Liberal Arts New Student Orientation Presentation

1. COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

2. 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

5. WHY LIBERAL ARTS?

10. Over 6,500 Students!

12. 1. FINE & PERFORMING ARTS 2. HUMANITIES 3. SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES THREE AREAS OF THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS:

18. ADVISING MODEL: Shared Student Academic Dept. AAC Humanities Social & Behavioral Sciences Fine & Performing Arts Academic Dept. Student AAC = Academic Advising Center

19. All UTEP students must take the core courses and pass through Liberal Arts UNIVERSITY CORE

22. FIRST COMPONENT -“UNIVERSITY CORE”

26. 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

27. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. VI. U.S. History – 6 credits (both classes required)  HIST 1301  HIST 1302 Reading-Intensive Courses

34. VII. Political Science – 6 credits (both classes required)  POLS 2310  POLS 2311 Reading-Intensive Courses

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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.

38. ANY QUESTIONS?

41. NEXT… LANGUAGES STUDENTS MUST TAKE THEIR LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS EARLY! BM - SPECIAL LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS BFA – NO LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS BA - Art ED Majors, NO LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

43. 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

48. INTENSIVE LANGUAGE CLASSES Russian, Hebrew, Italian LING 2303 & 2304 LING 2303 Part I & 2 & 2304 Part 1 & 2 PERSIAN – Must take all four semesters

49. FRENCH & GERMAN Pre-Requisite: 1301 & 1302 FREN 2301 & 2302 GERM 2301 & 2302 ARAB 1501, 1502, 2401, 2402 ARABIC Must take all four semesters

50. SPANISH Pre-Requisite: 1301 & 1302 SPAN 2301 & 2302 or SPAN 2303 & 2304 LATN 2303 & 2304 PORT 2301 & 2302 ACCELERATED COURSES LATIN & PORTUGUESE

52. LIBERAL ARTS BLOCK ELECTIVES

55. FINE & PERFORMING ARTS HUMANITIES SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

56. HERE ARE THE RULES: MUST TAKE 18 HOURS BA ART & THEATRE – 12 HOURS BA ART ED – no block electives BM & BFA – no block electives

57. MUST BE JUNIOR OR SENIOR LEVEL CLASSES (classes that begin with “33xx” OR “43xx”)

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69. No Exceptions!

74. ANY QUESTIONS?

79. 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!

82. SECOND TIME STICKS FOR GPA!

84. NEW WITHDRAWAL POLICY ONLY ALLOWED SIX WITHDRAWALS

85. ANY QUESTIONS?