Integrative Liberal Studies Program

Liberal Studies Colloquia

• Liberal Studies Introductory Colloquium-- 3 semester hours
• Liberal Studies Senior Colloquium-- 4 semester hours

ILS Core Cluster in Humanities

• HUM 124, 214, and 324-- 12 semester hours

ILS Topical Cluster

• ILS-Natural Science Course (ILSN)-- 3 semester hours
• ILS-Social Science Course (ILSS)-- 3 semester hours
• Elective-- 3 semester hours. May be fulfilled by taking an ILS Arts course,  
       course in the major, or an elective within the cluster

ILS Arts Course (ILSA)

• 3 semester hours of course work designated as ILSA
  May be taken as part of the Topical Cluster.

Learning Foundations

• Foundations of Academic Writing-- 4 semester hours
• Foreign Language-- 0-6 semester hours*
• Health and Wellness-- 2 semester hours
• Laboratory Natural Science-- 4 semester hours
• Mathematics-- 4 semester hours

Intensive Courses

• Writing Intensives-- 3 required **
• Diversity Intensive-- 1 required **
• Information Literacy Intensives-- 2 required **
• Quantitative Intensive-- 1 required **

*Students must demonstrate proficiency through the second semester of a foreign language The number of required hours will vary based on the number of courses a student completes to fulfill the requirement.

**Intensive courses offer curricular emphases in skills and content areas as a way for students to integrate their Liberal Studies education with other offerings in their academic experience. Students may take courses designated as Intensives within the Integrative Liberal Studies Program, in their majors, or among their electives. These courses do not necessarily add credit hours, but need to be fulfilled for graduation.