Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI
Established 1972
Type Public
Dean William Blomquist
Academic staff 220
Students 1040
Location Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Website liberalarts.iupui.edu

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), 16 undergraduate degree programs (including those offered in departmental disciplines as well as American Sign Language/English Interpreting, International Studies, Philanthropic Studies and the Individualized Major Program), and 15 graduate degrees and certificates including Ph.D.s in Economics and Philanthropic Studies. The School of Liberal Arts also houses multiple centers for research and study, some nationally and internationally renowned.

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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.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 230 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 1700 undergraduate students and 350 graduate students. Between 2003-2009, Liberal Arts faculty have received $51,196,006 in external grants and contracts support. 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.

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 Cultures

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

Undergraduate programs

  • Africana Studies (B.A.)
  • American Sign Language/English Interpreting (Cert./B.S.)
  • Anthropology (B.A.)
  • Communication Studies (B.A.)
  • Economics (B.A.)
  • English (B.A.)
  • French (B.A.)
  • Geographic Information Science (Cert.)
  • Geography (B.A.)
  • German (B.A.)
  • History (B.A.)
  • Human Communication in a Mediated World (Cert.)
  • Individualized Major Program (B.A.)
  • International Studies (B.A.)
  • Museum Studies (Cert.)
  • Paralegal Studies (Cert./B.A.)
  • Philanthropic Studies (B.A)
  • Philosophy (B.A.)
  • Political Science (B.A.)
  • Religious Studies (B.A.)
  • Sociology (B.A.)
  • Spanish (B.A.)
  • Theatre and Performance (Cert.)
  • Translation Studies (Cert.)

Graduate programs

  • Applied Communication (M.A.)
  • Economics (M.A./Ph.D.)
  • English (M.A.)
  • Geographic Information Science (M.S./Grad Cert.)
  • History/Public History (M.A.)
  • Museum Studies (M.A./Grad Cert.)
  • Philanthropic Studies (M.A./Ph.D.)
  • Philosophy (M.A./Grad Cert.)
  • Political Science (M.A.)
  • Professional Editing (Grad Cert.)
  • Sociology (M.A.)
  • Survey Research (Grad Cert.)
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Grad Cert.)
  • Teaching Spanish (M.A.T.)
  • Teaching Writing (Grad Cert.)

Dual Degrees

  • Economics-Philanthropic Studies (MA/MA)
  • History-Library Science (MA/MLS)
  • History-Philanthropic Studies (MA/MA)
  • Philanthropic Studies-Library Science (MA/MLS)
  • Philanthropic Studies-Nursing (MA/MSN)
  • Philanthropic Studies-Nonprofit Management (MA/MPA)
  • Philosophy-Law (MA/JD)
  • Philosophy-Medicine (MA/MD)

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