Undergraduate Education
The College of Arts and Sciences offers education in the liberal arts and sciences through the General Education program and through a range of majors in the Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities.
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For Students
- College of Arts and Sciences Programmatic Requirements
- Degree Programs
- Arts and Sciences Center for Advising and Student Services
- Apply for your Major — apply and be accepted as a major in the department or program of your choice
- Dean's List and Dean's Scholars
- International Programs
- Admissions and Appeals Committee — information and forms related to petitions for exceptions to deadlines, policies or requirements
- Grievances — information about pursuing a grievance if you believe that you have been harmed by a violation of a University or College policy
- Internships and Service Learning
- Undergraduate Research
- General Education Requirements — information about requirements and the courses that fulfill them
- Online Schedule of Classes — list of classes for current and forthcoming semesters
For Faculty
- Policy on Minors
- A bouquet of assorted policies — policies on Class attendance, Disabilities, Excused Absences, Grades posting, Participation in Commencement, Withdrawal grades for Audit registration, and Severe Weather."
- Critical Thinking Rubric for General Education Assessment
- Distance Education — College policy on staffing distance education
NOTE: For AY 2012-2013, a department or program earns $198.60 for each undergraduate credit hour and $288.01 for each graduate credit hour - Excused Absence Policy — University policy covering student absences while representing the University
- Plagiarism Policy — teaching citation skills and dealing with instances of plagiarism
- Policy on Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom
- Ideas to Action — information on the Critical Thinking initiative and examples from classes in which it has been implemented
- General Education — information and forms for proposing a course for General Education; on the three general outcomes of the program (critical thinking, effective communication, and understanding of and appreciation for cultural diversity); on the rubrics used to assess each of these outcomes
- Course Syllabus Guidelines — A&S Best Practices for Syllabus Construction
- Syllabus Guidelines — Delphi Center
- Suggested Language for Syllabi — Syllabi for General Education Courses should indicate which of the three general outcomes the course is designed to achieve; some sample language for each outcome is available here
- WR Courses — guidelines for approval of WR Courses
- Copyright Guidelines
- Culminating Undergraduate Experience (CUE) Course Proposal Form