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
Two CLAS faculty members working to empower women in political science
Monday, November 25, 2024
Kelly Kadera and Sara Mitchell, faculty members in the Department of Political Science, host workshops that support, mentor and teach women in political science. A recent NSF grant will allow them to continue this work for another four years.
Japanese Ambassador to the United States meets with CLAS students during visit to Iowa
Thursday, November 14, 2024
The Japanese ambassador to the United States, along with the Chicago consul-general and other embassy officials, visited the Japanese program to hear writers and translators read and to engage in conversation with students.
CLAS journalism students get hands-on experience launching marketing campaign
Monday, November 4, 2024
Students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication are spearheading marketing efforts for faculty member Travis Vogan’s new book.
CLAS Department of Dance collaborates with College of Engineering for Dance Gala 2024
Monday, November 4, 2024
An idea to explore connections of humans and technology through dance sparked a creative collaboration between the University of Iowa College of Engineering and the Department of Dance.
NASA funds CLAS student-led rocket mission
Monday, October 21, 2024
The University of Iowa has received nearly $1.7 million from NASA to fund the OCHRE student-led sounding rocket mission that will study cusp dynamics in the Earth’s magnetosphere and help train the next generation of space physicists and instrumentalists.
Newspaper acquisition benefits CLAS journalism students
Monday, October 21, 2024
In addition to helping two community newspapers stay afloat, the purchase of the “Solon Economist” and the “Mount Vernon–Lisbon Sun” by “The Daily Iowan” is giving University of Iowa students more on-the-job training — and a taste of journalism practices in a small town.
Two CLAS departments collaborate for third Edge of Space Academy
Monday, October 7, 2024
The most recent cohort got hands-on with space-based instrumentation, conducting research, and working as a team as part of the immersive program led by the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences.
CLAS students explore connection between chemistry and sustainability while in Europe
Monday, September 16, 2024
In Germany, CLAS Students the important role of chemical processes in implementing sustainable practices. Students were able to see this in real life at some of Europe’s most sustainable cities.
CLAS journalism students gain hands-on experience reporting on sustainability efforts in Dubuque
Sunday, September 8, 2024
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication collaborated with the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities on three capstone classes where students produced news content, snapped photos, and created plans to help the city of Dubuque meet its sustainability goals.