SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Student Involvement
In the General Arts and Sciences Program
Student Research and Independent Studies
General Arts and Sciences majors are often innovative and creative in finding opportunities to work independently under the guidance of a faculty member. Recent graduates have included:
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a student with a psychology minor who completed a semester of independent study with a local probation officer.
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a student with an English minor who did independent study as a publicity writer for the Erie Playhouse.
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a student with 12 credits in management in the Behrend School of Business who designed her own independent study as a management trainee with a local business.
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two University Scholars who, with departmental permission, completed the senior thesis in English: one tracing thematic relationships in the novels of three African-American women writers; the other, film treatments of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Students who wish to explore independent study within their degree options work under the direction of full-time members of the Behrend College faculty in the field of their choice.
Student Profiles
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Although students choose the General Arts and Sciences major for a variety of reasons, this major appeals particularly to:
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non-traditional students returning to an academic program after attending another college or university.
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transfer students from other colleges and universities whose course credits fit more easily into a liberal arts program.
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traditional students who, after completing the general education requirements, find their diversified interests do not fit the structure of other Behrend College majors and wish to design an individual program.