College of Arts, Culture, and Scientific Inquiry

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Pauline Gagnon, Dean
http://www.westga.edu/academics/art-culture-science/index.php

The College of Arts, Culture, and Scientific Inquiry (CACSI) houses four uniquely engaging departments that cater to our students’ varying academic interests. Our students have the opportunity to experience the college curriculum not only in the classroom but in studios, laboratories, and the community. Students in CACSI cultivate valuable skills as artists, performers, researchers, scientists, writers, and thinkers, and graduate ready to shape and contribute to our rapidly changing 21st-century world.

The College of Arts, Culture, and Scientific Inquiry

• The Bachelor of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Science degrees, some with concentrations in teacher preparation
• Majors, minors, and certificates associated with each of its departments: (DAPS, AHP, Computing and Mathematics, EFLPA, Natural Sciences)

Graduation Requirement for Discipline-Specific Writing

All students majoring in disciplines in the College of Arts, Culture, and Scientific Inquiry must satisfy the requirements for Discipline Specific Writing (DSW) in order to graduate.

DSW Requirements

• ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 (or the equivalent of) are prerequisite to all “W” (writing-intensive) courses.
• W-courses will require a minimum of 4000 words of original, formal, graded writing, including one major assignment entailing instructor feedback and revision.
• Students must take at least two 3000/4000-level W-courses (courses approved as writing-intensive courses and marked in the course bulletin with a W) for a total of at least 6 hours. Both courses must satisfy requirements or electives in the student’s major, and at least one must be specific to the major. Programs may also elect to designate specific courses in allied disciplines that would fulfill the DSW requirement for the major.

DSW requirements vary from program to program: students should consult the catalog and program DSW website for requirements specific to their major.

Certificate Option

• a Discipline-Specific Writing certificate, and
• transcript notation of this accomplishment.

CACSI also helps support Interdisciplinary Minors and the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (B.I.S).  CACSI supports Interdisciplinary Pathways within the B.I.S. degree in Film, Forensic Science & Investigation, Data Science, Natural Resources Management, Religion, and Writing. For more information, see University College.

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