LIBERAL STUDIES PROGRAM
Director: Janat Parker
Associate Director: Marcelle Welch
Associate Director BBC: Ken Rogerson
Secretary: Sabrina McNeely
Mission Statement
The program's mission is to teach, develop interdisciplinary approaches
in teaching and scholarship, and serve the community. It exposes students
to a broad range of courses in the College of Arts and Sciences and offers
students the opportunity to develop an integrated, yet individualized,
program of studies within specific guidelines. These guidelines consist
of six categories of courses which all students must take: Foundations
of Liberal Studies, Interdisciplinary Colloquia, Natural Sciences, Humanities,
Social Sciences, and Artistic Creation.
Overview
The Liberal Studies Program differs from traditional departments by drawing
upon the expertise of the many departments of the College of Arts and Sciences.
The Liberal Studies Program offers a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies.
Some of our students opt for a particular concentration in Labor Studies
which they can satisfy within the demands of the conventional program.
Many of our students choose to take minors or certificates in other programs
in the College of Arts and Sciences to broaden their marketability or to
prepare them for a particular discipline in graduate school. Student research
is typically generated in the particular areas that form the interdisciplinary
base of the program. Your Liberal Studies Program can be as rigorous as
you choose to make it. To qualify for admission to the program, FIU undergraduates
must have met all the lower division requirements including the College
Level Aptitude Skills Test (CLAST), completed 60 semester hours, and must
be otherwise acceptable into the program.
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