LAS Seminars at The College and OUAZ-Surprise

LAS 14525 Seminar: Orientation to the Academy

This one-hour seminar orients students to the OU philosophy of education, outlines the expectations of academic life, introduces student to information literacy, and urges the value of liberal arts education.

LAS 15525 Writing in the Disciplines

This course includes critical readings of and analytical writing in response to, representative text across the disciplines, introducing students to the habits of mind of the major disciplines and the stylistic norms that guide written discourse.

LAS 3XXXX Interdisciplinary Seminar

As sophomores or juniors, students choose one among several offerings of intentionally interdisciplinary courses that engage multiple disciplinary lenses to unpack a theme or an idea.

LAS 4XXXX Interdisciplinary Seminar (Capstone)

In a second, team-taught interdisciplinary seminar taken in the final semesters of study, students undertake in-depth study of a multifaceted topic and reflect on - and demonstrate - the extent to which they have achieved the outcomes of OU's liberal arts mission.