Program Overview

Applied Liberal Studies Certificate

Certificate Requirements

• The certificate is 12 credits.
• 3 credits of humanities, social-sciences general education (transfer or native) may be applied to the certificate.
• Students must take 9 credits (at the 3000-level or higher, with at least 3 credits at the 4000-level course) from among the certificate offerings to complete the requirements.
• Requirements must be earned in residence.
• Grades in all certificate courses must be a C or better.

Certificate Outcomes

• Communication: Students completing the certificate program will demonstrate the ability to deliver highly polished verbal communication that is appropriate to audience and context.
• Analysis and Interpretation: Students will demonstrate familiarity with a range of analytical frameworks associated with humanities and social science disciplines and apply them thoughtfully to social, historical, and other human phenomena.
• Conceptual Translation: Students will demonstrate the ability to create connections between concepts in one area of human experience and adapt and apply them to another.
• Epistemic Awareness: Students will recognize and describe different frameworks for constructing knowledge in the disciplines and the underlying assumptions, methods, and applications of that knowledge.
• Reflective Learning and Responsibility: Students will demonstrate strategic and reflective learning through course content and develop a healthy critical analysis of one’s own responses.

Course Offerings

Lower Division

• The following courses may be counted toward the first 3 required credits in the certificate even if taken for general education:
  • AMH 2010 - American History to 1877 (Credits: 3)
  • AMH 2020 - American History Since 1877 (Credits: 3)
  • HIS 2930 - Special Topics (Credits: 3)
  • ARH 2000 - Art Appreciation (Credits: 3)
  • ECO 2013 - Principles of Macroeconomics (Credits: 3)
  • ECO 2023 - Principles of Microeconomics (Credits: 3)
  • HUM 2020 - Introduction to the Humanities (Credits: 3)
  • HUM 2022 - Explorations in the Humanities (Credits: 3)
  • IDS 2144 - Legal, Ethical, and Management Issues in Technology (Credits: 3)
  • LIT 2000 - Introduction to Literature (Credits: 3)
  • PHI 2010 - Introduction to Philosophy (Credits: 3)
  • PSY 2012 - General Psychology (Credits: 3)
  • MUL 2010 - Music Appreciation (Credits: 3)
  • POS 2041 - American Government (Credits: 3)
  • CRW 2000 - Creative Writing Workshop (Credits: 3)

Upper Division

• Students take 6 credits (2 courses) from this list - one must be at the 4000-level.
  • HIS 3930 - Special Topics in History (Credits: 3)
  • HUM 3930 - Special Topics in the Humanities (Credits: 3)
  • LIT 3930 - Special Topics in Literature and Culture (Credits: 3)
  • ENC 4260 - Advanced Study in Technical and Professional Writing (Credits: 3)
  • IDS 4890 - Applied Liberal Studies Seminar (Credits: 3)
  • ECO 4400 - Game Theory and Strategic Decisions (Credits: 3)
  • ECO 4422 - Econometrics: Causal Inference, Panel and Survey Data (Credits: 3)
  • HIS 4930 - Special Topics in History (Credits: 3)
  • LIT 4930 - Selected Topics in Literature and Culture (Credits: 3)
  • CRW 3125 - Worldbuilding (Credits: 3)
  • CRW 3760 - Digital Interactive Storytelling (Credits: 3)
  • ENC 4437 - Document and Visual Design (Credits: 3)
  • ECP 3004 - Contemporary Economic Issues (Credits: 3) Note: Students also taking the concentration in Quantitative Economics & Econometrics may apply only 3 (duplicate) credits toward this certificate.