Liberal Studies BA

A major tailored for you.

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With a liberal studies degree, you choose the destination and you chart the course you want to take to get there.

Our Bachelor of Arts in liberal studies is a multidisciplinary degree that empowers students to develop a plan of study around a topic or theme of their choice. Along the way, they develop analytical and critical reasoning skills, effective oral and written communication and, in most cases, quantitative skills prized by employers in all areas of business, nonprofits and public service.

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Why Liberal Studies? | Why Our Program?

  • The potential topics our students can focus on are unlimited. Our dedicated faculty will help them build a rigorous, engaging course load.
  • Their program culminates in a senior seminar in which they produce a paper or project that ties their coursework together.
  • Topics covered in the include: art, humanities, mathematics, natural and physical sciences, social sciences and communications.

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An Outside-the-Box Program

Thomas Schmeling

Thomas Schmeling

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Gregory Kittleson

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