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Liberal Studies
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. Alternatively, students may choose one of the Area Studies Options (see Upper-Division Options, below). Lists of recommended course sequences can be obtained from advisors. Majors in liberal studies may not take any of their major courses on a pass/not pass basis. Upperclassmen transferring into this program should have at least a C average in all credits attempted. Special Degree Requirements 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 Core Curriculum (courses numbered under 300) Credits English 101 3 Foreign language (3 semesters of one language or 2 semesters of two languages) 15-20 Lower-division art/music/drama/history (any combination) 6 Liberal Studies 151, 152 Introduction to Humanities. 8 Philosophy or religious studies 6 Anthropology, African-American studies, geography, Native American studies, psychology, sociology 9 History, political science, economics 9 Literature 8-9 Upper-Division Options (courses numbered 300 and above) General Option Credits The student elects upper-division courses in two of the following groups: 1. Anthropology, geography, psychology (not more than two disciplines) 15 2. History, political science,economics (not more than two disciplines) 15 3. Literature, philosophy, liberal studies 15 Area Studies Options A. Asian Studies (Alan Sponberg, Professor of Liberal Studies, advisor): Students admitted to the Asian Studies Program 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. A minimum of 33 credits in Asian studies in addition to the liberal studies core curriculum, including the study of Japanese, Chinese, or any other Asian language as the foreign language. 2. At least 15 of the 33 credits must be completed at the 300-level or above. 3. Twelve credits must be taken in the social sciences and 12 in the humanities. The remaining 9 credits may be completed in any discipline, as long as they are in courses approved by the Asian Studies Committee. B. Environmental Studies (Vicki Watson, Professor of Environmental Studies advisor): Students admitted to this program must register with the Environmental Studies faculty advisor, who will supervise their program. The following requirements pertain to the completion of this option. 1. Completion of liberal studies core curriculum. 2. Completion of EVST 101N and BIOL 121N, 122N. 3. Minimum of 32 credits of class work in relevant courses numbered above 299. The following courses above 299 are required: ECON 340 or 345S; EVST 304 and at least one credit from EVST 370, 371, 372; HIST 364E; NAS 303E; PSC 367; and EVST 427E. The 13 elective credits should come from the following list: EVST 370, 425, 494; BIOL 340, 341; ECON 340, 345S; FOR 370, 380S, 470; EVST 427E and RELS 347; SOC 344. The pattern of course work must insure that a student obtain the broad approach to his or her area of interest that is in keeping with the purpose of the liberal studies major. 4. Environmental studies option students are encouraged to fulfill the foreign language requirement of the core curriculum by taking classes in Native American languages as they become available. C. Women's Studies (G. G. Weix, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Director): Students admitted to this program 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 PHIL 119H. 3. Minimum of 32 credits of class work in relevant, advisor-approved courses numbered above 299; at least 18 of those credits must be from Group I "Required Courses", and the other 14 may be from Group II "Significant Component" courses. A selection from among the following Group I courses is required: ANTH 327S, AAS 325, ART 405H, LS 370H-371H, NAS 342H, PSYC 355; and, when approved by the Women's Studies advisor and the content focuses on women's studies, FLLG 440/LS 455, RELS 370. An annual list of Group II courses will be available. The pattern of course work must ensure that a student obtain the broad approach to her or his area of interest that is in keeping with the purpose of the liberal studies major. Suggested Course of Study First Year A S ANTH 101H Introduction to Anthropology - 3 ENEX 101 Composition 3 - Foreign language 101-102 Elementary 5 5 HIST 104H-105H European Civilization 4 4 LS 151L-152L Introduction to Humanities 4 4 LS or RELS electives - 2 16 18 Second Year A S ART 150L-151L Art of Western Civilization 3 3 ENLT 120L The Contemporary Imagination 3 - Foreign language 201, 202 Intermediate 4 4 NAS 100H Introduction to Native American Studies - 3 PHIL 200E Ethics - 3 PSYC 100S Introduction to Psychology 4 - Electives and General Education 3 3 17 16 Courses 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 109 Central Asia: From Cyrus to Gorbachev 3 cr. Offered autumn. Same as AS, GEOG, HIST 109. 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 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 180 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-6) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics. U 200 Introduction to Japanese Culture 3 cr. Offered autumn. Same as FLLG and JPNS 200. The historical, religious, artistic, literary and social developments in Japan from earliest times to the present. U 201H East Asian Civilizations 3 cr. Offered autumn. Same as HIST 201H. An interdisciplinary, pluralist, and exploratory introduction to civilizations of East Asia. Primary focus on China, Japan, and Korea; the relations among them and their patterns of interaction with the outside world in pre-modern and modern periods. U 211H Chinese Culture and Civilization 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Same as FLLG 280H. Offered alternate years. A comprehensive study of Chinese culture and civilization in the manifold aspects of anthropology, sociology, economics, art, literature, religion, and philosophy. 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-6) 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 320 Women in Antiquity 3 cr. Offered autumn even-numbered years. Same as FLLG 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. Offered 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 345H Topics in Art Criticism and the Social History of Art 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Prereq., ART 203 or consent of instr. Same as ART 303H. Analysis of the visual arts in their social context. Topics include printmaking and the multiple image , art in early Celtic-Germanic and Northwest Indian traditions and varieties of modern ideologies in art, i.e., liberal, communist, fascist, etc. 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. 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). 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. UG 370H Women in America: to the Civil War 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Same as HIST 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 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 Cooperative Education Office. UG 444 Topics and Issues in Philosophy of the Arts 3 cr. (R-9) Offered intermittently. Prereq., upper-division standing. Same as PHIL 444. Examination of philosophical problems related to the particular arts and discussion of the nature of the arts. Topics include music, visual arts, literature, and film. 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 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 Professors Edward Sanford, Ph.D., Howard University, 1991 James M. Scott, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1986 Ruth Vanita, Ph.D., Delhi University, 1992 Assistant Professors Barbara Andrew, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1997 Adjunct Assistant Professors David Clark, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1979 Lois Jarka, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1986 (Emeritus) Bruce Milem, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1998 Sean O'Brien, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1989 David Toole, Ph.D., Duke University, 1996 Adjunct Instructors Judith Johnson, M.F.A., The University of Montana, 1990 (Visiting) Michael Kreisberg, A.B.D., University of California, 1970 (Visiting) Gwenyth Mapes, M.F.A., The University of Montana, 1989 (Visiting) Lynn Purl, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1999 |
