天普大学

The primary goal of the Liberal Studies curriculum is to assist students in developing their analytical, critical thinking, reading, writing and research skills, as they progress through a challenging curriculum that is primarily of their own design. This program is primarily designed to meet the needs of working adults who have stopped out of college, or who have difficulty finding a major in one of the other disciplines in the College of Liberal Arts that meets their scheduling needs. This program will be offered at Main, Ambler, and Temple Center City campuses. Select courses will be offered online.

The curriculum is a broad-based liberal arts degree, primarily focused on upper division coursework selected by the student in keeping with his/her professional and academic goals.

All students in the Liberal Studies major begin their studies in CLA 2096 Approaches to Liberal Studies. This writing intensive, interdisciplinary course brings students together and (re)introduces the idea of academic research, writing, and participation in the academic enterprise. Instructors will select a topic of their choice and examine it from a variety of perspectives and viewpoints in the various disciplines of the liberal arts.

Later in their program of study, all Liberal Studies majors will take AMST 2098 Reading Culture to complete the second required writing intensive course for the General Education Curriculum.

Critical Thinking (either PHIL 1055 or PSY 1004) is the foundations-level course for this major.

Students must select a track, either Humanities or Social Sciences, and follow the requirements of that track. Within their track, students select a "concentration" of five courses all taken in a single department in their chosen track, all of which are numbered 2000-4999. If a particular course requires a lower-level prerequisite, this prerequisite is taken in addition to the required upper level courses of their program. Four upper level "breadth" courses numbered 2000+ are selected from other cognate departments within their chosen track. In lieu of the CLA Distribution requirement, students in the Liberal Studies major will take four courses numbered 2000-4999 in the "other" track (Humanities or Social Sciences).