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BLS Degree Requirements

  

   

 

Required Courses

Credits

   

 

A. Communications and Writing skills (9 credits)

 

COMM A111 (BLS section)*

3

ENGL A111 (BLS section)*

3

ENGL A214 (BLS section)*

3

   

 

B. Liberal Studies Integrated Sciences (LSIS) Core (16 credits)

 

LSIS A101* (Discoveries in Science)

1

LSIS A102* (Origins: Earth-Solar System-Life)

5

LSIS A201* (Life on Earth)

5

LSIS A202* (Concepts Processes: Natural Sciences)

5

   

 

C.  Mathematical Skills (6-10 credits)

 

MATH A107* or A108* or A109* or A200* or A201* or A270* or A272*

3-4

AS A252* or A253

3-4

   

 

D.  Liberal Studies Social Sciences (LSSS) Core (21 credits)

 

LSSS A111 (Cultural Foundations of Human Behavior)

3

PSY A111* or A150*

3

ANTH A250*

3

HIST A355 (Themes in US History)

3

LSSS A311 (People, Places, & Ecosystems)

3

LSSS A312 (Individuals, Groups, and Institutions)

3

AKNS A411/PS A411

3

   

 

E. Liberal Studies Humanities Core (21-23 credits)

 

ENGL A202*

3

Select one course from the GER Fine Arts List

3

HUM A211

3

HUM A212

3

Two semester sequence of a language or American Sign Language or Alaska Native Studies Language (same language both semesters)

6-8

Studio Art or Performing Art or Creative Writing Course (from an approved list; GER Fine Arts courses cannot be used)

3

   

 

F.  Liberal Studies Integrative (LSIC) Core (19 credits)

 

LSIC A231 (Truth, Beauty & Goodness)

3

LSIC A331 (Power, Authority, Government)

3

LSIC A332 (Science, Tech., & Culture)

3

LSIC A488A Capstone I: Design and Research

3

LSIC A488B Capstone II: Analysis and Presentation

3

LSIC A192 Seminar I

1

LSIC A292 Seminar II

1

LSIC A392 Seminar III

1

LSIC A492 Seminar IV

1

   

 

G.  Discipline Area Concentration 

 

12 credits in one discipline, 9 credits of which must be at the upper division level, in either the Natural Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Social Sciences, or Humanities/Fine Arts Disciplinary Areas and 6 credits in another discipline from a different Disciplinary Area, 3 credits of which must be at the upper division level (e.g. 12 credits in Biology and 6 credits in English).

18

   

 

H.  Literature Elective

 

Choose from a list of approved upper division courses in the English or Languages Department.

3

   

 

I.  Electives (1-7 credits) (1 credit of which must be upper division)

1-7

   

 

TOTAL

120-124

 

 

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