2022-2023 CATALOG

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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Jean Donegan
Distinguished Service Professor of Fine Arts
Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
Office: 127 Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4388

Mission

The College of Liberal Arts provides students across the University broad foundational knowledge through in-depth study of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The College is committed to creating critical thinkers and engaged citizens within a free society and to preserving and enriching the culture of the region.

The College of Liberal Arts supports the University mission by offering accredited degree programs in the arts, humanities, and social sciences and by providing students across campus with many of the general education requirements common to all degree programs. The College of Liberal Arts provides a challenging and supportive environment that promotes a comprehensive understanding of chosen major disciplines and the development of students’ innate talents and creativity.

An outstanding faculty shapes the teaching, research, creative work, and service of the College. The goal of members is to be:

  • caring mentors and positive role models for students;
  • motivated to foster learning, disseminate research, and implement innovations in the classroom;
  • generous with time, talent, and resources to support the academic and economic development of the region, state, and global communities.

Several programs in the College have specialized National Accreditations. The Department of Art is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the Department of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, and the Mass Communication Department is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.

LIBERAL ARTS DEGREES AWARDED AT A GLANCE

BACHELOR OF ARTS

  • English
    • Children’s and Young Adult Literature Concentration
    • Creative Writing Concentration
    • Film Studies Concentration
    • Literary Studies Concentration
    • Writing and Rhetoric Concentration
  • History
  • Mass Communication
    • Journalism Concentration
    • Public Relations Concentration
  • Music
    • Liberal Arts Concentration
    • Instrumental Education Concentration
    • Music Performance Concentration
    • Vocal Education Concentration
  • Political Science
  • Sociology
    • Applied Sociology Concentration
    • Social Work Concentration

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

  • Art
    • Art Education Concentration (K-12)
    • Art History Concentration
    • Digital Animation and Motion Concentration
    • Digital Art Concentration
    • Graphic Design: Print and Web Concentration
    • Studio Art Concentration (drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, or photography)

BACHELOR OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

  • Criminal Justice

ASSOCIATE OF GENERAL STUDIES

  • General Studies

NON-DEGREE PRE-PROFESSIONAL

  • Pre-Geography

Bachelor of Science Degree or Bachelor of Arts Degree Minimum Requirements

  • Meet the general education requirements of the University.
  • Complete one of the curricula offered by the College of Liberal Arts.
  • Earn a grade of at least C in each required course in the candidate’s major field.
  • Earn a grade of at least C in each required course in the candidate’s minor field.

MINORS

In addition to major fields of study that lead to the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree, the college offers a diversity of minor fields of study. To earn a minor, a student must complete 18-24 hours in the minor field. Further information, including the exact number of hours required for a particular minor, is provided under the Departments sections.

African American Studies – See Department of English, Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
Art History minor
– See Department of Art
Art Studies minor
 – See Department of Art
Art Studio minor
– See Department of Art
Bayou Studies minor – See Department of English, Modern Languages, and Cultural Studies
Black Studies minor – See Department of History and Geography
Adult Children’s and Young Literature minor – See Department of English, Modern Languages, and Cultural Studies
Creative Writing minor – See Department of English, Modern Languages, and Cultural Studies
Criminal Justice minor – See Department of Social Sciences
English minor – See Department of English, Modern Languages, and Cultural Studies
Film Studies minor – See Department of English, Modern Languages, and Cultural Studies
French minor – See Department of English, Modern Languages, and Cultural Studies
Geography minor – See Department of History and Geography
History minor – See Department of History and Geography
Humanities minor – See Department of English, Modern Languages, and Cultural Studies
International Studies Minor – See below
Literary Studies minor – See Department of English, Modern Languages, and Cultural Studies
Mass Communication minor – See Department of Mass Communication
Music minor in Piano – See Department of Music
Music minor in Voice Winds, & Percussion – See Department of Music
Political Science – See Department of Social Sciences
Professional Writing minor – See Department of English, Modern Languages, and Cultural Studies
Public History minor – See Department of History and Geography
Social Sciences minor – See Department of Social Sciences
Sociology minor – See Department of Social Sciences
Spanish minor – See Department of English, Modern Languages, and Cultural Studies
Speech minor – See Department of Mass Communication
Theater minor – See Department of Mass communication

International Studies Minor

The University awards a minor in International Studies which requires the successful completion of 18 semester hours to include Geography 104 and 15 semester hours to be chosen from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Open Areas listed below. The fifteen (15) hours require successful completion of 6 semester hours from two of the three areas listed below and 3 semester hours from the remaining area, a minimum of 9 semester hours in courses numbered 300 or above, and no more than 6 semester hours from study abroad courses (including all related lectures and labs). Study abroad courses are indicated by the pound key symbol (#).

  • Required Course
    • Geography 104 World Regional Geography (3)
  • Humanities Area
    • ART 281 Art History: Non-western Art (3)
    • ART 383 Art History: Modern Art (3)
    • ENGL 215 Introduction to Thematic Approaches to Literature: Fictional Representations of World War II (3)
    • ENGL 215 Introduction to Thematic Approaches to Literature: Seeing Combat: Narratives of War, Peace, and PTSD (3)
    • ENGL 215 Introduction to Thematic Approaches to Literature: War Stories: The Literature of World War II (3)
    • ENGL 216 Appreciation of Literary Genres: Caribbean Literature (3)
    • ENGL 216 Appreciation of Literary Genres: Irish Literature (3)
    • ENGL 216 Appreciation of Literary Genres: Japanese Literature (3)
    • ENGL 217 Survey Literature & Media: World Literature of War (3)
    • ENGL 217 Survey Literature & Media: Japanese Literature & Film (3)
    • ENGL 217 Survey Literature & Media: The War on Terror Narratives (3)
    • ENGL 217 Survey Literature & Media: World Cinema (3)
    • ENGL 313 World Literature I (3)
    • ENGL 314 World Literature II (3)
    • FREN 101 Elementary French I (3)
    • FREN 102 Elementary French II (3)
    • HIST 151 World History: 1500-Present (3)
    • HIST 307 Modern East Asia (3)
    • HIST 309 Modern Middle East and South Asia (3)
    • HIST 335 Europe 1914-1954 (3)
    • HIST 336 Europe Since 1945 (3)
    • HIST 382 English History (3)
    • HIST 393 French History (3)
    • +HIST 400 Russian History (3)
    • HIST 416 American Since 1917 (3)
    • HIST 430 World War II (3)
    • HUMA 450 Religion and Culture (3)
    • MUS 240 Survey of Music Literature (3)
    • MUS 340 Music History: C. 400 (3)
    • MUS 341 Music History: 1750-Present (3)
    • SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I (3)
    • SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish II (3)
  • Social Sciences Concentration
    • GOVT 331 Topics and Dynamics of Third World Politics (3)
    • GOVT 391 International Relations and Politics (3)
    • GOVT 416 Comparative Government (3)
    • GOVT 421 American Foreign Policy (3)
    • GOVT 423 International Terrorism (3)
    • SOCI 303 Religion: A Social Force (3)
    • SOCI 360 Population Demographics and Dynamics (3)
    • SOCI 405 Globalization (3)
    • SPCH 391 Special Topics in Communication: Intercultural Communication (3)
  • Open Area
    • #ART 385 Directed Study in Art (3)
    • ECON 211 Principals of Microeconomics (3)
    • ECON 212 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
    • ECON 255 Survey of Economic Principles (3)
    • +*ECON 435 Principles of International Trade (3)
    • +*FINC 450 International Finance (3)
    • #HONR 402 Honors Thesis (3)
    • #HUMA 204 International Humanities (3)
    • #HUMA 260 European Humanities (3)
    • #HUMA 381 Honors Humanities Abroad-Europe (6)
    • #HUMA 405 Topics in International Humanities (3)
    • #HUMA 481 Honors Humanities Abroad II-Latin America (6)
    • #MNGT 420 Multinational Management (3)
    • +*MKTG 475 Global Marketing (3)
    • PSET 302 Intercultural Communication (3)

+ Requires prerequisite(s)
# Must have an international scope and meet the International Studies Minor Committee’s approval.

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