Your liberal arts education goes beyond the classroom, lab, or studio
If you want, your coursework can take you abroad, into the local community, and expose you to life-changing experiences.
Browse some of the opportunities available in the course catalog for experiential learning in your major, in addition to opportunities featured here that will help you stand out among your peers in the job market, and broaden your understanding of the world.
CLAS students regularly take their learning beyond the classroom
Hawks in D.C.: CLAS students explore the ever-changing field of media in our nation’s capital
Monday, June 3, 2024
On a three-day trip, 11 School of Journalism and Mass Communication students traveled to Washington D.C. with faculty member Brett Johnson to learn more about journalism and the First Amendment.
CLAS art and art history professor and six students embark on journey across Iowa on handmade bikes
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Department of Art and Art History Professor Steve McGuire and six students will complete a 500-mile trip across the state on bicycles they made in his course.
CLAS students gaining local journalism experience by reporting on Solon and Mount Vernon
Friday, May 24, 2024
The Daily Iowan has acquired two community newspapers. This acquisition allows students to receive firsthand experience reporting on these communities while still in college.
Meet these CLAS student researchers
Monday, May 6, 2024
Learn more about the exciting work of students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
CLAS journalism students pitch potential business ideas to the Iowa Heartlanders
Monday, April 22, 2024
Students in the Business of Sports Communication class within the School of Journalism and Mass Communication received hands on experience when their class partnered with the Iowa Heartlanders hockey team.
Students: Are you looking for a summer internship?
Monday, April 8, 2024
The University of Iowa Pomerantz Career Center can help you find an internship, sign-up for credit, and offers courses and training in career-readiness.
CLAS journalism students help produce book chronicling historic season for Iowa women’s basketball
Thursday, March 28, 2024
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication, with the help of students and faculty, will publish a photo and essay book documenting the women’s basketball team and their history-making season.
On One Day for Iowa, support experiential learning for Hawkeyes
Friday, March 22, 2024
Donating to CLAS is an investment in Hawkeye students. Every gift makes a difference, and yours could be matched during the giving day.
CLAS journalism student selected for prestigious program
Monday, March 11, 2024
Second-year student James McCurtis III is the first University of Iowa student selected to take part in the Institute for Responsible Citizenship’s Washington Program.