Boricua College - | Academic Programs

Goal

Realizing the importance of the range of undergraduate learning opportunities forming a distinguished part of America's higher education system, Boricua College has created a Liberal Arts and Science program with the following objectives:

Objectives

The Liberal Arts and Science program has been developed to achieve the following:

to develop in students the intellectual, affective and motoric-behavioral skills and their ability to apply them to the subject matter of the liberal arts and sciences
to introduce students to the breadth and depth of the interpretative disciplines of literatures, history, philosophy, arts and languages.
to introduce students to the breath and depth of the instrumental disciplines of the natural sciences, social sciences and Mathematics.
to develop in students a commitment to human development and appreciation for learning.

This program offers students an opportunity to design their own course of study by either a Concentration on one subject matter or by creating a General pathway to their academic goal. Degree completion requires a minimum of four (4) fifteen week cycles of study. Each cycle is composed of a Cluster of five courses, in a subject area, from each of the FIVE WAYS OF LEARNING: Instruction, Colloquium, Experiential, Theoretical and Cultural.

Concentration majors require at least two Clusters in the same discipline.
General majors can have a variety of Clusters to achieve the degree.

The course of study must be approved by the College's academic administration and is described in a Learning Contract signed by the student and a Faculty Facilitator with the appropriate academic background. At least 12 students with similar Clusters of study are required for the program to be approved.

Quantitative Requirements:

Pre-requisites: Core Curriculum	60 credits
Specialization	40 credits
Electives	24 credits
total:	124 credits

Distribution Requirements:

Individualized Instruction
A minimum of FOUR sets of instructional modules are required from the following disciplines:
-	English Literature, American Literature, Linguistics
-	Latin American Literature, History
-	Sociology, Psychology
-	Economics, Political Science

Colloquium
A minimum of FOUR colloquia are required from the following disciplines:
-	English Literature, American Literature, Linguistics
-	Latin American Literature, History
-	Sociology, Psychology
-	Economics, Political Science

Experiential Studies
A minimum of FOUR practica are required from the following disciplines:
-	Practicum I: Workshops in Research Methods
-	Practicum II: Workshops in Research Methods
-	Practicum III: Internship
-	Practicum IV: Internship

Students can obtain either a general degree by taking one cycle of courses in each of the above mentioned disciplines; or a concentration by taking two clusters in one discipline and two in other disciplines.

*Electives may be selected from courses from all five areas of instruction not included in the distribution requirements.