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Oct 31, 2025
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2015-2016 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Liberal Arts Major
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BA degree
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Requirements
Seven of the 10 classes must be at the 300 or 400 levels. Pre-requisites in the major concentration department are the student’s responsibility and do not count towards the 15 credits in each concentration unless listed as a concentration requirement. Liberal Arts Core
Six (6) credits required, plus the Intermediate Writing course, ENL 260. Choose Two Concentrations
Fifteen (15) credits required in each concentration, for a total of thirty (30) credits. Choose two: Art History, Economics, English, Foreign Literature & Languages, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Portuguese Studies, Sociology and Anthropology, Sustainability, Urban Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies. ARH Core
Three (3) credits required. Note: ARH 125 and ARH 150 are prerequisites for ARH 200. LAR Majors who want to concentrate in Art History are encouraged to build these pre-reqs into their distribution requirement courses at the 100 level. ARH Electives
Nine (9) credits required at the 300 level. At least one non-western topic is encouraged. Seminar
Three (3) credits required at the 400 level. Core
Six (6) credits required. Note: ECO 231 and ECO 232 are prerequisites for many 300 level courses, including ECO 301 and ECO 311. Intermediate
Three (3) credits required from the following: Electives
Six (6) additional credits required of 300-400-level Economics electives. English: Literature Option
Foundation
Three (3) credits required. Genre
Six (6) credits required at the 300 level from the following: Historical Literature
Two upper-level historical literature courses from the following list. One course from Pre-1800 and one course from Post-1800. Note: ENL 259 is prerequisite for all 400 level Literature seminars. Pre-1800
Three (3) credits required. Post-1800
Three (3) credits required. Foundation
Three (3) credits required. Genre
Three (3) credits required at the 300 level from the following: Note: ENL 258 is a prerequisite for all 300 level literature courses Writing Courses
Nine (9) credits required at the 300 and 400 level from the following: Note: ENL 260 is a prerequisite for all 300 and 400 level writing courses. Foreign Literature and Languages: French
Core
Nine (9) credits required. Literature
Three (3) credits required. Culture or Literature Elective
Three (3) credits required at the 300 - 400 level. Foreign Literature and Languages: Spanish
Core
Six (6) credits required. Culture and Civilization
Three (3) credits required. Literature
Three (3) credits required from the following: Culture or Literature Elective
Three (3) credits required at the 300 - 400 level. Foundation
Six (6) credits required. Students must complete a two-part history sequence (choose one of the following sequences): Electives
Nine (9) credits required in 300-400 level HST courses. Core
Three (3) credits required from the following: Elective
Three (3) credits required at the 200 or 300 level. Electives
Nine (9) credits required at the PHL 300 - 400 level from the following: Core
Six (6) credits at the 100 level from the following: Note: 100 level courses are prerequisites for upper level courses. Electives
Nine (9) credits required at the 300 - 400 level in at least 2 of the 4 subfield areas: American/Policy; Comparative; International Relations; and Theory. American Politics/Policy Subfield Area
Comparative Politics Subfield Area
International Relations Subfield Area
Political Theory Subfield Area
Portuguese: Language and Linguistics
Core
Nine (9) credits required. Electives
Six (6) credits required from the following: Note: POR 302 is a prerequisite for the 300 level electives. Portuguese: Literary and Cultural Studies
Core
Nine (9) credits required. Elective
Three (3) credits required from the following: Literature
Three (3) credits required from the following: Note: POR 302 is a prerequisite for the 300 level literature courses. Sociology and Anthropology
Introduction
Three (3) credits required from the following: Elective
Three (3) credits required from SOA any level elective. Note: SOA 200 is not open to LAR majors. Electives
Nine (9) additional SOA credits required at the 300 - 400 level. Note: SOA 316 is not open to LAR majors. Foundation
Choose one of the following (3 credits): Note: You may take both courses, or repeat SUS 202 with a change of topic, in which case the second course will fulfill the “any level” requirement in the table below. Electives
Students must take twelve (12) elective credits in Sustainability courses from the lists below. These courses must be drawn from at least two of the three Sustainability content areas. Three of these courses (9 credits) must be numbered 300 or higher. Sustainability electives offered within your second concentration may count toward EITHER the Sustainability concentration OR the other concentration, but not both! Core
Students must complete the core URB course (3 credits): - URB 201: City Life: Introduction to Urban Studies
Electives
Students must complete the following elective requirements from the approved lists below: - Three (3) credits of approved Urban Studies electives at any level
- Nine (9) credits of approved Urban Studies electives at the upper level (300-400)
Art History - ARH 322 - Art of the City Credits: 3
Economics - ECO 461 - Urban Economics Credits: 3
English - ENL 200 - Studies in Literature Credits: 3
- ENL 214 - African American Literature Credits: 3
- ENL 218 - Literature & Society Credits: 3
- ENL 226 - Multicultural Am Lit Credits: 3
- ENL 246 - Women Writers Credits: 3
- ENL 276 - Contemporary International Films Credits: 3
- ENL 377 - Special Topics in Film and Video Credits: 3
- ENL 4xx – Seminar in American, British, Global Literature
* ENL 258 pre-req for 300+-level courses; topics courses depend on topic. - ENL 385 - Topics in Multicultural Literature Credits: 3
- ENL 390 - Topics in Literary Studies Credits: 3
History - HST 205 - African-American History I Credits: 3
- HST 206 - African American History II Credits: 3
- HST 300 - Topics American History Credits: 3
- HST 314 - History of Urban America Credits: 3
- HST 320 - Topics in European History Credits: 3 Topics: Renaissance Cities or Nazi Vienna
- HST 331 - The Renaissance Credits: 3
- HST 343 - Hist Greek Civilization Credits: 3
- HST 348 - The American Dream: Inequality and Opportunity in the Modern US Credits: 3
- HST 389 - Topics in World History Credits: 3
- HST 401 - Seminar:American History Credits: 3 Topic: Lizzie Borden and Urban Life in Fall River
* Topics courses depend on topic offered. Political Science - PSC 239 - African American Politics Credits: 3
- PSC 242 - Ethnic Politics Credits: 3
- PSC 315 - Public Policy in America Credits: 3
Physics - PHY 419 - Advanced Traffic Engineering Credits: 3
Sociology and Anthropology - SOA 307 - The Ideal Society and the State Credits: 3
- SOA 332 - Portuguese in Americas Credits: 3
- SOA 334 - Food, Feast, and Famine Credits: 3
- SOA 367 - Culture, Power, and Inequality in a Globalized World Credits: 3
- SOA 378 - Urban Issues and Public Policy Credits: 3
- SOA 383 - Migration, Citizenship, and Belonging Credits: 3
- SOA 384 - Gender, Race, and Justice in the Americas Credits: 3
- SOA 386 - Sustainability in Action Credits: 3
Women’s and Gender Studies
Introduction
Three (3) credits required. Theory
Three (3) credits required from the following: 300-Level Electives
Nine (9) credits required at the 300-level from the following list. Note: One course must be from a non-Western perspective (courses marked as “non-Western”). - WGS 300 - Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies Credits: 3 (certain topics count as non-Western)
- WGS 301 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Identity Credits: 3
- WGS 302 - Global Feminism Credits: 3
- WGS 305 - Contemp Feminist Theory Credits: 3 (non-Western)
- WGS 306 - Third Wave Feminism Credits: 3
- WGS 307 - Ecofeminism:Philosophy & Practice Credits: 3
- WGS 308 - The Jewish Woman Credits: 3
- WGS 310 - America’s Working Women Credits: 3
- WGS 312 - Feminist Research Methods Credits: 3
- WGS 316 - Gender in Medieval & Early Modern Europe Credits: 3
- WGS 317 - Hist of European Women Credits: 3
- WGS 318 - Women’s Biog & Autobiog Credits: 3
- WGS 319 - Gender Variation and Sexual Orientation across Cultures Credits: 3
- WGS 321 - Women, Crime, and the Law Credits: 3
- WGS 323 - Women, Film and Popular Culture Credits: 3
- WGS 328 - Survey of African American Literature I Credits: 3
- WGS 329 - Survey of African American Literature II Credits: 3
- WGS 332 - Sex Roles and Politics Credits: 3
- WGS 333 - Mothers and Daughters Credits: 3
- WGS 336 - Gender, Policy, and Social Justice Credits: 3
- WGS 339 - Women and Public Policy Credits: 3
- WGS 344 - The Economics of Sex and Race Discrimination Credits: 3
- WGS 347 - Special Topics in Women’s Literature Credits: 3
- WGS 348 - American Women Playwrights Credits: 3
- WGS 350 - Readings in Sociological & Anthropological Lit Credits: 3 (certain topics count as non-Western)
- WGS 359 - Men and Masculinities Credits: 3
- WGS 365 - Women, Girls, and Social Control Credits: 3
- WGS 368 - History of Feminist Thought Credits: 3
- WGS 370 - Women, Writing, and the Media Credits: 3
- WGS 371 - Gender and Society in Brazilian Cinema Credits: 3 (non-Western)
- WGS 375 - Psych of Sex Differences Credits: 3
- WGS 380 - Feminist Perspectives on Art History Credits: 3 (non-Western)
- WGS 391 - Topics African History Credits: 3 (non-Western)
- WGS 396 - Directed Study Credits: variable; 1.00 to 6.00
- WGS 399 - Women’s Studies Internship Credits: 3
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