Undergraduate Education

Welcome

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.

Please browse through our website and feel free to send us an email if you have questions. 

For Students

• Degree Programs

• Arts and Sciences Center for Advising and Student Services

• Apply for your Major
  To 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

• A bouquet of assorted policies

       A link to 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 (PDF)
  

• Distance Education

       NOTE:  For AY 2011-2012, a department or program earns $200.15 for each undergraduate credit hour and $287.68 for each graduate credit hour

• Excused Absence Policy (PDF)
  

     University policy covering student absences while representing the University

• Plagiarism Policy (PDF)
  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 (PDF)

   Link to Best Practices for Syllabus Construction: http://www.louisville.edu/delphi/syllabus

• 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