Liberal Arts

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A liberal arts education will deepen your understanding of the world, preparing you for a meaningful career and for life.

Programs in the College of Liberal Arts are designed to sharpen your communications skills, develop your ability to think critically and analytically, and stimulate your intellectual development. You will learn how to learn. Our goal is that when you graduate you will be well equipped in the fundamentals of knowledge.

We want you to be able to build a variety of careers, adapt to the many changes you will face as those careers evolve, and be prepared to lead a richer and fuller life.

Undergraduate Programs of Study

Anthropology

Students can specialize in cultural anthropology, archaeology, or biological anthropology.
The department offers six different laboratories, two field schools, and five National Science Foundation grants that offer students opportunities for research and mentoring.
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Art

Concentrations: Art Education, Art History, Studio, Drawing, Fibers, Graphic Design,Metalsmithing, Painting, Photo Image Making, Pottery, Printmaking, and Sculpture.
This is one of the most comprehensive visual arts programs in the Rocky MountainWest. Faculty have had exhibitions in the world’s leading venues, including theLouvre Museum of Decorative Arts; Moscow’s New Tetraykov Museum; and London’s ChelseaSchool of Art.
Careers include graphic designers, jewelers, painters, photographers, potters, sculptors,historians, educators, and more.
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Economics

Studies combine a rich liberal arts education with a solid grounding in theoreticaland applied economics.
Students can focus on regional economics, growth and development, inequality, econometrics,financial institutions, economic policy, or other areas of interest.
We strive to provide a “learning community” where students and faculty can interactinside and outside the classroom.
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English

Concentrations: Creative Writing, English Education, Language, Literature, and Writing.
Students may choose a concentration in literature, education, language, writing,or creative writing. Our high-quality teachers are continually named by graduatingseniors as having been very influential in their academic development.
Graduates are prepared to work in a variety of occupations including publishing,public relations, advertising, personnel, sales, researching, business management,and teaching.
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History

Concentrations: Liberal Arts and Social Studies Teaching.
Students acquire professional skills and detailed knowledge of historical periods,moments, nations, and processes.
Faculty expertise and course offerings also allow students to explore a range oftopics in cultural, environmental, intellectual, political, social history, andmore.
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Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Concentrations: French, German, and Spanish.
Small class size in this major allows faculty to monitor students’ progress andprovide close individual attention. Students are encouraged to study abroad.
Graduates have found careers in government agencies and international foundations;the entertainments, travel, and transporta¬tion industries; international businessand finance, and more.
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Liberal Arts

Concentrations: American Studies, Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities and Engineering Science, Ethnic Studies, International Studies, Social Sciences, and Social Sciences and Engineering Science.
This major focuses on the traditions and concepts of the liberal arts: knowing past and contemporary cultures; liberating individuals from uninformed and arbitrary views of the world; developing writing, speaking, thinking, and reading abilities; strengthening the basis for responsible and creative participation in society; and committing to a life of learning.
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Music

The Edna Rizley Griffin Concert Hall in the University Center for the Arts providesa state-of-the art venue to showcase students’ talents.
Bachelor of Music offers concentrations in music education, composition, performance,and music therapy.
The Bachelor of Arts in music is structured to provide a strong emphasis in appliedmusic, theory, and music literature with a concentration in another academic area.
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Performing Arts

Concentrations: Dance and Theatre.
Dance: The dance technical core curriculum is based on the Russian Vaganova method.Courses include ballet, modern jazz, and tap technique; choreography; history; pedagogy;production; touring dance ensemble and anatomy/kinesiology. Students have many opportunitiesto choreograph and perform in dance program productions.
Theatre: The program provides a broad foundation in all areas of theatre arts. Corecourses are required in acting, graphic expression and design, technical theatre,directing, playwriting, costume and makeup, and history of theatre.
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Philosophy

Concentrations: General Philosophy; Philosophy and Religion; Philosophy, Science,and Technology.
Philosophy reflects on the nature of all human disciplines and endeavors.
The program prepares students for quickly changing job markets and for a varietyof careers, including education, law, medicine, the ministry, government, publishing,and journalism.
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Political Science

Students study political behavior, systems, processes, institutions, and problems.They gain a foundation for political action and for advanced study in politicalscience.
Our graduates are corporate presidents, members of U.S. Congress, lobbyists, attorneysin private practice, journalists, and educators.
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Sociology

Concentrations: General Sociology and Criminology/Criminal Justice.
The program provides a solid liberal arts education with strengths in the sociologyof change, policy, social development especially as related to natural resourcesand the environment.
Graduates are prepared for a variety of occupations or for post-graduate programs.
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Communication Studies

Students receive a broad-based liberal arts education.
Internships are available at radio and television stations, cable companies, nonprofitorganizations, and more.
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Technical Journalism

Concentrations: Computer-Mediated Communication, News-Editorial, Public Relations,Specialized and Technical Communication, and Television News and Video Communication.
As one of only 105 nationally accredited programs in journalism and mass communication,we provide a strong broad-based understanding of mass communication and new communicationtechnologies.
The major includes a highly successful professional internship program that placesnearly 100 students each year with Colorado and national media and communicationoutlets.
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