Chart for the Proposed Integrative Liberal Studies Architecture

Chart for the Proposed Integrative Liberal Studies Architecture

I. Required courses

Course	Credits	Role
Language 102	3	Skills and methods
Math	4	Skills and methods
Natural Science lab	4	Skills and methods
Foreign Language courses	6	Skills and methods
Health and Wellness	2	Health promotion
Liberal Studies Introductory Colloquium	3	Liberal studies introduction
Humanities 124	4	Historical core
Humanities 214	4	Historical core
Humanities 324	4	Historical core
Liberal Studies Senior Colloquium	3	Liberal Studies Capstone
Total	37

II. Requirements fulfilled in topical clusters

Course	Credits
Natural Science course	3
Social Science courses	6
Total	9

III. Requirements fulfilled either through a core course or in a topical cluster

Course	Credits
Arts	3

IV. Topical cluster requirement

A cluster is a set of courses that explore a problem, issue or idea, engaging it through disciplinary and interdisciplinary methods.Students must complete 5 courses from two clusters, and their choices must include 2 Social Science courses, 1 Natural Science course, and 1 Arts course, unless they use another route for the Arts requirement.

V. Intensive Courses

Intensive Courses offer curricular emphases in skills and content areas as a way for students to integrate their liberal studies education with other offerings in their academic experience. Students may take courses designated as Intensives within the ILS program, in their majors, or among their electives. These courses do not add credit hours, but need to be fulfilled for graduation.

Course	Credits
Diversity Intensive (D)	6
Writing Intensive (W)¹	6
Quantitative Intensive (Q)	3
Information Literacy (I)²	3

¹ All Liberal Studies Introductory Colloquia have a "W" designation. Students will thus take a total of 9 hours of W-designated coursework.
² Language 102 will have an "I" designation. Students will thus take a total of 6 hours of I-designated coursework.