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E. Academic Offerings and Policies: Common Data Set 2008-09

E1. Special study options: Identify those programs available at your institution. Refer to the glossary for definitions.

	Accelerated program			Honors program
	Cooperative education program			Independent study
	Cross-registration			Internships
	Distance learning			Liberal arts/career combination
	Double major			Student-designed major
	Dual enrollment			Study abroad
	English as a Second Language			Teacher licensure program
	Exchange student program (domestic)			Weekend college
	External degree program			Other: *Research and combined BA/MA **Small Group Academic Programs

*Research and combined BA/MA include Undergraduate Research Opportunities and Concurrent Bachelor's/Master's Programs.
**Small Group Academic Programs include Residence Hall Academic Programs, FallFEST, and Presidents Leadership Class.

E3. Areas in which all or most students are required to complete some course work prior to graduation. (Item E2 has been removed from the CDS)

	Arts/fine arts		Humanities (Literature and the Arts)
	Computer literacy		Mathematics (Quantitative Reasoning and Mathematics)
	English (Written Communication)		Philosophy
	Foreign languages (or competency)		Sciences (Natural Science)
	History (Historical Context)		Social science (Contemporary Societies; Ideals and Values)
	Other (describe): See below*

*Critical Thinking, Cultural and Gender Diversity, United States Context

E4-E7 Library Collections The CDS Publishers will collect library data again when a new Academic Libraries Survey is fielded.

The following are the number of holdings at the end of the 2007-08 fiscal year for each of the categories below, from the 2007-08 ARL Statistics survey. (Updated 3/3/2009)

E4. Volumes held June 30, 2008: 3,928,431

Last revision 03/03/09