Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

9 - Other

91 - General and Interdisciplinary Programs

24. - Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

This series comprises general instructional programs and independent or individualized studies in the liberal arts subjects, the humanities disciplines and the general curriculum.

24.01 - Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 24.0101 to 24.0199.

24.0101 - Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes independently designed, individualized, or regular programs.

• Example Program Names:

  • Independent studies
  • Individualized liberal studies
  • Individualized studies
  • Liberal arts
  • Liberal arts and sciences
  • Liberal science
  • Liberal studies

• Exclusion

  • Family science(19.0101)
  • General arts and science(24.0102)
  • General humanities(24.0103)
  • Biological and physical sciences(30.0101)
  • Art studies(50.0701)

24.0102 - General Studies

This instructional program class comprises any undifferentiated program in the general arts, general science, or unstructured studies.

• Example Program Names:

  • Arts and science
  • General arts
  • General arts and science
  • General science
  • General studies
  • General study

• Exclusion

  • Liberal arts and sciences(24.0101)
  • General humanities(24.0103)

24.0103 - Humanities/Humanistic Studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on combined studies and research in the humanities subjects as distinguished from the social and physical sciences, emphasizing languages, literatures, art, music, philosophy and religion.

• Example Program Names:

  • General humanities
  • Humanistic studies
  • Humanities

• Exclusion

  • Applied human sciences(19.0101)
  • Liberal arts and sciences(24.0101)
  • General studies(24.0102)

24.0199 - Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.