Mission
Wounspe Wankatuya
College of Arts & Sciences
The Arts & Sciences Wounspe Wankatuya will provide fundamental coursework leading to degrees offered at the University. This program will foster the value of flexibility in a multicultural and interdisciplinary world. It will help students succeed academically, socially, and personally both locally and globally; and provide nurturing, tolerant, stimulating learning environments to expand the skills, talents, ideas, awareness and capacities of its students. The department will maintain a commitment to the specific needs and desires of the reservation community in order to strengthen the sovereignty of the Sicangu Oyate.
The Arts & Sciences Wounspe Wankatuya exists for two purposes, both of which are basic to the institution. The first is to provide four-year and two-year degrees. The Arts & Sciences Wounspe Wankatuya offers a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, A Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science. The Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science provides a comprehensive program allowing individuals to focus study in areas such as Tribal lands management, Wildlife Ecology, GIS Remote Sensing, and other areas of environmental studies. The Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree exists to provide a solid background in the humanities to assist the student who wishes to possess a traditional college education. The Bachelor os Science in Computer Sciences provides a high level o fexpertise in modern technologies to provide students necessary skills to work winthin technology-based fields.
The department also offers several Associate of Arts degrees and Associate of Science degrees. The Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees are the primary tools needed to fulfill the bridge function of Sinte Gleska University, which enables students to transfer to off-reservation, four-year programs with confidence that they have a sound educational background and also familiarity with the academic experience that leads to self-assurance and academic success.
The second purpose of the Arts & Science Wounspe Wankatuya is to serve other departments by offering course required by those departments and the core curriculum. To this end, Arts & Sciences instructors teach composition, speech, literature, history, art, government, science, math, and other humanities courses to all students. To assist in preparing students for core curriculum, the Foundational Studies Department was established under the College of Arts & Sciences.
College of Arts & Sciences
The Arts & Sciences Wounspe Wankatuya will provide fundamental coursework leading to degrees offered at the University. This program will foster the value of flexibility in a multicultural and interdisciplinary world. It will help students succeed academically, socially, and personally both locally and globally; and provide nurturing, tolerant, stimulating learning environments to expand the skills, talents, ideas, awareness and capacities of its students. The department will maintain a commitment to the specific needs and desires of the reservation community in order to strengthen the sovereignty of the Sicangu Oyate.
The Arts & Sciences Wounspe Wankatuya exists for two purposes, both of which are basic to the institution. The first is to provide four-year and two-year degrees. The Arts & Sciences Wounspe Wankatuya offers a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, A Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science. The Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science provides a comprehensive program allowing individuals to focus study in areas such as Tribal lands management, Wildlife Ecology, GIS Remote Sensing, and other areas of environmental studies. The Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree exists to provide a solid background in the humanities to assist the student who wishes to possess a traditional college education. The Bachelor os Science in Computer Sciences provides a high level o fexpertise in modern technologies to provide students necessary skills to work winthin technology-based fields.
The department also offers several Associate of Arts degrees and Associate of Science degrees. The Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees are the primary tools needed to fulfill the bridge function of Sinte Gleska University, which enables students to transfer to off-reservation, four-year programs with confidence that they have a sound educational background and also familiarity with the academic experience that leads to self-assurance and academic success.
The second purpose of the Arts & Science Wounspe Wankatuya is to serve other departments by offering course required by those departments and the core curriculum. To this end, Arts & Sciences instructors teach composition, speech, literature, history, art, government, science, math, and other humanities courses to all students. To assist in preparing students for core curriculum, the Foundational Studies Department was established under the College of Arts & Sciences.
