COLLEGE of LIBERAL ARTS in All Respects, the College of Liberal Arts Is Engaged In
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DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS COLLEGE OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE ARTS LIBERAL ARTS DEPARTMENT OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS (Fine Art, Music, Theatre Arts) DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF WORLD LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS In all respects, the College of Liberal Arts is engaged in Dr. Pamela E. Scott-Johnson, Interim Dean Creating Opportunities to Reach Excellence. CORE VALUES The College of Liberal Arts is the largest academic division at the University. In addition to offering twelve According to its philosophy and values, the College of undergraduates degree programs that represent Liberal Arts is a learning community that offers a corps of disciplinary focuses, it also offers a large portion of the educational programs and services that promotes: courses in the General Education Program administers the Intellectual curiosity University’s Writing Proficiency Examination. All Independence Morgan students, regardless of major, take courses and engage in other activities which reflect the historical Interdependence foundations of liberal education. Self-awareness Service LIBERAL COLLEGE MISSION Commitment to problem-solving Leadership The mission of The College of Liberal Arts, consistent A Commitment to life-long learning O with that of Morgan State University, is to offer high- R F quality academic programs and to promote effective Competency in written and oral communication, TS student-centered teaching and learning, outstanding Achievement student achievement, cutting edge faculty research and GOALS scholarship, and broadranging service to the professions and the community. In the broad sense, the goals of the College of Liberal Arts are: The College is a learning community of productive and committed educators that provides a gateway of 1. to recruit and retain a highly qualified and opportunity for a multi-racial, culturally diverse student culturally diverse and productive faculty that population, and it works in close partnership with them demonstrates scholarship, personal involvement, toward achieving excellence in liberal learning, in training for the professions, in preparation for advanced study and effectiveness in and compassion for teaching in training for leader- ship and service in the community, students, and service to the University and the especially the urban communities of the state, nation and broader community; world. Consistent with Morgan’s classification as a doctoral research university, the College is strongly 2. to recruit and retain a diverse student population committed to basic and applied research and to creative with demonstrated potential for learning and for activities in all areas, especially those in which it offers preparing for roles of leadership and service and a graduate degrees; and it strongly emphasizes the population that includes not only those who are integration of research and scholarly activities into enhancing all aspects of under- graduate and graduate well prepared to pursue a college education, but education. Although Morgan is a research university, the also other students who, by other traditional College maintains a strong commitment to effective measures, may need special academic support teaching and to providing a supportive environment for and development activities to assist them in learning and for student success. taking advantage of the opportunity to pursue a college education; and to nurture and assist all of The College of Liberal Arts offers a corps of educational programs and services that emphasizes tits core values and them in persisting to graduation through effective components of learning capacity. teaching, faculty advising and utilization of the university support systems; 3. to provide a sound and up-to-date curriculum that emphasizes the interrelationship of the various academic 4. disciplines and provides students with sound preparation for work in the professions, for advanced graduate and professional study, for leadership and for service to the community; MINORS 5. to instill in students a desire to develop self- awareness, value formation, a global perspective, The College of Liberal Arts offers minors in twenty- three a devotion to service, a capacity for leadership, areas: and a commitment to life-long learning; African Studies (Interdisciplinary) 6. to foster the spirit of independent inquiry and Anthropology evaluation evident in basic and applied research; Cinematic Studies Comics and Graphic Novel Storytelling 7. to encourage a commitment to investigating the Computer Animation issues and solving the problems associated with Criminal Justice the urban community; and East Asian Studies (Interdisciplinary) English 8. to promote continuous assessment of student Environmental Studies (Interdisciplinary) TS F R learning and program effectiveness. O A Film and Digital Storytelling DEGREE PROGRAMS French Geography COLLEGE LIBERAL The College of Liberal Arts offers nine (9) undergraduate History degree programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Latin American and Caribbean Studies the Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), and Bachelor of (Interdisciplinary) Science (B.S.) Degrees. Museum Studies (Interdisciplinary) It offers the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree in: Music Economics Philosophy Pre-Law Religious Studies English Fine Art History Music Philosophy Psychology Political Science Screenwriting Screenwriting and Animation (SWAN) Screenwriting and Animation Sociology Sociology Theatre Arts Spanish Women’s and Gender Studies (Interdisciplinary) It offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Degree in: Screenwriting and Animation (SWAN) These minors are excellent liberal education supplements to virtually all majors offered at the University, including It offers the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree in: those in the sciences, business, engineering and education. Economics Students may find specific requirements for minors in the Psychology sections for the departments in which they are domiciled. PRE-LAW Students may find specific requirements for majors in the section for the departments in the College of Liberal Arts The College of Liberal Arts offers pre-law tracks in the in which they are domiciled. following majors: English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology. For more information about these opportunities, please consult the individual majors’ sections. ADMISSION TO DEGREE PROGRAMS Students who meet the admission requirements of the university are eligible for admission to degree programs in the College of Liberal Arts. Unless specifically prohibited by university regulations, students should declare their majors as early as possible and should contact the appropriate department for further directions. RETENTION IN DEGREE PROGRAMS Option 1: Great Books In order to remain in good standing as majors in degree Students must complete the following two courses: programs in the College of Liberal Arts, students must GENL 398-498 SEMINAR IN GREAT BOOKS I and meet the university’s standards for satisfactory academic II—Six hours; 6 credits. progress outlined under Academic Policies. When students are placed on probation by the university Option 2: Great Issues standards or attain less than a 2.0 average in the major, they are also on probation in the major. They are limited Students must complete the following two courses: in the number of semester credits which they may pursue, GENL 399-499 SEMINAR IN GREAT ISSUES OF they are required to repeat courses in requirements for the CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY I and II—Six hours; 6 major in which they have earned failing grades, and they credits. may be required by the department to report more frequently for faculty advising and to limit the number and Option 3: Fine and Performing Arts kinds of courses in which they enroll. Students who are LIBERAL COLLEGE dismissed for unsatisfactory progress by the university are also dismissed as degree candidates in their majors. Students must complete the following two courses: GENL 397-SEMINAR IN THE VISUAL ARTS and Readmission to the university constitutes readmission as A GENL 497-SEMINAR IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC — O a degree candidate in the major. R F Six hours; 6 credits. TS ACADEMIC ADVISING Option 4: Service Learning and Civic Engagement Academic advising is an important part of students’ undergraduate education. In the College of Liberal Arts, Students must complete the following two courses: academic advising is high on the list of priorities and is a GENL 396—SERVICE LEARNING I and GENL 496 — requirement for retention in the major. Departmental SERVICE LEARNING II—Six hours; 6 credits. chairpersons assign students faculty advisers from the point of their matriculation as majors in one of the degree Option 5: Foreign Languages programs in the College. Students are required to hold conferences with their faculty advisers a prescribed Students must complete six (6) credits of the same foreign number of times per semester, depending on their language. Students’ competency level will be classification and/or their academic standing. determined by the Department of World Languages for the purpose of specifying the level of a foreign REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION language which they are eligible to take to meet this requirement. Students may not use these