Philip Fandozzi, Director
The Liberal Studies curriculum is designed for the student who
wants a liberal education with emphasis on the humanities and
social sciences. It is not intended for the student who is undecided
about a major. It includes courses in literature, philosophy,
art, foreign languages, history and the social sciences. This
program permits students to work in a combination of the above
areas rather than in a particular one of them and affords a
varied selection of courses from which to choose. All majors
must complete the lower division core curriculum. During their
last two years students do more advanced work in two areas of
their choice if the General Option is elected (see Upper-Division
Curriculum, below). Alternatively, students may choose one of
the Area Studies Options (see Area Studies, below). More information
is available at the Liberal Studies Program office in LA 101,
(406) 243-2171, or online at <www.cas.umt.edu/liberal>.
Majors in Liberal Studies may not take any of their major courses
on a pass/not pass basis. Upper-level students transferring
into this program should have at least a C average in all credits
attempted.
Special Degree Requirements
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Refer to graduation requirements listed previously in the catalog.
See index.
Following are the special requirements for the Bachelor of Arts
degree with a major in liberal studies.
Major Requirements
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Core Curriculum (courses numbered
under 300)
English 101........................................................................................................................
Foreign language (3 semesters of one language or 2 semesters
of two languages).................
Liberal Studies 151L, 152L Introduction to Humanities......................................................
Appreciation or history courses in art, music or drama (any
combination)............................
Literature...........................................................................................................................
Philosophy and/or religious studies.....................................................................................
Anthropology, African American studies, Asian Studies, geography,
Native American studies, psychology, sociology............................................................................................
History, political science, economics...................................................................................
Upper Division Curriculum (courses
numbered 300 and above)
The Upper-division Writing Expectation must be met by successfully
completing an upper-division writing course from the approved
list in the Academic Policies and Procedures section of
this catalog. See index.
General Option
The student elects upper division courses in two of the
following groups in addition to the Liberal Studies core
curriculum:
1. Anthropology, geography, psychology
(not more than two disciplines)...........................................................................................
2. History, political science, economics (not more than
two disciplines)...............................
3. Literature, philosophy, liberal studies..............................................................................
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6
9
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9
9
15
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15
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Area Studies Options
A. Asian Studies (Alan Sponberg, Professor of Liberal
Studies, advisor): Students who choose the Asian Studies option
must register with the Asian studies faculty advisor who will
supervise their program. The following requirements must be
met to complete the Asian studies option within the liberal
studies major.
1. Completion of the Liberal Studies core curriculum. (See
above.)
2. Six credits in introductory Asian Studies courses (100-level
courses or study abroad in Asia) including AS 101H or 102H.
3. Twelve credits in foundational Asian Studies courses (200-level
courses), including Asian Studies 201H and 202H.
4. At least 30 credits in upper-level courses (300-level courses
and above), of which at least six credits must be in the humanities
and six in the social sciences.
5. Language Requirement: Two years (or equivalent proficiency)
in an Asian language appropriate to the student's academic
goals and approved by the academic advisor. Students who plan
to pursue graduate work are strongly advised to complete three
years, including at least one study abroad in Asia experience.
B. Women's Studies (G. G. Weix, Assistant Professor
of Anthropology, Director): Students who choose the Women's
Studies option must register with the Women's Studies advisor,
who will supervise their program. The following requirements
must be met to complete the women's studies option within the
liberal studies major.
1. Completion of liberal studies core curriculum.
2. Completion of LS 119H.
3. Minimum of 32 credits of course work in relevant, advisor
approved upper-level courses (courses numbered 300 and above).
At least 18 of those credits must be from Group I "focus"
courses, and the other 14 may be from Group II "content"
courses. Each semester at preregistration a list of Group
I and Group II courses is available at the Women's Studies
program office, LA 138A, (406) 243-2584, or online at www.cas.umt.edu/wsprog.
Suggested Course of Study
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The course of study for Liberal Studies majors varies greatly
depending on student interest and course availability. The core
curriculum typically takes more than two years to complete,
while the upper-division requirements typically take less than
two years. Following is one possible course of study for the
first two years:
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First Year
ENEX 101 Composition
ENLT 120L Introduction to Critical Interpretation
Foreign language 101 102 Elementary
HIST 104H 105H European Civilization
LS 151L 152L Introduction to Humanities
Total....................................................................................................................
Second Year
ART 150L 151L Art of Western Civilization
Foreign language 201, 202 Intermediate
PHIL 200E Ethics
Lower-division course in PHIL or RELS
Lower-division course in literature
Lower-division courses in ANTH, GEOG, PSYC, SOC, AAS, AS,
or NAS
Lower-division courses in HIST, POLS, ECON
Total....................................................................................................................
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Courses
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U = for undergraduate credit only, UG = for undergraduate or
graduate credit, G = for graduate credit. R after the credit
indicates the course may be repeated for credit to the maximum
indicated after the R.
U 119H Philosophical Perspectives on Women in the Western
Hemisphere 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Same as PHIL and
WS 119H. Introduction to the discipline and scope of Western
philosophy focusing on women as the subject rather than men.
A chronological study following the ideological development
in the West of social attitudes and scientific theses.
U 151L Introduction to the Humanities 4 cr. Offered autumn.
Prereq., eligibility for ENEX 101 based on writing placement
examination. General survey of the field of Humanities in Western
civilization with reference to non Western analogs, contrasting
the Graeco Roman with the Jewish and Christian traditions.
U 152L Introduction to the Humanities 4 cr. Offered spring.
Prereq., eligibility for ENEX 101 based on writing placement
examination. General survey of the field of Humanities in Western
civilization, with reference to non Western analogs, since antiquity.
U 160L Classical Mythology 3 cr. Offered every spring; offered
intermittently in summer. Same as FLLG 160L. Deities and myths
of the Greeks and Romans, with emphasis on those of most importance
to Western literature and art.
U161H Introduction to Asian Humanities 3 cr. Offered
autumn. Coreq., LS 151L or consent of instr. Selective survey
of classical South and East Asian perspectives on the humanities
as introduced in LS 151L. Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism and
Buddhism are the primary traditions considered.
U 180L Introduction to Film 3 cr. Offered every term.
The history and development of the film medium. Emphasis on
critical analysis of selected classic or significant films.
U 195 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 210H Japanese Culture and Civilization 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. Same as AS, FLLG and JPNS 210H. The historical,
religious, artistic, literary and social developments in Japan
from earliest times to the present.
U 211H Chinese Culture and Civilization 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Same as AS and FLLG 211H. A comprehensive study of Chinese culture
and civilization in the manifold aspects of anthropology, sociology,
economics, art, literature, religion, and philosophy.
U 212S Southeast Asian Culture and Civilization 3 cr.
Offered intermittently. Same as AS and SOC 212S. Introduction
to the history, geography, cultures, social organization, and
contemporary events of Southeast Asia.
U 213S Southwest Asian Culture and Civilization 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. Same as AS and GEOG 213S. A survey of the biophysical
and cultural geography of Southwest Asia and North Africa. Emphasis
on environmental change, cultural-historical development, socio-economic
diversity, and the broader political significance of the region.
U 214S Central Asian Culture and Civilization 3 cr. Offered
autumn. Same as AS, GEOG, HIST, 214S. Introduction to Central
Asia's history, culture and ways of thinking. Focus on the political
and social organization of Central Asia and cultural changes
as expressed in art and interactions with China, India and the
Middle East.
U 221H Germanic Mythology and Culture 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Same as FLLG 231H. Offered alternate years. Germanic culture
and mythology from 200 B.C. to 1200 A.D. Topics include the
Germanic pantheon, Germanic religious practices, Germanic migrations
and major literary masterpieces. Credit not allowed for LS 221H,
FLLG 231H and GERM 362H.
U 250 Survey of Classical Greek and Latin Literature 3 cr.
Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Same as FLLG 250. Primary
literature of major Greek and Latin authors of the classical
period. Emphasis on the development of genres and on Greece's
influence upon Rome. All reading in English.
U 251 The Epic 3 cr. (R 6) Offered odd-numbered years.
Same as FLLG 251. Reading, study, and discussion of epic poems.
Selections will vary from Western and non Western traditions.
U 252 Tragedy 3 cr. (R 6) Offered even-numbered years.
Same as FLLG 252. Study of the literary, artistic and philosophical
dimensions of tragedy. Selections will vary.
U 282L The German Cinema 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Same as FLLG 222L. Development of the German film from its beginnings
in 1895 through the contemporary New German Cinema. Topics include
Expressionism, New Objectivity, the Nazi film, the German contribution
to Hollywood, and the post war film in East and West Germany.
Credit not allowed for LS 282L, FLLG 222L and GERM 361L.
U 293 Omnibus Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr. Independent work under the University
omnibus option. See index.
U 294 Seminar Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
U 295 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 296 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
U 303L American Indian Literature: North 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Selected examples of the literature of the tribes of the northern
plains, rockies and coast, from both written and oral traditions,
will be read, examined, and discussed.
UG 305L Introduction to Russian Literature 3 cr. Offered
autumn. Same as FLLG and RUSS 305L. A survey of Russian poetry
and prose from their beginnings (medieval period) to mid-nineteenth
century. Included are the works of Karamzin, Pushkin, and Lermontov.
UG 306L Introduction to Russian Literature 3 cr. Offered
spring. Same as FLLG and RUSS 306L. A survey of Russian poetry
and prose from the mid-nineteenth century through the Symbolist
period of the early 20th century. Included are the works of
Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and the Symbolists.
U 311L Chinese Folktales 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Same as FLLG 380L. The study of the aspirations, desires, loves,
fears, moral and aesthetic values of the Chinese people as expressed
in their folk stories.
U 309 Italy Study Preparation 3 cr. Offered autumn. Same
as FLLG 309. Prereq., previous acceptance in subsequent intersession
Italy program. Overview of the history of Rome from its beginnings
until modern times, with lectures on various periods and artists
across the spectrum of Italian art history. Orientation to the
city of Rome, practicalities of life and study in the city.
U 320 Women in Antiquity 3 cr. Offered autumn even-numbered
years. Same as FLLG and WS 320. Examination of varied sources
from ancient Greece, the Hellenistic world, and republican and
imperial Rome to clarify the place of women in various communities.
Women's contribution to community and the mechanisms by which
communities attempted to socialize female populations.
U 321H German Culture to 1900 3 cr. Offered spring. Same
as FLLG 330H. Overview of major events and currents in German
culture to 1900 with an emphasis on the arts, literature, and
intellectual movements. Credit not allowed for LS 321H and GERM
303.
U 322H German Culture Since 1900 3 cr. Offered spring.
Same as FLLG 331H. Overview of major events and currents in
the German culture from 1900 to the present with an emphasis
on the arts, literature, and intellectual movements. Credit
not allowed for LS 322H and GERM 304.
UG 323 Studies in Literary Forms 3 cr. (R 9) Offered autumn
and spring. Prereq., Enlt 300 or consent of instr. Same as Enlt
323. Reading of various authors from different literary periods
and cultures working in the same mode of composition (every
two years, Literature of Place, Modern Drama, 19th Century Fiction,
20th Century Fiction, Lyric Poetry, Science Fiction, Autobiography;
less frequently, Travel Literature, Popular Fiction, Epic, Tragedy,
Satire, Romance, Comedy).
U 325E The Roots of Western Ethics 3 cr. Offfered intermittently.
Prereq., lower-division course in Perspective 5 or consent of
instr. Same as FLLG 365E. Studies of the origins of Western
ethical theories in the original writings of Greek philosophers
and their application to current situations.
UG 338 The French Cinema 3 cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently.
Same as FLLG and FREN 338. An historical, aesthetic, and critical
survey of the French cinema, from its beginnings in 1895 through
the contemporary cinema (Muet, classical, Realisme, Nouvelle
Vogue, etc.) With an introduction to contemporary film criticism.
Students taking the course for French credits are required to
do research, reading, and writing in the French language.
UG 340H Ancient Greek Civilization and Culture 3 cr. Offered
autumn even-numbered years. Same as FLLG 360H and ART 380H.
Slide lecture course. Ancient Greek works of art and architecture,
related to and explained by contemporary ideas and values of
Greek society.
UG 341L Roman, Early Christian and Byzantine Art 3 cr.
Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Same as ART 381L and FLLG
361L. A survey of developing styles in painting, mosaic, and
building, with attention to philosophic and religious content
and to influence on later ages. Slide lectures.
UG 350E After the Holocaust: Literature, Human Values, and the
Uses of Memory 3 cr. Offered spring. Prereq., lower division
course in Perspective 5 or consent of instr. Exploration of
literature and film produced from the Holocaust experience;
consideration of the adequacy of our spiritual, moral and cultural
resources for dealing with industrial mass murder; the possibilities
after Auschwitz for renewing the human image.
U 351L Exploring the Humanities in Depth 3 cr. (R-9)
Offered autumn and spring. Intensive study of a specific historical
period in Western humanities through its seminal literature,
with an emphasis on the intellectual and ethical paradigms which
form an essential component of the foundations of the Western
tradition.
UG 355L Cervantes and His Time 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Same as FLLG 310L. The study of Cervantes' Don Quixote, his
short novellas, and some representative dramatic pieces.
UG 356 Studies in Literature and Other Disciplines 3 cr.
(R 9) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., nine credits in ENLT
or LS or consent of instr. Same as ENLT 325. Selected works
of literature studied in conjunction with works of art, music,
religion, philosophy, or another discipline (every two years,
Psychology and Literature, Film and Literature, The Poetry of
Meditation; less frequently, British Art and Literature, Modernism,
Literature and Science, Bible as Literature, Song).
U 359 Spanish-American Civilization through Literature and Film
3 cr. Offered spring. Same as FLLG and SPAN 359. The development
of the traditional society of Spanish American civilization
through the interaction of European, Indian, and African elements.
UG 361H The American South: From Slavery to Civil Rights
3 cr. Offered autumn odd-numbered years. Same as HIST 361H.
Social history of the American South with particular attention
to race, class and gender.
U 365 South Asian Traditions: Hinduism 3 cr. Offered
spring even-numbered years. Same as AS and RELS 365. Critical
exploration of selected aspects of Hindu thought, narrative
and practice, both in contemporary and historical perspective.
Focus primarily on India, but with consideration of Hinduism's
transformation and impact beyond South Asia.
UG 370H Women in America: to the Civil War 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. Same as HIST and WS 370H. Interpretive overview
of women's experiences in America before the Civil War. Exploration
of new definitions of womanhood and "women's sphere"
emerging from women's varies experiences in the American colonies
and the American Revolution; how immigrant, poor slave, and
western women transgressed the boundaries of their sphere; and
how women from both inside and outside their assigned sphere
reshaped their roles in American society.
UG 371H Women in America: from the Civil War to the Present
3 cr. Offered intermittently. Same as HIST and WS 371H.
Interpretive overview of women's experiences in America after
the Civil War. Exploration of such topics as women's associations,
the battle for suffrage, organized feminism and its opponents,
the industrialization of housework, women in the workforce,
reproductive rights, and welfare. Particular attention to women's
experiences shaped by class and race as well as by gender.
UG 381 Studies in the Film 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring.
Prereq., LS 180 or consent of instr. Studies in genres, directors,
movements, problems, etc.
UG 386L Traditional Chinese Literature in English Translation
3 cr. Offered intermittently. Same as CHIN 386L and FLLG
386L. Lecture discussion course introducing the traditional
literature of China, ca. 1000 B.C. to the 19th century. All
works read in English translation; no knowledge of Chinese is
required.
U 391 Agriculture in the Humanities and Fine Arts 1 cr. Offered
autumn. Same as PHIL 391. Lecture series that accompanies cooperative
education credit for students in P.E.A.S. (Program in Ecological
Agriculture and Society).
U 395 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 396 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
U 397 Research Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
U 398 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R 12)
Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of director. Extended
classroom experience which provides practical application of
classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval
must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Center
for Work-Based Learning.
UG 455 Studies in Comparative Literature 3 cr. (R 9)
Offered intermittently. Same as ENLT 430 and FLLG 440. Study
of important literary ideas, genres, trends and movements. Credit
not allowed for more than one course on the same topic numbered
ENLT 430, FLLG 440, 494 or LS 455.
UG 460 History of Criticism and Theory 3 cr. Offered autumn.
Prereq., ENLT 301 and six credits in literature courses numbered
300 or higher. Same as ENLT 420. A survey of the historical
development of critical theories which shaped ways of reading
and writing from Plato and Aristotle to the present.
UG 461 Topics in Critical Theory 3 cr. (R 6) Offered
intermittently. Prereq., ENLT 301 and six credits in literature
courses numbered 300 or higher. Same as ENLT 421. Study and
application of one or more theoretical approaches to interpreting
texts (e.g., aesthetic poststructural, new historicist, classical,
renaissance, romantic, narrative, psychoanalytic, formalist,
neo-marxist, feminist, gender, cultural studies and reader-response
theory.)
U 493 Omnibus Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr. Independent work under University
omnibus option. See index.
UG 494 Seminar in Humanities: Genres and Periods 3 cr. (R
9) Offered intermittently. Concentrated studies in specific
genres and periods.
UG 495 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 496 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
U 497 Research Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Faculty
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Professors
Paul A. Dietrich, Ph.D, University of Chicago, 1984
Ulysses S. Doss, Ph.D., Union Institute, 1974 (Emeritus)
Roger Dunsmore, M.F.A., The University of Montana, 1971 (Emeritus)
Phillip R. Fandozzi, Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 1974
Alan Sponberg, Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 1980
Associate Professor
Ruth Vanita, Ph.D., Delhi University, 1992
Adjunct Assistant Professors
David Clark, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1979
Judith Johnson, M.F.A., The University of Montana, 1990
Sean O'Brien, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1989
Anthony Tribe, Ph.D., Oxford University, 1995
Adjunct Instructors
Michael Kreisberg, A.B.D., University of California, 1970
Lynn Purl, A.B.D., University of Washington, 1999
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