USF 1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog - Page 95
The Liberal Studies Degree fulfills the intent of the traditional Liberal Arts Degree and is for students who want a broad academic background to realize their academic or career goals.
For admission to the program, the students must (1) have completed a minimum of 20 and no more than 80 semester hours, (2) have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.00 at the time of admission, and (3) submit a written proposal, and program of study, explaining the student's special academic circumstances and goals for which this major is appropriate. This proposal must be approved by a faculty committee of three professors (Chair to be selected by the student) to be assembled by the student and the Director of the Major who is located in the Dean's Office.
The student must complete the General Education Requirements (and all other university requirements), and a minimum of 4 semesters of one foreign language. The remaining hours will be devoted to interdisciplinary study in the College of Arts and Sciences. Ideally, the hours will include courses in the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. In the student's last semester, a senior paper must be approved by the faculty committee.
For information, contact the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in SOC 102.
Students wishing to transfer to USF should complete the A.A. degree at the community college. Some courses required for the major may also meet General Education Requirements thereby transferring maximum hours to the university. If students transfer without an A.A. degree and have fewer than 60 semester hours of acceptable credit, the students must meet the university’s entering freshman requirements including ACT or SAT test scores, GPA, and course requirements.
There are no State Mandated Common Prerequisites for this degree program.
The transfer student should also be aware of the immunization, foreign language, and continuous enrollment policies of the university.
USF 1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog - Pages 143
IDS 3300 STRUCTURES OF KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWING (4)
Distinguishing the modalities of human knowledge and awareness as reflected in the classic distinctions: sensory/motor/emotive; normative/descriptive/non-rational; logical/mathematical; ethical/physical/moral; qualitative/quantitative; mind/will/body; substance and function.
IDS 3310 PROGRESS AND UTOPIA (4)
Examination of the modern backgrounds of contemporary awareness: particularly the development of historical awareness of ourselves as scientifically, technologically, and socially progressive in relation to both utopic and non-utopic futures.
IDS 3320 FREEDOM AND THE SELF (4)
Analysis of the idea of freedom in relation to the idea of self, involving comparative treatment of the variety of standpoints of conceiving the individual personality in relation to the social context.
IDS 4344 SEMINAR: MAN AND NATURE (3)
PR: Senior standing or CI. Examination of aspects of contemporary theories of nature and man deriving in the liberal arts, to the purpose of developing a general assessment of contemporary knowledge and methods of knowing.
IDS 4930 SELECTED TOPICS (1-4)
Course content determined by students' and instructor's interests and needs.
Prerequisites (State Mandated Common Prerequisites)
Liberal Studies Courses
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