The Need for and Direction of Liberal Arts Curriculum Innovation Under the Undeclared Major Enrollment Policy : Focusing on the Development and Implementation of an Integrated Liberal Arts Curriculum

This study highlights the necessity and proposes the direction for innovation in liberal arts education within the context of implementing the Undeclared Major Enrollment Policy, emphasizing the development and management of an integrated liberal arts curriculum. To ensure the successful institutionalization of this system, which aims to expand students’ autonomy in choosing their majors and cultivate creative and interdisciplinary talents in the era of the “Big Blur”, universities must address the key questions of what to teach and how to teach incoming students without a declared major or those enrolled in undeclared major departments. Additionally, they must define a clear identity and role for these undeclared major departments. Without such efforts, the Undeclared Major Enrollment Policy risks devolving into nothing more than a system of deferred major declaration. Building upon this recognition of the issue, this study develops an integrated liberal arts curriculum as a distinct academic framework tailored for students admitted under the Undeclared Major Enrollment Policy within the Liberal (Interdisciplinary) Studies Department. Chapter 2 outlines the curriculum design framework, whereas Chapter 3 examines its implementation and associated teaching methodologies