Quick Facts
· Enrollment, College of Arts and Sciences: 1872
· Private four-year institution
Schools and Degrees
· College of Arts and Sciences: Bachelor of Arts (26 majors)
· Graduate School of Education and Counseling: certification, licensure, Mater of Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Education, Master of Science, Education Specialist, Doctor of Education
· School of Law: Juris Doctor, Master of Laws
Defining Statement:
“A national college with a global reach, Lewis & Clark can offer opportunities you won’t find anywhere else.”
Organizational Principles:
“A liberal arts education at Lewis & Clark combines three interdependent curricular elements: the departmental major, a set of elective courses, and the General Education curriculum. In accordance with the principles of the liberal arts, the curriculum is structured so that roughly one-third of the credits are in the major, one-third are in electives, and one-third are in General Education. The major provides an opportunity to study a subject in depth and to master the modes of thought and analysis necessary to advance that study. Electives enable the student to try out and develop new interests. The General Education curriculum supports and enhavne3s the other elements; it provides the general foundations for liberal learning. Its courses expand students’ perspectives and essential skills, helping them become educated and thoughtful contributors to society.
“Lewis & Clark considers the following elements to be essential to a liberal arts education:
1. Mastery of the fundamental techniques of intellectual inquiry: effective writing and speaking, active reading, and critical and imaginative thinking.
2. Exposure to the major assumptions, knowledge, and approaches in the fine arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.
3. Critical understanding of important contemporary and historical issues using modes of thought that are evaluative as well as descriptive an analytic, and that consider the relationship between thought and action.
4. Awareness of international and cross-cultural issues and gender relations.
5. Application of theory and knowledge developed in the liberal arts to the search for informed, thoughtful, and responsible solutions to important human problems.
Curricular Requirements:
| General Education Requirements |
Number of Credits |
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| Core Course (all first-year) |
Inventing America |
8 |
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| Distribution |
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| International Studies Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning Creative Arts Foreign Language (can test out) Phys Ed/Activity |
8 12 4 0-12 4 |
| Graduation Requirements Total Credits Upper Division Core and Distribution |
128 vary by major 48 (with foreign language) |
| General Education percent |
37.5% |