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Undergraduate Bulletin College of Arts and Sciences
Liberal Arts and Management Program

Certificate in Liberal Arts and Management

Students on Summer 2018, Fall 2018, or Spring 2019 requirements LAMPACRT
The Certificate in Liberal Arts and Management is an honors-level, interdisciplinary program offered by the College of Arts and Sciences in cooperation with the Kelley School of Business. It combines any College major (Humanities, Social or Natural Sciences, Media School, School of Global and International Studies, School of Art, Architecture + Design) with specialized training in business and management to prepare strong students with wide interests for exciting futures. Selected on a competitive basis, students with a College of Arts and Sciences major generally enter the three-year LAMP Certificate program as sophomores. In addition to the College's requirements for a B.A. or B.S. degree, students take courses in management, business law, and computer applications at Kelley and economics courses in the College. Their interdisciplinary studies are further integrated and enhanced by LAMP seminars: specialized, thematic, discussion-based, and writing-intensive (IW credit) courses open only to students in the Honors Certificate program. Faculty drawn from across the College and Kelley School bring diverse perspectives from their varied disciplines and backgrounds.

Requirements

The certificate requires at least 35 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
  1. Foundations Courses.
    1. Introduction to Microeconomics. One (1) course:
      • ECON-B 251 Fundamentals of Economics for Business I
      • ECON-E 251
    2. Introduction to Macroeconomics. One (1) course:
      • ECON-B 252 Fundamentals of Economics for Business II
      • ECON-E 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics
      • ECON-E 252 Fundamentals of Economics II
      • ECON-S 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics: Honors
    3. Mathematics. One (1) course:
      • MATH-B 110 Mathematics for Business and Public Affairs
      • MATH-M 118 Finite Mathematics
      • MATH-M 119 Brief Survey of Calculus I
      • MATH-M 211 Calculus I
      • MATH-M 212 Calculus II
      • MATH-S 118 Honors Finite Mathematics
      • MATH-S 211
      • MATH-S 212 Honors Calculus II
      • MATH-V 118 Finite Mathematics with Applications (Approved topics: "FINITE MATH FOR SOCIAL & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES" (TPC 1))
  2. Kelley School of Business Courses.
    1. Accounting. One (1) of the following options (i, ii, or iii):
      1. One (1) of the following courses:
        • BUS-A 200
      2. Both of the following courses:
        • BUS-A 100 Introductory Accounting Principles and Analysis
        • BUS-A 304 Financial Reporting and Analysis
      3. Both of the following courses:
        • BUS-A 100 Introductory Accounting Principles and Analysis
        • BUS-A 306 Management Accounting and Analysis
    2. Computer Skills. One (1) course:
      • BUS-K 201 Foundations of Business Information Systems and Decision Making
      • CSCI-A 110 Introduction to Computers and Computing
    3. Business Law. One (1) course:
      • BUS-L 201 Legal Environment of Business
    4. Management. One (1) course:
      • BUS-X 333 Managing Business Functions
    5. Business Elective. One (1) of the following (i, ii, or iii):
      1. One (1) of the following courses:
        • BUS-D 301 International Business Environment
        • BUS-F 300 Introductory Financial Management
        • BUS-J 306 Strategic Management and Leadership
        • BUS-L 312 The Ethical Responsibilities of Business
        • BUS-L 406 Law & Ethics at Work
        • BUS-Z 302 Managing and Behavior in Organizations
        • BUS-Z 304 Leadership-Honors
        • ANTH-E 383 A World of Work
        • ANTH-E 420 Economic Anthropology
        • CJUS-P 457 Seminar on White-Collar Crime
        • EALC-E 395 Japan in World Trade and Politics
        • HIST-J 300 Writing In History (Approved topics: "HISTORY OF CAPITALISM" (TPC 134))
        • HIST-W 330 Money and History
        • MHO-M 302
        • MHO-M 303
        • POLS-P 302 The Politics of Economic Crisis and Reform
        • POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy
        • PSY-P 323 Industrial/Organizational Psychology
        • SOC-S 315 Work in the New Economy
      2. Both of the following courses*:
        • BUS-F 428 Workshops in Finance I
        • BUS-F 429 Workshops in Finance II
      3. Both of the following courses*:
        • BUS-J 420 Advanced Case Analysis and Effective Consulting Presentation
        • BUS-X 403 The Consulting Industry
  3. Seminars. Four (4) courses:
    • LAMP-L 216 Sophomore Seminar: Business and the Humanities
    • LAMP-L 316 Junior Seminar: Analytical Problem Solving
    • LAMP-L 416 Senior Seminar: Liberal Arts and Management
    • LAMP-X 298 Challenges of Life and Work in the Twenty-First Century
  4. GPA Requirement.
    • Students must maintain a College GPA of 3.300 or higher
  5. Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
    2. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
    4. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    5. Exceptions to certificate requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.