Brenda L. Carter, Dean

Alphonse N. Novels, Associate Dean

Yaw A. Asamoah, Dean’s Associate

Michael A. Vella, Dean’s Associate

 

Website: www.iup.edu/humanities

 

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences provides a liberal education as an essential foundation for the student’s preparation for a satisfying career. The college maintains an emphasis on the fundamental understanding of our cultural heritage, combined with development of a thorough background of knowledge in the student’s specific area of interest. It seeks to promote in students critical and objective thinking, analytical skills, and a keen awareness of their responsibilities to society.

 

College Majors and Minors Degrees Junior-Year Review Degree Requirements College Foreign Language Requirements Critical Languages Program Foreign Study Programs Internship Programs Asian Studies Minor Latin American Studies Minor Pan African Studies Studies Minor

Department of Anthropology Department of Criminology Department of Economics Department of English Department of French and German Department of Geography and Regional Planning Department of History Department of Journalism Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Department of Political Science Department of Sociology Department of Spanish and Classical Languages

 

 

College Majors and Minors

 

College Majors	College Minors
Anthropology	Anthropology
Criminology	Applied Social Research
Economics	Asian Studies
English	Criminology
French for International Trade	Economics
French	English
Geography	French
German	German
Government and Public Service	Geography
History	History
International Studies	International Studies
Journalism	Journalism
Philosophy	Latin American Studies
Political Science	Pan-African Studies
Regional Planning	Philosophy
Religious Studies	Political Science
Sociology	Regional Planning
Spanish	Religious Studies
Spanish for International Trade	Sociology
	Spanish

 

Degrees

The departments of Anthropology, Criminology, Economics, English, French and German, Geography and Regional Planning, History, Journalism, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Political Science, Spanish and Classical Languages, and Sociology offer work leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree. The Bachelor of Science degree is offered in Regional Planning. The Bachelor of Science in Education is offered in English, French, German, Social Science, and Spanish.

 

Master of Arts or Master of Science degrees are offered by Criminology, English, Geography and Regional Planning, History, Political Science, and Sociology. The English and Criminology departments offer the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Information about these graduate programs may be obtained from the Graduate School.

 

Junior-Year Review

All students who are candidates for a degree offered by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences must meet with their faculty advisors and complete a junior-year review of their academic record upon earning 72 semester hours. The purpose of the review is to verify that, by the planned graduate date, the student’s graduation requirements will have been met. Completed junior-year review reports must be approved by the department chairperson and the associate dean. Juniors who are eligible for the review will not be permitted to register without completing this checkout.

 

It remains the student’s responsibility to complete a form to apply for graduation and submit it to the department chairperson early in the term prior to graduation. Failure to meet the graduation application deadline may result in a delay in the student’s graduation.

 

Degree Requirements

In addition to the university’s Liberal Studies requirements, all students seeking a baccalaureate degree in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences must complete the requirements for a major as established by the department through which they wish to specialize. Statements of these requirements, and the requirements for those minoring in a specific field, appear in the department sections that follow. A double major or minor may encompass a discipline outside as well as within the college but should be selected only with advisor approval. As a general principle, there is considerable latitude in course choice for Humanities and Social Sciences majors. The intermediate-level foreign language requirement (a description follows) applies without exception to all Humanities and Social Sciences four-year degree programs.

 

College Foreign Language Requirements

Students in the colleges of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Humanities and Social Sciences must demonstrate an intermediate level of foreign language proficiency as a college requirement for graduation. They may choose any of the languages offered, including self-instruction in the Critical Languages, described below. Intermediate-level foreign language courses in French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish will also count as Liberal Studies electives.

 

For students with previous foreign language instruction or experience, individual placement into foreign language courses may be done during placement testing and registration prior to the first semester at IUP. Students whose placement test demonstrates competence equivalent to the intermediate level are considered to have fulfilled the foreign language requirement. Students with no previous foreign language background will take entry-level courses, which may be counted as free electives in the total required for graduation.

 

Any foreign student, registered as such at IUP, whose acquired native language is other than English and who demonstrates an acceptable proficiency in English, is exempt from the foreign language requirement if the department of the student’s major does not require a specific foreign language.

 

Critical Languages Program

The Critical Languages program is a self-instructional/tutorial approach to less commonly taught foreign languages. Students meet with a tutor three hours per week in addition to practicing with audiocassettes. Most tutors are native speakers of the language. Professional teachers of the specific language may be brought in from other universities to evaluate student performance. The final grade is based on final examination as well as on performance during the tutorial sessions. Interested students must contact the coordinator before registration. Each course carries 3 semester hours of credit.

 

The following languages may be available for study: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Finnish, Modern Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, and Swedish.

 

Foreign Study Programs

College majors may be interested in the various Foreign Study Programs and Tours offered. Semester hours obtained through such arrangements normally are applicable toward a Humanities and Social Sciences degree. Also of interest are the college’s credit-awarding programs at Valladolid (Spain), Duisburg (Germany), and Nancy (France), as well as the Summer Study in Mexico Program. For further information, contact the chair of the appropriate language department.

 

IUP at Valladolid: Through the Spanish and Classical Languages Department, the university has offered a spring semester of study at the University of Valladolid, Spain, for more than thirty-five years. The participants live in private homes. For details and brochures, contact the Spanish and Classical Languages Department.

 

IUP at Duisburg: IUP has a study abroad program at the University of Duisburg, West Germany. The program is open to German majors and other students having specific interest in a foreign study experience. Students must register for FNLG 100 and pay a foreign exchange fee for each semester in the program. For further information, contact the French and German Department.

 

IUP at Nancy: IUP has established a study program with the University of Nancy, France. Participants in the Nancy program must pay a foreign exchange fee for each semester in the program. For details, contact the French and German Department.

 

IUP at Mexico Summer Program: The Spanish and Classical Languages Department sponsors a program of study in Spanish language in Mexico. The program is located at Cuernavaca, and the cost of the program includes transportation, complete room and board, insurance, and tuition. The student may earn up to 6 semester hours of undergraduate or graduate credit. Internship opportunities are available for students with fluency in Spanish. For details and brochures, contact the Spanish and Classical Languages Department.

 

IUP at Costa Rica Summer Program: The Department of Spanish and Classical Languages has also established a four-week study program at the National University of Costa Rica, located in Heredia. Participants live with Costa Rican families and take classes at the university. This program is intended for students who are going abroad for the first time, and preference is given to beginning students. Participants earn four transfer credits in Spanish from the UNA. For details and brochures, contact the Spanish and Classical Languages Department.

 

Pre-Law Track

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences offers a pre-law track that prepares the student for application to law school. This track is in the following Social Sciences, Humanities, and Business departments: Business, Criminology, Economics, English, History, Philosophy, and Political Science. All tracks are designed as part of a baccalaureate degree and as preparation for law school.

 

Coursework in the pre-law track centers upon a carefully developed interdisciplinary minor. For detailed guidance in pre-law, students should consult the pre-law advisor in their major department.

 

Internship Programs

Humanities and Social Sciences departments have extensive internship programs which allow students to engage in supervised off-campus work experience for credit. IUP students have worked in Harrisburg as aides to state legislators, with the Governor’s Justice Commission and the Local Government Commission, and with the Investigations Division, Pennsylvania Department of Justice. Others have worked at correctional institutions in Pittsburgh, Greensburg, and Warrendale, as peer group counselors on the local campus, as assistants to the Pennsylvania state Republican chairperson, as on-site guides at the United Nations, as workers on an Israeli kibbutz, and as student aides for the Department of Education in Puerto Rico. Other students have worked in the Pittsburgh federal probation office. Many students have worked with major political parties and candidates at the local and state levels. At the county level, they have been attached to the offices of the county planner, the Common Pleas Court, the coroner, the treasurer, commissioners, and the borough manager. Students have also worked in the Washington offices of Pennsylvania congressmen and in many federal and international organizations in Washington as well. Opportunities for internships in other countries also exist. For more information about specific internship programs, students should consult with the chair of the department in which the student is majoring.

 

Asian Studies Minor

The Asian Studies Minor is designed to increase awareness of the world’s largest, most populous, and most diverse continent. Its purpose is to combine an area focus with liberal studies requirements of the IUP curriculum. The minor provides an opportunity to increase awareness and understanding of Asian cultures, environments, and peoples. It adds depth to the liberal studies portion of the students’ program, enhances job skills, and prepares students for postgraduate programs with area or regional themes.

 

Students complete a minimum of 18 semester hours outside of their major. At least four courses (12sh), including three different departmental prefixes, must come from Category A: Exclusively Asia-Focused. One Asian “Critical Language” course may apply to the Category A requirement. Other courses may come from either Category A or Category B: Substantially Asia-Focused. Special topics and independent study courses may be applied to either category with the approval of the Asian Studies Committee.

 

Category A: Exclusively Asia-Focused Courses are devoted to a combination or subset of the following topics: the continent of Asia (as defined by International Geographical Union convention), its physical environments, and the human systems and cultures indigenous to the region.

 

Category B: Substantially Asia-Focused Courses have significant material specifically about the continent of Asia, its physical environments, and the human systems and cultures indigenous to the region. The remainder of the course material establishes relevant comparisons and contexts for Asian themes.

 

Category A: Exclusively Asia-Focused:

12-20

ANTH/SOC 273	Cultural Area Studies: Southeast Asia	3sh
GEOG 256	Geography of East Asia	3sh
GEOG 257	Geography of South and Southeast Asia	3sh
HIST 206	History of East Asia	3sh
HIST 330	History of the Islamic Civilization	3sh
HIST 331	Modern Middle East	3sh
PLSC 383	Political Systems: Asia	3sh
PLSC 384	Political Systems: Middle East	3sh
RLST 311	Eastern Philosophy	3sh
RLST 370	Religions of China and Japan	3sh
RLST 375	Religions of India	3sh
SOC 272	Cultural Area Studies: China	3sh
Asian Critical Languages		3sh each
CRLG 101/151/201/251	Arabic I, II, III, IV
CRLG 102/152/202/252	Chinese I, II, III, IV
CRLG 105/155/205/255	Hindi I, III, IV
CRLG 108/158/208/258	Japanese I, II, III, IV
CRLG 109/159/209/259	Korean I, II, III, IV

 

Category B: Substantially Asia-Focused:

0-6

ECON 339	Economic Development I	3sh
ECON 345-W	International Trade (Asia case study)	3sh
ECON 346-W	International Payments (Asia case study)	3sh
ECON 350	Comparative Economic Systems	3sh
GEOG 104	Geography of the Non-Western World	3sh
GEOG 254	Geography of Russia and the Soviet Sphere	3sh
LBST 499	Asian American Culture	3sh
LBST 499	Cross-Cultural Communication with Asia	3sh
PLSC 101	World Politics	3sh
PLSC 285	Comparative Government II: Non-Western Political Systems	3sh
RLST 110	World Religions	3sh
RLST 380	Islam	3sh

 

For further information on the Asian Studies Minor, contact the College of Humanities and Social Sciences,
201 McElhaney Hall, 724-357-2280.

 

Latin American Studies Minor (@)

The Latin American Studies Minor is a multidisciplinary program that brings together courses focusing on the history, literature, culture, geography, political economy, and social organization of Latin America. This minor is designed to increase awareness and understanding of Latin American peoples, environments, and cultures. Its purpose is to combine an area focus with the liberal studies requirements of the IUP curriculum. The minor helps IUP students to enrich their understanding of world cultures and of the complexity of cultural diversity in a changing world. In addition, one goal is to expand student awareness of the contributions persons of this region have made to the United States and internationally. A Latin American Studies Minor is thus valuable in an increasingly diverse society, especially since people of Hispanic descent represent the largest minority population in the United States.

 

Students must complete 18 semester hours to earn a minor in Latin American Studies. In keeping with the multidisciplinary approach of the program, students are encouraged to take courses from departments throughout the university. Students can count no more than 9 semester hours from the same department (or 6 semester hours within their major) toward the minor. At least three courses (9 semester hours) must come from Category A: Exclusively Latin America-Focused. Other courses may come from either Category A or Category B: Substantially Latin America-Focused. Special topics and independent study courses may be applied to either category with the approval of the Latin American Studies Committee. Students enrolled in the colleges of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Humanities and Social Sciences who are considering a minor in Latin American Studies are strongly encouraged to take SPAN 201 to complete their Liberal Studies language requirement. Students should consult with the program coordinator to determine if there are any prerequisites for the courses listed below. Through counseling, the program coordinator will work with individual departments to determine if students might be qualified for prerequisite exemptions. Students who complete courses through established study-abroad centers in Latin America can apply for credit towards the Latin American Studies Minor. Each request for transfer credit will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the program coordinator.

 

Category A: Exclusively Latin America-Focused courses are devoted to a combination or subset of the following topics: the countries which compose Latin America, its physical environments, and the human systems and cultures of the region.

 

Category B: Substantially Latin America-Focused courses have significant material specifically about the countries which compose Latin America, its physical environments, and the human systems and cultures of the regions. The remainder of the course materials establishes relevant comparisons and contexts for Latin American themes.

 

Minor—Latin American Studies (@)

18

 

Required Course:

3

LAS 480

Latin American Studies Seminar

3sh

 

Category A: Exclusively Latin America-Focused Courses

9-15

ANTH/SOC 274	Cultural Area Studies: Latin America	3sh
ANTH/LAS 370	Latinos and Diasporas	3sh
ANTH 460	Ethnographic Field School (1)	3sh
ENGL 344	Ethnic American Literature (1)	3sh
GEOG 252	Geography of Latin America	3sh
GEOG 484	Field Studies in Geography and Social Studies (1)	3sh
HIST 208	Survey of Latin American History	3sh
HIST 350	History of Latin America: Colonial Period	3sh
HIST 351	History of Latin America: National Period	3sh
LAS 281	Special Topics in Latin American Studies	3sh
LAS 481	Special Topics in Latin American Studies	3sh
LAS 482	Independent Study	3sh
LAS 493	Internship (2)	3sh
PLSC 387	Political Systems: Latin America	3sh
PLSC 389	Developing Nations	3sh
SPAN 244	Modern Mexico	3sh
SPAN 260	Introduction to Hispanic Literature	3sh
SPAN 340	Hispanic Civilization Through the Nineteenth Century	3sh
SPAN 344	Twentieth Century Spanish-American Civilization and Culture	3sh
SPAN 364	Survey of Spanish-American Literature	3sh
SPAN 420	Modern Hispanic Theater	3sh
SPAN 421	Modern Hispanic Short Story	3sh
SPAN 430	Twentieth-Century Spanish-American Prose	3sh
SPAN 431	Spanish-American Poetry	3sh

 

Category B: Substantially Latin America-Focused    0-6

ECON 339	Economic Development I	3sh
ECON 345	International Trade	3sh
ECON 346	International Payments	3sh
ECON 350	Comparative Economic Systems	3sh
ENGL/FNLG 396	The Literature of Emerging Nations	3sh
MGMT/MKTG 350	International Business	3sh
MGMT 351	International Management	3sh
MGMT 452	Comparative Management	3sh
MGMT 454	International Competitiveness	3sh
MKTG 430	International Marketing	3sh
PLSC 285	Comparative Government II: Non-Western Political Systems	3sh

 

(1)   The topic of ENGL 344, GEOG 484, and ANTH 460 varies (check with instructor). When concerned with Latin America or the Hispanic experience in the United States, these courses will count towards the Latin American Studies Minor.

(2)   With the program coordinator’s approval, 3sh of an internship (LAS 493) may be counted towards the Latin American Studies Minor.

 

(@)  New minor pending Council of Trustees approval.

 

For further information on the Latin American Studies Minor, contact the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 201 McElhaney Hall, 724-357-2280.