College of Arts & Sciences

Membership in Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s first Greek letter society and most prestigious honor society, is available to those students enrolled in arts and sciences degree programs who have achieved academic distinction while pursuing a well-rounded liberal arts education. The BGSU chapter was installed in 1983.

The College of Arts and Sciences offers opportunities for year-long study in Salzburg, Austria; Quebec, Canada; Tours, France; Florence, Italy; Guadalajara, Mexico, and Madrid, Spain. Students participating in these programs enroll in courses offered by departments/schools in arts and sciences during their academic year abroad, but participation is not limited to arts and sciences students.

Arts and sciences students who are undecided about a major are assigned to one of the college office advisers and thereby have assistance in the selection of a major.

Opportunities for involvement in co-curricular activity abound in the College of Arts and Sciences. Its academic units sponsor play production and forensics programs as well as numerous discipline-based honor societies and interest groups. The French House, located on campus, offers a small, informal, residential learning opportunity for women who are interested in French culture and language, whatever their major field of study. Often, enrollment in the College of Arts and Sciences is not a prerequisite for participation in these activities.

The college also sponsors internship programs through which students gain practical, “hands-on” experience in workplace settings related to their field of study. Many departments and schools in the college also offer internship programs. Arts and sciences students interested in internship experiences may also work under the auspices of the University’s Cooperative Education Program.

A double major can be achieved by completing degree requirements for one degree, the requirements for the major and, instead of a minor, completing the requirements for a second major regardless of the degree that major falls under in the undergraduate catalog.

Chapman Learning Community
Chapman Learning Community (CLC) is a living-learning program designed for academically motivated and ambitious students at Bowling Green State University. Chapman recognizes that the best place to grow, to create, define and strengthen oneself is in a caring and dynamic community, and not in isolation. Students join Chapman because they believe in engaging with and giving to both their local and the world’s wider community, in order to bring about a better, more just world.

In Chapman, students socialize, study together and support one another, seeking to build an ideal community within a residential setting. Chapman first-year students take some Chapman classes together (and other classes outside Chapman) and work to develop their leadership, social and academic skills. Chapman upper-class students assume leadership roles in the community, serving as resident advisers, teaching assistants and peer mentors, as well as take classes and contribute to service learning opportunities. Believing that students learn best when their personal and academic lives are integrated, Chapman provides members with opportunities to deeply enrich their capacities for curiosity, imagination and opportunities for community leadership.

By living in a residence hall that also houses 17 faculty offices, classrooms, large common rooms and computer facilities, students get to know their instructors and each other, inside and outside of class. This unmatched opportunity for collegiality leads to long-lasting, meaningful relationships that not only enhance learning, but also help individuals discover more about themselves. Chapman students also get involved in a wide range of campus activities, develop respect for each other’s differences and the trust needed to build a close-knit community.

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