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FIND YOUR PLACE. Welcome Welcome to Auburn University and the College of Liberal Arts. We are the heart and core of Auburn University, combining our love of knowledge and recognized expertise to enrich your intellectual development. Our student-centered approach will enhance your capacities to communicate with others, improve your critical thinking skills, and expand your horizons to think globally. We are proud to teach more Auburn University students than any other college and to be the academic home of professors who have won every major award for teaching and scholarship that Auburn has to offer. We encourage you to explore all of our 39 bachelor degrees, which encompass the visual and performing arts, history, philosophy, English, foreign languages, economics, sociology, anthropology, political science, public and hospital administration, social work, psychology, communication and journalism, and speech and communication disorders. All of our degrees offer you a wide-variety of career choices for employment in the 21st century. Even if you should choose another college for your major, we invite you to add value to your major by choosing to minor in Women’s or Africana Studies, becoming a pre-law scholar, interacting with the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities, or serving others through our Community and Civic Engagement Initiative. We look forward to touching your life in a meaningful way, helping you to excel in all of your future endeavors. WAR EAGLE! Joseph A. Aistrup Dean Office of the Dean 331 Tichenor Hall Auburn, AL 36849 (334) 844-4026 www.cla.auburn.edu College of Liberal Arts • AUBURN UNIVERSITY 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Art .................................................................................................................................................................5 Communication & Journalism .............................................................................................................6 Communication Disorders ...................................................................................................................7 Economics ..................................................................................................................................................8 English .........................................................................................................................................................9 Foreign Languages & Literatures ....................................................................................................... 10 ART History ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 The Department of Art is a vibrant community of artists and art historians Music .......................................................................................................................................................... 12 dedicated to teaching and mentoring students. The faculty promotes an atmosphere where experimentation, creative inquiry, critical thinking, and scholarship are Philosophy ............................................................................................................................................... 13 rewarding, shared endeavors. Offerings in ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, Political Science ..................................................................................................................................... 14 printmaking, and sculpture provide broad experience in art practice, with one-to-one instruction in studio classes. Students have the option of pursuing a bachelor’s degree Psychology .............................................................................................................................................. 15 in studio art. All majors also take introductory survey and period courses in art history, instilling a knowledge of significant achievements of major artists and movements. Our Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work ...................................................................................... 16 bachelor’s degree in art history gives students the opportunity to focus their studies on Theatre ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 the broad span of art accomplishment across cultures and periods. The Department of Art’s Exhibition and Lectures Program contributes to the energy Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities ............................................. 18 and vitality of the department by bringing the work of contemporary artists from Africana Studies ...................................................................................................................................... 19 across the United States to campus and offering stimulating lectures by renowned artists, critics, and scholars. Community and Civic Engagement .................................................................................................. 20 Beyond the studio and lecture hall, we also have offerings in study abroad, art in the Pre-Law Scholars Program ................................................................................................................. 21 community, and career preparation, as well as providing internship opportunities. Women’s Leadership Institute ........................................................................................................... 22 The Department of Art, a charter member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and the oldest accredited department in the Southeast, prepares Women’s Studies .................................................................................................................................... 23 students for careers as studio artists or other art-related pursuits and advanced study. Excellent facilities, accomplished faculty/artists, faculty/scholars, and a well-designed To learn more about the college, or to schedule an appointment with an advisor, please visit curriculum create an ideal setting for the study of art. www.cla.auburn.edu Visit our Web site for additional information and take a closer look at some of the activities and accomplishments of our faculty and students. Art. 101 Biggin Hall. Auburn, AL 36849. (334) 844-4373 www.cla.auburn.edu/art 4 College of Liberal Arts • AUBURN UNIVERSITY College of Liberal Arts • AUBURN UNIVERSITY 5 COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM COMMUNICATION DISORDERS The Department of Communication & Journalism offers bachelor’s degrees in communication; journalism; public relations; and radio, television and film. The department also offers a master’s degree in communication with thesis and non-thesis options. Graduate and undergraduate students receive the most current and relevant information available in a forum that encourages the students’ intellectual growth. Communication – Employers consistently rank communication skills as first among qualities they seek in future employees. By understanding the communication process, students can better prepare themselves for living and working in an increasingly diverse and complex society. The communication major focuses on how people create and share meaning within and across a variety of contexts, cultures, channels, and media. The Department of Communication Disorders trains future Journalism – While the program embraces the enduring principles of journalism, it also speech-language pathologists and audiologists. The department offers ensures students have access to cutting-edge technology by maintaining state-of-the-art undergraduate and graduate degree programs. At the undergraduate labs for writing, editing, design, photography, and online research. Students hone their level, we offer a bachelor’s degree in communication disorders. At the skills by reporting for The Auburn Plainsman, an award-winning student newspaper. graduate level, we offer master’s degrees in communication disorders Public Relations – Students majoring in public relations enter the career field proficient and the doctor of audiology. in the skills necessary to be successful. Public relations courses cover the technological, The training programs in speech-language pathology and audiology managerial, and skills-related aspects of this growing field. In addition to classroom work, are accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology students have many opportunities to get practical experience by engaging in service and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language- learning. Graduates in public relations are instrumental in counseling organizations on Hearing Association. making socially responsible decisions and communicating with their many audiences. Recently, U.S. News and World Report ranked Auburn’s audiology and Radio, Television and Film – The RTVF major instructs students in a variety of ways speech pathology programs within the top 50 programs nationally. to understand the mass media. Production and writing courses teach students the skills necessary to work as media professionals. RTVF students also have opportunities to gain The department operates a full-service speech and hearing clinic, which hands-on, practical experience from several forms of media: Eagle Eye, a television news has been in operation for more than 60 years and serves the people of magazine program produced entirely by students;