Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

The Indiana University School of Liberal Arts is the home of the humanities and social sciences at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), an urban, research campus. The only liberal arts school in the Indiana University system, the School of Liberal Arts has 11 departments (Anthropology, Communication Studies, Economics, English, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, and World Languages & Cultures), 14 undergraduate degree programs (including those offered in departmental disciplines as well as American Sign Language/English Interpreting, International Studies, and the Individualized Major Program), and 14 graduate degrees and certificates. The School of Liberal Arts also houses multiple centers for research and study, some of national and international renown.

History

The origins of the Indiana University (IU) School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI extend to 1891 when the first class was offered in Indianapolis for credit. That course, in economics, was taught by Indiana University Professor Jeremiah W. Jenks. The course was so successful that IU followed it with classes in history, sociology, and English. The program was modeled after the "extension movement" pioneered in England in the 1860s by Cambridge University. [http://www.liberalarts.iupui.edu Reference]

Profile

The School of Liberal Arts, in its current form, took shape in 1972, 3 years after the consolidation of Indiana University and Purdue University programs in Indianapolis as IUPUI. Today, the School of Liberal Arts has more than 200 full-time faculty. They, together with associate faculty, teach approximately 140,000 credit hours per academic year; many faculty also are actively engaged in research as well as campus and community service. In the School of Liberal Arts, there are approximately 1600 undergraduate students and 375 graduate students. In 2005–2006, the School of Liberal Arts faculty received $9 million in external grants to support their research. [http://www.liberalarts.iupui.edu Reference]

Academic program

Hallmarks of the School of Liberal Arts are an emphasis on the undergraduate experience, graduate programs with an applied focus, innovative and creative class offerings and degree programs, small class size and flexible schedules, and the combination of theory with practical application. The School also offers a PhD in Philanthropic Studies.

Liberal Arts Departments, Programs, and Centers

Departments *Department of Anthropology * Department of Communication Studies * Department of Economics * Department of English * Department of Geography * Department of History * Department of Philosophy * Department of Political Science * Department of Religious Studies * Department of Sociology * Department of World Languages and CulturesGraduate programs * Communication Studies ^ * Economics ^ * English ^ * Geographic Information Science ^, ^^^ * History/Public History ^ * Museum Studies ^, ^^^ * Philanthropic Studies ^, ^^ * Philosophy ^ * Political Science ^ * Professional Editing ^^^ * Survey Research ^^^ * Sociology ^ * Teaching English as Second Language ^^^ * Teaching Spanish ^ ^Master's ^^Ph.D. ^^^Graduate Certificate

Undergraduate programs * African American & African Diaspora Studies * American Sign Language/English Interpreting * American Studies Program * Classical Studies * English as a Second Language * Individualized Major Program * International Studies * Japanese Studies * Medical Humanities * Museum Studies * Paralegal Studies * Urban Studies * Women's Studies Program Centers and projects * Center for Economic Education * Geography Educators Network of Indiana * Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC) * Institute for American Thought ** Frederick Douglass Papers ** Peirce Edition Project ** Santayana Edition ** Max Kade German-American Center ** Center for Ray Bradbury Studies * National Council on Public History * Center on Philanthropy * The Polis Center * Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture * Survey Research Center * Writing Center

Links

* [http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/ Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI]

* [http://www.iupui.edu Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis]
* [http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/uarchives/ucoll/ua002.html School Archives]

* [http://www.indiana.edu/ Indiana University]