CAS Undergraduate Online Programs

BSÌýor BA Degree in Liberal Studies

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

The College of Arts and Sciences at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ offers two fully online degree programs designed to accommodate non-traditional and returning students: the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies and Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies.

These programs will provide students with a diverse array of Humanities and STEM courses designed to reinforce critical thinking skills, to highlight the importance of cross-disciplinary exposure, and to cultivate the ability to critically integrate diverse fields of human knowledge and activity.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

1. Analytic Thinking: Students will be able to distinguish fallacious reasoning from non-fallacious reasoning. Students will be able to think systematically through arguments.
2. Analytic Reading: Students will be able to extract arguments/views from primary and secondary texts. Students will be able to contextualize texts relative to one another.
3. Analytic Communicating: Students will be able to offer critical discussion that goes beyond mere reporting. Students will be able to offer objective interpretations of texts.
4. Problem Analysis and Understanding: Students will be able to identify problems with arguments / theories / views. Students will be able to characterize responses to problems with arguments.Ìý
5. Teamwork and Collaboration: Students will be able to work constructively with peers towards accomplishing a goal. Students will be able to successfully delineate individual tasks that accomplish a shared goal.
6. Creative Development of New Ideas: Students will be able to extend arguments / ideas to new / unrelated fields of enquiry. Students will be able to extend the discussion of a topic that goes beyond current advances in a field.
7. Interdisciplinary Content Comprehension: Students will be able to explore / research a topic from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students will be able to characterize a topic from an interdisciplinary perspective.

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Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies

The Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies requires a total of at least 126 credits. 36 of those credits must be earned through continuous admission in online courses (designated DL) at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ. Requirements:Ìý

(1) Completion of PHIL 0202: Introduction to Logic with a ‘C’ or better,Ìý
(2) Completion of LIBS 0201: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Liberal Studies with a ‘C’ or better,Ìý
(3) Completion of the Humanities Core: Complete at least 15 upper-division (courses numbered 0300 or higher) credit hours with a ‘C’ or better from the Humanities programs,Ìý
(4) Completion of the STEM Core: Complete at least 6 upper-division (courses numbered 0300 or higher) credit hours with a ‘C’ or better from the STEM Programs,Ìý
(5) Completion of the Electives: Complete at least 6 additional upper-division (courses numbered 0300 or higher) credit hours from either the Humanities Core or the STEM Core, and
(6) Completion of LIBS: 0401: Complete Senior Thesis with a ‘C’ or better.

Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies

The Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies requires a total of at least 126 credits. 36 of those credits must be earned through continuous admission in online courses (designated DL) at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ. Requirements:Ìý

(1) Completion of PHIL 0202: Introduction to Logic with a ‘C’ or better,Ìý
(2) Completion of LIBS 0201: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Liberal Studies with a ‘C’ or better,Ìý
(3) Completion of the Humanities Core: Complete at least 6 upper-division (courses numbered 0300 or higher) credit hours with a ‘C’ or better from the Humanities programs,Ìý
(4) Completion of the STEM Core: Complete at least 15 upper-division (courses numbered 0300 or higher) credit hours with a ‘C’ or better from the STEM Programs,Ìý
(5) Completion of the Electives: Complete at least 6 additional upper-division (courses numbered 0300 or higher) credit hours from either the Humanities Core or the STEM Core, and
(6) Completion of LIBS: 0401: Complete Senior Thesis with a ‘C’ or better.

Designated Humanities and STEM Cores

Humanities Programs:

• Business (courses designated: BUSN)Ìý
• English (courses designated: ENGL)Ìý
• History (courses designated: HIST)Ìý
• Philosophy (courses designated: PHIL)Ìý
• Social Work (courses designated: SOWK)Ìý

STEM Programs:

• Chemistry (courses designated: CHEM)Ìý
• Economics (courses designated: ECON)Ìý
• Math (courses designated: MATH)Ìý
• Political Science (courses designated: POLS)Ìý
• Physics (courses designated: PHYS)Ìý
• Psychology (courses designated: PSYC)Ìý
• Sociology (courses designated: SOCI)

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Contact Information

Mailing Address:Ìý
Liberal Studies Program
70-428 Kenney Hall
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ
1200 West Montgomery Road
Tuskegee, AL 36088

Phone:Ìý
334-725-5489

Email:Ìý
bcoppenger@tuskegee.edu

Program CoordinatorÌý

DR. BRETT COPPENGER

Dr. Brett Coppenger, Associate Professor of Philosophy, joined °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ in 2014. He holds a Ph.D. (2012) and an M.A. (2010) in philosophy from the University of Iowa, as well as an M.A. (2007) in philosophy from Western Michigan University. He received his B.A. (2005) in philosophy from Biola University.

His primary areas of research are epistemology, the history and the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of religion. In addition to the publication of articles and book chapters Dr. Coppenger has published books with Oxford University Press and Open Court.

Dr. Coppenger has received grants from the American Philosophical Association, the Council of Independent Colleges, and UNCF. In 2023 he was named a UNCF Teaching Fellow.

At °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Êͼ¹ÒÅÆ he has served as the Philosophy Program Coordinator since 2014 and as a Faculty Coordinator in the Office of Distance Education and Online Learning since 2016.

Dr. Coppenger serves as the Co-Director of the Lakeview Baptist Food Pantry and regularly teaches classes for the Alabama Prison Arts and Education Project. He and his wife Megan have five daughters: Leah, Hannah, Micah, Selah, and Eva.

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