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Your program begins with two courses in which you develop the tools that you need to understand and adopt the perspectives of multiple disciplines. These courses are intended to help you explore the questions and topics of interest to you that are central to your individualized degree plan. The first of these courses, Seminar in Liberal Studies, examines the nature and value of liberal study. For the second course in the program, Models of Critical Inquiry, you may choose one of four topical areas. Each examines the ways in which knowledge is produced and how it is used. You may select one of the following areas:
- Science, Society and the Environment
- Human Development, Identity and Society
- The Arts and Human Experience
- Relationships to the Past: History and Culture
Each of these courses is interdisciplinary and is intended to model the kind of inquiry you will pursue in development of your own program. With mentor guidance in your third course, Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Study, you design the remainder of your degree program. The subsequent eight studies prepare you for your final project. Your final project may take one of several forms, including a thesis, practicum, a creative project, or a series of papers.
While the details of the sequence and structure may change depending on degree program design, a typical pattern of enrollment is outlined below:
Year 1
First Term:
Seminar in Liberal Studies 3
Models of Critical Inquiry: one of four* 3
Second Term:
Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Study 3
Elective: The Literature Review 3
Third Term:
Elective 3
Elective 3
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Year 2
Third Term:
Elective 3
Elective: Theory of Methods 3
Fourth Term:
Elective 3
Elective 3
Sixth Term:
Elective 3
Final Project 3
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Program Total 36
* Science, Society and the Environment, or Human Development, Identity and Society, or The Arts and Human Experience, or Relationships to the Past: History and Culture.
Terms of Study
You may start the program in either Fall or Spring. Most students enroll part-time in the M.A.L.S. program, completing two courses per term. Following this pattern, the program may be completed in two years.
Fall term: September to December (15 weeks)
Spring term: January to May (15 weeks)
Summer term: May to July (8 weeks)
Nondegree Study
A non-matriculating student is an individual enrolled in some courses who is not seeking a degree – and is often described as a “non-degree” student. If you are interested in taking some courses for personal or professional enhancement, you may enroll for up to 9 credits of study in the program’s elective courses on a space-available basis.
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