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Here is a list of courses designed to guide you in your degree process.
For all students:
Educational Design I
Through this independent study, students learn to self-direct the educational planning process. Working closely with a core faculty adviser, each student forms a degree committee, prepares the preliminary self-assessment and educational design documents, and holds the first degree committee meeting. Two group sessions are held on Thursday evenings (as part of the new B.A. Learning Community time, the 1st and 4th weeks of the quarter). These sessions provide specific support for all students at this phase of the degree process.
Liberal Studies IV: Senior Synthesis
Liberal Studies IV provides a learning community context for graduating B.A. in Liberal Studies students who complete their senior synthesis/capstone projects. This project might take the form of a thesis, presentation, project, performance, special internship, portfolio or gallery show of original work, etc. Because synthesis projects and learning are required to be shared at a public/community event, students learn dynamic and professional presentation skills and are supported in both their preparations and their presentation for the senior symposium. In addition, the seminar provides a reflective forum as students bring their degree programs to a close. This seminar is intended for the students’ final quarter; it is required for structured concentration students, optional for individualized concentration students.
For students who create their own area of concentration:
Educational Design II
Through this independent study, the student continues to develop self-directed learning skills. Working closely with a core faculty adviser and her/his committee, the student designs an individualized area of academic concentration, articulates program learning goals, negotiates a plan for achieving and demonstrating the core outcome competencies, and eventually holds the second degree committee meeting. Two group sessions are held on Thursday evenings (as part of the new B.A. Learning Community time, the 1st and 4th weeks of the quarter). These sessions provide specific support for all students at this phase of the degree process.
Educational Design III
Through this independent study, the student deepens her/his ability to synthesize, present and self-assess program learning. Working closely with a core faculty adviser, the student prepares for and convenes the third degree committee to demonstrate achievement of the liberal arts core competencies and area of concentration goals. In addition she/he develops a senior synthesis proposal. Two group sessions are held on Thursday evenings (as part of the new B.A. Learning Community time, the 1st and 4th weeks of the quarter). These sessions provide specific support for all students at this phase of the degree process.
For students who choose a structured area of concentration:
Liberal Studies III: Competency Demonstration
Liberal Studies III provides a learning community context for students preparing for and conducting liberal arts core competency and area of concentration demonstrations (that is, showing successful achievement of learning goals in the individualized program). As part of this process, participants enter into reflective conversation about the meaning of a liberal arts education by engaging a core theme or question together (which changes quarter to quarter). The group explores the focal topic together from a number of disciplinary/hermeneutic frames as a case example of collaborative liberal arts inquiry. Additionally, students are supported to envision their senior synthesis project and to write a formal proposal. This seminar is intended for the students’ penultimate quarter; it is required for structured concentration students, optional for individualized concentration students.
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