The
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (
LS&A or
LSA) is the
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of the
University of MichiganThe University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public research university located in the state of Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university, the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, and one of the top public universities in the world...
in
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. Established in 1841 with seven students and two teachers, the college is currently the largest unit at U-M in terms of the number of students enrolled. It is located on the university's Central Campus, which it shares with the
Ross School of BusinessThe Stephen M. Ross School of Business is the business school of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.It offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, as well as an executive education program...
, the
School of InformationThe School of Information or iSchool at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is a graduate school offering both a Master of Science in Information and a Doctor of Information ....
, the
Law SchoolThe University of Michigan Law School is the law school of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Founded in 1859, the school has an enrollment of about 1,200 students, most of whom are seeking Juris Doctor or Master of Laws degrees, although the school also offers a Doctor of Juridical...
, and other colleges.
The
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (
LS&A or
LSA) is the
liberal arts and sciences unitLiberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts. The Encyclopædia Britannica Concise defines "liberal arts" as a "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in...
of the
University of MichiganThe University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public research university located in the state of Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university, the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, and one of the top public universities in the world...
in
Ann ArborAnn Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. It is the state's seventh largest city with a population of 114,024 as of the 2000 Census, of which 36,892 are university or college students...
. Established in 1841 with seven students and two teachers, the college is currently the largest unit at U-M in terms of the number of students enrolled. It is located on the university's Central Campus, which it shares with the
Ross School of BusinessThe Stephen M. Ross School of Business is the business school of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.It offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, as well as an executive education program...
, the
School of InformationThe School of Information or iSchool at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is a graduate school offering both a Master of Science in Information and a Doctor of Information ....
, the
Law SchoolThe University of Michigan Law School is the law school of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Founded in 1859, the school has an enrollment of about 1,200 students, most of whom are seeking Juris Doctor or Master of Laws degrees, although the school also offers a Doctor of Juridical...
, and other colleges. It is also home to the LS&A Honors Program.
Residential College
The Residential College is a division of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Students commonly refer to the Residential College as "the RC." Charlie Bright is the director of the RC and also a professor of history; 86 faculty and staff at the University are associated with the RC, including nine Academic Advisors and four administrators.
Students in the RC take classes in LS&A as well as specially-designed RC courses, many of which are
seminarSeminar is, generally, a form of academic instruction, either at a university or offered by a commercial or professional organization. It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some particular subject, in which everyone present is requested...
courses with fewer than fifteen students each. All RC students are required to live in the same
residence hallA dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students. In the U.K...
, East Quadrangle, for at least their first two years. Since the RC is a part of the LS&A, all LS&A academic requirements apply to it. In addition to the usual
concentrationsAn academic major, major concentration, concentration, or simply major is mainly a U.S. and Canadian term for a college or university student's main field of specialization during his or her undergraduate studies which would be in addition to, and may incorporate portions of, a core curriculum...
in LS&A, RC students may choose to pursue five additional concentrations (RC website): "Arts and Ideas in the Humanities", "Creative Writing and Literature", "Drama", "Social Science", and an option for an "Individualized Concentration".
A major requirement for RC participation is intensive language training, which consists of two 8-credit courses similar to
language immersionLanguage immersion is a method of teaching a second language . Unlike a more traditional language course, where the target language is simply the subject material, language immersion uses the target language as a teaching tool, surrounding or "immersing" students in the second language...
, and one 4-credit readings course. Intensive Japanese at the RC has no reading courses, and the semi-immersion curriculum consists of two 10-credit courses. Other languages offered include
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,
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,
LatinLatin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Roman conquest, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe...
,
GermanGerman is a West Germanic language, thus related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. It is one of the world's major languages and the most widely spoken first language in the European Union. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 105 million native speakers and also by...
, and
RussianRussian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe...
.
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