The College of Letters & Science enrolls over 17,000 undergraduate students and offers seven degree tracks, 134 major options, and 26 certificate programs. L&S graduates half of all undergraduates each year, most of them in one of our liberal arts degrees. A liberal arts education imparts a set of skills that uniquely prepares graduates for lifelong success: tools for lifelong learning, a breadth of knowledge, and depth in a major field of study. We deliver this education primarily through the degree requirements of our Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BS) degree programs.
In 1971, L&S defined the goals of a liberal education in the Curriculum of 1971 (CURRIC71). In 2000, Dean Phillip Certain sponsored a review of CURRIC71 to ensure its relevance in a rapidly changing world. In 2005, the L&S Faculty Senate approved revisions to the liberal arts curriculum, effective May 21, 2007.
Dean Gary Sandefur presides over the implementation of BABS07. It acknowledges burgeoning new fields of study, an interdisciplinary approach to scholarship, and a higher-achieving entering class. Building upon the foundation of CURRIC71, BABS07 aligns academic requirements with current realities, renewing the liberal arts tradition.
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