology Majors Recommended For Social Studies and History Majors with Secondary Education Minor Recommended for Linguistics Majors Recommended for Psychology Majors Recommended for Sociology Majors
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 For Freshmen only! Make sure student takes this course during freshmen year.
ANY QUESTIONS?
SECOND COMPONENT
LIBERAL ARTS GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
ESOL
TRACK
English as a Second Language
If student took ESOL 1311 & 1312 in University Core, that student must complete sequence by taking ESOL 2303
NEXT… LANGUAGES STUDENTS MUST TAKE THEIR LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS EARLY! BM - SPECIAL LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS BFA – NO LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS BA - Art ED Majors, NO LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
LANGUAGES AVAILABLE
SPANISH – (MAJOR/MINOR)
FRENCH – (MAJOR/MINOR)
ITALIAN
GERMAN
RUSSIAN
PORTUGUESE
ARABIC
LATIN
PERSIAN
HEBREW
TESTING CENTER: SPANISH – absolutely necessary! FRENCH LANGUAGES & LINGUISTICS: ITALIAN PERSIAN GERMAN LATIN RUSSIAN PORTUGUESE ARABIC HEBREW PLACEMENT TESTS Don’t confuse with CLEP tests Special Note: Only placement tests taken at UTEP will count at UTEP
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!
PLACEMENT TESTS
Will PLACE student INTO a class:
Example:
Spanish 1301
Spanish 1302
Spanish 2301
Spanish 2302
Spanish 33XX
PLACEMENT TESTS
If student PLACES INTO :
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
PLACEMENT TESTS
If student PLACES INTO :
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
INTENSIVE LANGUAGE CLASSES Russian, Hebrew, Italian LING 2303 & 2304 LING 2303 Part I & 2 & 2304 Part 1 & 2 PERSIAN – Must take all four semesters
FRENCH & GERMAN Pre-Requisite: 1301 & 1302 FREN 2301 & 2302 GERM 2301 & 2302 ARAB 1501, 1502, 2401, 2402 ARABIC Must take all four semesters
SPANISH Pre-Requisite: 1301 & 1302 SPAN 2301 & 2302 or SPAN 2303 & 2304 LATN 2303 & 2304 PORT 2301 & 2302 ACCELERATED COURSES LATIN & PORTUGUESE
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.
LIBERAL ARTS BLOCK ELECTIVES
WHY,
WHAT’S THE PURPOSE,
I DON’T GET IT,
THOSE CLASSES AREN’T IN MY MAJOR,
I DON’T WANT TO TAKE THOSE CLASSES!
PLEASE EXPLAIN!
“ liberalis! ”
knowledge and general intellectual skills
well rounded
FINE & PERFORMING ARTS HUMANITIES SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
HERE ARE THE RULES: MUST TAKE 18 HOURS BA ART & THEATRE – 12 HOURS BA ART ED – no block electives BM & BFA – no block electives
MUST BE JUNIOR OR SENIOR LEVEL CLASSES (classes that begin with “33xx” OR “43xx”)
MUST NOT HAVE
PRE-REQUISITES
SOME EXCEPTIONS – IF THE PRE-REQUISITE IS A CORE REQUIREMENT
REMEMBER, 18 HOURS!
HERE IS HOW WE
BREAK IT DOWN:
Must take at least 3 hours
in EACH block.
Period.
Finito.
3 3 3
NEXT RULE ….
A STUDENT CAN NOT
TAKE MORE THAN
NINE
HOURS IN ANY
BLOCK
SO, THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOURS WORKS OUT LIKE THIS
6/6/6
6 6 6
OR… the distribution can work out like this:
Any combination of
9/6/3
9 6 3
6 3 9
3 9 6
ROAD BLOCK!
A STUDENT CAN NOT
TAKE ANY COURSES IN
THE BLOCK ELECTIVES
THAT ARE IN THE SAME
AREA AS HIS/HER
MAJOR OR MINOR.
No Exceptions!
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
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
NOW FOR THE “STUDIES”COURSES
THE SHADED AREA UNDERNEATH
THE BLOCK ELECTIVES DOES NOT
COUNT AS A BLOCK
BUT…
A STUDENT CAN TAKE
COURSES FROM THIS AREA AND
THEY WILL COUNT AS PART OF
THE BLOCK ELECTIVES
AS ASSIGNED
PLEASE NOTE:
NO CLASSES IN THE
BLOCK ELECTIVES
CAN DUAL FULFILL
WITH COURSES IN
THE UNIVERSITY CORE,
THE MAJOR
OR THE MINOR!
ANY QUESTIONS?
THIRD & FOURTH COMPONENT
MAJOR and MINOR
Every Liberal Arts student MUST have a MINOR! (except BFA’s & BM’s)
OTHER THINGS…
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 LANGUAGES EARLY!
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+
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!
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!
GRADE REPLACEMENTS
ONLY FRESHMAN COURSES TAKEN AT UTEP
CAN GRADE REPLACE
BUT ….
SECOND TIME STICKS FOR GPA!
AFTER SECOND ATTEMPT AT A COURSE:
PAY MORE
MONEY!
NEW WITHDRAWAL POLICY ONLY ALLOWED SIX WITHDRAWALS
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