Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Degrees

Curriculum

Cross-listed Leadership courses (LDR 506, LDR 508, LDR 512) are offered on our Main Campus through the Master of Arts in Leadership program, which follows the Accelerated Degree Program calendar.

LS 500 Examining Culture and Civilization: The Introductory Seminar

This course examines the study of culture from a variety of contemporary theoretical perspectives. Students will gain an understanding of such concepts as ethno-centrism and social construction, and learn to reflect critically on cultural comparisons. Through reading and writing about contemporary scholarship, students will develop their skills in graduate level research and writing. This course, a requirement for all Liberal Studies students, will help lay the foundation for work in other courses and the Final Project. 3 credits

LS 508 Romanticism and the Arts

This interdisciplinary seminar will explore the concept of nineteenth-century Romanticism in literature, art, and music. We will consider the importance of emotion and imagination in Romanticism, as opposed to reason, and the idea of the artist in relation to Romantic ideas of the individual, the quest, and nature. Central Romantic preoccupations, such as exoticism, eroticism, and death, will also be examined. Students will encounter paintings by Géricault, Turner, and Friedrich, poetry by Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Keats, and music by Schubert, Beethoven, and Bizet 3 credits

LS 510 Text and World: An Examination of the Social

This course operates under the fundamental supposition that the world views (the "texts"