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Here is the latest information regarding recent changes in the Liberal Arts Seminar. For the letter from the dean, please click on the link below:
Letter from Paul Burkhardt, Dean, Adult Degree and Graduate Programs
Liberal Arts Seminar
All B.A. degree-seeking students are required to take a three quarter credit Liberal Arts Seminar (LAS). Traditionally the LAS has been held at our Prescott campus as a residency event during a student’s second enrollment period. As of the 2007-2008 academic year the format of the LAS has changed in order to reduce our ecological footprint, reduce the travel expenditures by students, increase student contact with their core faculty, and provide more discipline specific and community based learning opportunities. All degree seeking students are still required to take the LAS during the second enrollment period; however, students will not be required to take the seminar at our Prescott campus. If you are a returning student and have already completed your LAS, this change will not affect you.
Students working with faculty from the Prescott Office will take a 3 credit LAS with their core faculty or assigned adjunct faculty during their second enrollment period through a format similar to their Critical Issues and Applications (CIA) course (i.e. via email, phone, and/or our online learning area). Students working with faculty from the Tucson Center will take a 3 credit LAS with their core faculty or assigned adjunct faculty during their second enrollment period. Tucson students should consult their core faculty or the Tucson Center Director about other possibilities available for completing the LAS at the Tucson Center. Some course fees will still be associated with the LAS.
As with all credit courses, this course is built around the study contract and is concluded with the narrative self-evaluation and mentor evaluation. Though the specific topics of the seminar, as well as the reading and writing assignments, continue to evolve, the basic objective of the course, developing intellectual skills in the liberal arts, remains constant. The LAS is an experiential course. It differs in that it is designed around the experiencing of the liberal arts both as a member of a group and as an individual. Through this seminar it is hoped that the student will gain insight into the value and meaning of critical thinking and the completion of a liberal arts degree.
Revised May 3, 2007
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