The Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies

Projected BLS Course Offerings


For planning only. Subject to change without notice.

Summer 2013

Summer 10-Week Session13 May–22 July 2013

  • SSC 300: Doing Social Science

1st Summer Session13 May–21 June 2013

  • BLS 321: Reading the Human Experience (WI)
  • BLS 326: Telling Stories: The Memoir
  • BLS 347: Shakespeare Off the Page (SI/WI)
  • BLS 361: American Dreams

2nd Summer Session25 June–6 August 2013

  • BLS 327: Contemporary Asian Literature (WI)
  • BLS 348: Representing Women
  • BLS 362: Vice, Crime, & American Law
  • BLS 385: American Motherhood
  • SSC 301: Contemporary Issues in the Social Sciences

Fall 2013

Full Semester19 August–11 December 2013

  • BLS 301: Pathways: Reading and Writing in the Humanities (SI/WI)
  • SSC 300: Doing Social Science
  • SSC 301: Contemporary Issues in the Social Sciences
  • SSC 400: Senior Seminar in the Social Sciences (SI/WI)

1st Fall Session19 August–4 October 2013

  • BLS 300: Visions of the Creation
  • BLS 321: Reading the Human Experience (WI)
  • BLS 323: Contemporary Short Stories
  • BLS 346: The Art of Life
  • BLS 360: The Greening of God — (New Course!)
  • BLS 363: Ethics and Technology
  • BLS 382: The Sixties
  • BLS 386: Women, War, & Terror

2nd Fall Session7 October–11 December 2013

  • BLS 325: Mystery, Mayhem, & Murder
  • BLS 326: Telling Stories: The Memoir
  • BLS 327: Contemporary Asian Literature (WI)
  • BLS 343: Big Plays, Big Ideas
  • BLS 348: Representing Women
  • BLS 360: Philosophy of Love & Friendship — (New Course!)
  • BLS 364: Mystics in America
  • BLS 380: The New South
  • BLS 383: Religious Resistance to Political Power
  • BLS 385: American Motherhood
  • BLS 400: Senior Seminar in the Humanities (WI)

Spring 2014

Full Semester13 January–7 May 2014

  • BLS 301: Pathways: Reading and Writing in the Humanities (SI/WI)
  • SSC 300: Doing Social Science
  • SSC 301: Contemporary Issues in the Social Sciences
  • SSC 400: Senior Seminar in the Social Sciences (SI/WI)

1st Spring Session13 January–28 February 2014

  • BLS 300: Self, Society, Salvation
  • BLS 321: Reading the Human Experience (WI)
  • BLS 323: Contemporary Short Stories
  • BLS 345: Photogra;hy: Contexts & Illusions
  • BLS 361: American Dreams
  • BLS 362: Vice, Crime, & American Law
  • BLS 382: The Sixties
  • BLS 385: American Motherhood

2nd Spring Session3 March–7 May 2014

  • BLS 325: Mystery, Mayhem, & Murder
  • BLS 327: Contemporary Asian Literature (WI)
  • BLS 342: Painting on the Page (WI)
  • BLS 348: Representing Women
  • BLS 365: Divided We Stand
  • BLS 366: Life, Death & Meaning
  • BLS 380: The New South
  • BLS 386: Women, War, & Terror

Summer 2014

Summer 10-Week Session15 May–23 July 2014

  • BLS 301: Pathways: Reading and Writing in the Humanities (SI/WI)
  • SSC 300: Doing Social Science

1st Summer Session12 May–20 June 2014

  • BLS 321: Reading the Human Experience (WI)
  • BLS 347: Shakespeare Off the Page (SI/WI)
  • BLS 366: Life, Death & Meaning

2nd Summer Session23 June–5 August 2014

  • BLS 326: Telling Stories: The Memoir
  • BLS 327: Contemporary Asian Literature (WI)
  • BLS 346: The Art of Life
  • BLS 364: Mystics in America
  • BLS 385: American Motherhood
  • SSC 301: Contemporary Issues in the Social Sciences

The BLS News

Summer 2013 Class Dates
(note: 6–week BLS sessions and 5–week summer sessions have similar but slightly different dates)
BLS Session 1 (POT 7)
• 13 May: Session Begins
• 14 May: Add/Drop Ends
• 31 May: W Deadline
• 21 Jun: Session Ends
BLS Session 2 (POT 8)
• 24 Jun: Session Begins
• 25 Jun: Add/Drop Ends
• 15 Jul: W Deadline
• 05 Aug: Session Ends
5–week Session 1 (POT 2)
• 13 May: Session Begins
• 14 May: Add/Drop Ends
• 29 May: W Deadline
• 14 Jun: Session Ends
5–week Session 2 (POT 3)
• 20 Jun: Session Begins
• 21 Jun: Add/Drop Ends
• 09 Jul: W Deadline
• 25 Jul: Session Ends
10–week Session (POT 1)
• 13 May: Session Begins
• 17 May: Add/Drop Ends
• 14 Jun: W Deadline
• 22 Jul: Session Ends

Congratulations to our May 2013 Graduates!
Sarah Blackwell
Patrick Cozens *
Marlena Crumble
Heather Edmumds
Jennifer Ely
Kristin Fulcher
Hannah Hall
Lisa Hartzell *** ΦΒΚ
Lauren Hendrick
Tennille Kiser *** ΦΒΚ
Mary Kissiah °
Virginia Lumsden ***
Alexandra Mallow
Elizabeth Milam
Mark O'Garra
Sophia O'Neal
Kayla Person
Jessica Rickett °
Wendell Sawyer *
Amber Shepherd **
Ligia Smith **
Amy Tucker
John Vernon
Sarah Wexler
Taffee Wilson

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