Beyond the Cistern

Liberal Arts

I remember my friends’ parents coming up to me at my grad party and asking what I was going to major in. I had not the grandest idea. Sure, I had some inklings as to what interested me but I really didn’t feel like I was in any position to plan out my major collegiate course of study a month removed from my high school graduation. So as each new person asked me the the same question over and over again, I simply told them I was “undecided”. Yet when I uttered those words, I received many raised eyebrows with looks that just screamed “Wait…you’re not serious…are you? Really?” Yes and really.

With that being the case, I couldn’t have to come to a better place for undecidedness than the College. The reason is because of the College’s focus on the liberal arts through its general education requirements. You see, all C of C students must take a certain number of courses within the liberal arts disciplines of English composition and literature, pre-modern and modern history, foreign language, social and physical sciences, and humanities. And don’t fret about the word “requirements”. Although you’re going to be required to take a number of courses in the distinct disciplines listed above, the College’s course offerings in these areas are so vast that you’re never going to feel limited by the options.

By taking a variety of courses in the liberal art disciplines, I have been exposed to academic domains which I never even had known existed before (Linguistics) and others which I had never realized I had an interest in (Theatre).

The Major

Like you may know from reading my homepage, I’m majoring in Business Administration with a concentration in Leadership, Change, and Social Responsibility (LSCR). True, it’s quite the mouthful but I really couldn’t imagine studying for any other degree at the College. Now that wasn’t always the case (read above) but after my experience during my freshman and sophomore years with the College’s liberal arts requirements, I had no doubt I would enjoy this course of study because of it’s multidisciplinary approach.

Although the major is concentrated with business courses (accounting, econ, management), there are many options for fulfilling requirements of the LCSR concentration through courses offered by other schools and departments within the College. By the time I graduate, I will have had the opportunity to fulfill its requirements by taking courses from the School of Communications and the Departments of Women and Gender Studies, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.