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COLLEGE
OF LIBERAL ARTS
ACCREDITATION
Willamette University is
accredited by the accrediting
agencies for American colleges
and universities. It is a charter
member of the National Commission
on Accrediting and is a member of
and accredited by the Northwest
Association of Schools and
Colleges. It is also accredited
by the University Senate of The
United Methodist Church.
The
music
program
is
accredited
by
the
National
Association
of
Schools
of
Music,
and
the
University
holds
institutional
membership
in
that
organization.
The
Department
of
Chemistry
is
on
the
approved
list
of
the
American
Chemical
Society.
In
the
School
of
Education
the
Master
of
Arts
in
Teaching
(MAT)
Program
is
approved
by
the
Oregon
Teacher
Standards
and
Practices
Commission
to
offer
programs
for
Initial
Teaching
licensure
in
early
childhood,
elementary,
middle,
and
secondary
education.
The
Center
for
Excellence
in
Teaching
(CET)
is
authorized
to
recommend
students
for
ESOL
(English
Speakers
of
Other
Languages)
and
Reading
endorsements.
CET
is
approved
to
offer
programs
for
Continuing
Teaching
licensure
and
Initial
and
Continuing
Administrative
licensure.
The
College
of
Law
is
accredited
by
the
American
Bar
Association
and
the
Association
of
American
Law
Schools.
The
Atkinson
Graduate
School
of
Management’s
full-time
MBA
program
is
accredited
by
both
the
Association
to
Advance
Collegiate
Schools
of
Business
(AACSB
International)
and
the
National
Association
of
Schools
of
Public
Affairs
and
Administration
(NASPAA).
It
is
one
of
only
two
MBA
programs
in
the
world
to
achieve
both
accreditations.
MISSION
AND GOALS OF THE COLLEGE OF
LIBERAL ARTS
The
mission of the College of Liberal
Arts is to maintain a setting
which encourages and sustains
students and faculty in the
practices of liberal education.
We understand liberal education
as preparation for students to
lead rich and rewarding lives,
rejoicing in the diversity of the
world, and contributing to its
welfare. The College of Liberal
Arts endeavors to search for
truth and for those principles by
which we can understand
ourselves, one another, and the
natural world upon which we
depend.
In carrying out its mission, the
College of Liberal Arts strives
to create a collegial environment
in which students and faculty
continue to grow intellectually
and morally, and in which they
work together at the
college’s paramount task:
passing on the tradition of
liberal learning. Both the
curriculum of the college and its
extracurricular activities are
designed to achieve three central
goals.
First, the College of Liberal
Arts seeks to strengthen
students’ intellectual
powers. These include the ability
to think, to speak, and to write
with precision, depth, and
cogency, as well as the capacity
to perceive and expose fallacious
reasoning. Moreover, since
intellectual powers need
sustenance over time, Willamette
works to foster lifelong habits
of independent learning.
Second, the college tries to
provide opportunities for
students to enrich their
aesthetic and moral sensibilities
by grappling with ethical
problems, developing their own
value judgments, and enhancing
their appreciation of art,
literature, music, and
nature.
Third, the College of Liberal
Arts attempts to develop with
students a scholarly knowledge of
human nature, mathematics, modern
society, the natural world, other
cultures, and other times.
Willamette
University Mission Statement
Willamette
University is an independent,
nonsectarian institution of
higher learning founded in 1842,
which educates men and women in
the liberal arts and in selected
professional fields. The
University’s mission now
extends far from the Oregon
Territory and the Pacific
Northwest to encompass the larger
world beyond. In its pursuits,
Willamette
University:
- cherishes
the dignity and worth of all
individuals, and strives to
reflect the diversity of our
world;
- encourages
close relationships among
faculty, students, and staff
to enhance learning and foster
community;
- provides
a lively and challenging
education in a small
university setting where
teaching and learning are
strengthened by ongoing
scholarship and research;
- embraces
a commitment to service and
leadership in our various
communities and
professions;
- honors
its historic roots in The
United Methodist Church and
values the ethical and
spiritual dimension of
education;
- believes
that education is a lifelong
process of discovery, delight,
and growth, the hallmark of a
humane life.
THE
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY
COMMUNITY
The
chief purpose of Willamette
University is the establishment
of a community in which learning
and teaching will flourish. Its
invigorating atmosphere for
learning features small classes,
close student-teacher
relationships, and a diversity of
programs and learning methods to
meet individual student
objectives. Equally important,
Willamette attempts to provide an
environment in which students may
develop qualities that will
enhance the varied dimensions of
their future personal, civic, and
professional lives.
The undergraduate College of
Liberal Arts offers the Bachelor
of Arts degree, requiring study
in a foreign language, in
quantitative analysis, and in
several modes of inquiry.
Professional degrees in music are
also offered. At the graduate
level, Willamette’s
well-known College of Law is the
first in the Northwest. The
George H. Atkinson Graduate
School of Management was founded
in 1973 to provide professional
training for careers in business,
government, and the
not-for-profit sector. The School
of Education offers a Master of
Arts in Teaching program with
rigorous teacher training for
liberal arts graduates,
preparatory to teacher
certification in Oregon and many
other states.
Willamette also provides students
with the opportunity to combine
their rigorous undergraduate
studies with graduate
professional training in
management. The Bachelor of
Arts/Master of Business
Administration for Business,
Government, and Not-for-Profit
Management (B.A./M.B.A.) program
in management combines
undergraduate and graduate
education at Willamette.
B.A./M.B.A. students complete the
Bachelor of Arts degree and
Master of Business Administration
for Business, Government, and
Not-for-Profit Management degree
in five years by combining
graduate and undergraduate
education in their fourth year of
study.
The essence of Willamette
University’s academic
commitment to each undergraduate
student is a foundation in
general education which provides
an exposure to
civilization’s great
philosophical, artistic, literary
and cultural expressions, and a
mastering of the basic human
skills of reading, writing,
calculating, and reasoning.
General education coursework and
related experiences serve as a
preparation for advanced studies
and possible off-campus
application in field research,
career-related internships, and
study abroad. Willamette strives
overall to educate the whole
person, including the moral,
intellectual, creative, and
social dimensions, and to instill
a lifelong dedication to rational
inquiry and human excellence.
Willamette
graduates
travel
all
walks
of
life.
Outstanding
doctors,
lawyers,
teachers,
businesspersons,
public
servants,
and
clergy
who
live
throughout
the
United
States
and
the
world
have
common
roots
in
the
Willamette
University
community.
This
shared
participation
in
an
institution
devoted
for
over
a
century
and
a
half
to
the
quality
of
life
of
its
members
is
the
rich
heritage
of
each
incoming
generation
of
students.
Whatever
life
directions
a
student
ultimately
chooses,
these
traditions
and
opportunities
enhance
each
new
student’s
Willamette
experience.
GRADUATION
REQUIREMENTS
The
College of Liberal Arts offers
the baccalaureate degrees
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of
Music. To earn a degree, a
candidate must successfully
complete the General Education
Program, specific degree, and
major program requirements.
All candidates for graduation
with the Baccalaureate Degree
must:
1. Satisfactorily complete 31
credits, of which no more than 2
may be earned in internships. At
least 15 of these credits must be
earned in residence. The final
year of study shall be spent in
residence or in
Willamette-approved off-campus
study programs. (Note: One
Willamette credit is equal to 4
semester hours or 6 quarter/term
hours).
2. Apply no more than 10 credits
in a single department and no
more than 14 credits in any major
program toward the minimum of 31
credits required for graduation.
Internship credits are exempted
from this limitation.
3. Satisfactorily complete the
General Education Program which
includes:
- First-Year
Seminar:
- Four
writing-centered
courses
(including
First-Year
Seminar)
- Two
Quantitative and Analytical
Reasoning courses
- Study
in a language other than
English
In
addition, students will complete
work in each of six broadly
defined modes of inquiry that
encompass crucial elements of a
general education:
- Understanding
the Natural World
- Creating
in the Arts
- Analyzing
Arguments, Reasons and
Values
- Thinking
Historically
- Interpreting
Texts
- Understanding
Society
Please
see the following section,
General Education at Willamette,
for a more complete description
of these individual
requirements.
4. Satisfactorily complete an
approved major program, including
the Senior Year Experience. The
following majors leading to the
degree Bachelor of Arts have been
approved by the faculty:
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