Liberal Arts, BA

The Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts degree program offers students an educational experience that is both flexible and dynamic while remaining firmly rooted in the liberal arts tradition. This program serves both the adult learner who has amassed a variety of credits over an extended period of time and the more traditional student whose academic interests are not rigidly defined.

For the nontraditional student with wider college exposure, the major permits the constructive utilization of more transfer credit than can usually be accommodated given the specific requirements of Upper Iowa’s more traditional majors.

For the traditional student, the curriculum provides a deeper immersion in the various liberal arts than does the common general education, and it can be expected to direct the student toward a defined curriculum in one or more of the identified emphasis areas.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to explain the historical context and ongoing development of at least one of the disciplines within the Liberal Arts major.
• Students will be able to use discipline-appropriate strategies to approach problems posed within at least one of the disciplines within the Liberal Arts major.
• Students will be able to explain an artistic and/or literary tradition(s) both in their historical contexts and across cultures.
• Students will be able to explain specific political processes and their historical or social contexts.
• Students will be able to deliver a coherent message or argument, adapting it to an identified audience and situation.

Major in Liberal Arts:

The learning outcomes will be achieved in part through the successful completion of the following common core of courses: