Concentration in Humanities

          "I wish I could find a program that I could complete during my free time."                    "I want a graduate education that I can readily apply to my workplace."                    "I want to enjoy my next degree and not feel pressured to compete with other students."                    "I don't have time to come to campus every week for classes, so my classes have to be designed for the distance learner."     

Students completing their MLS program with this concentration will have the following notation on their transcripts: "Liberal Studies (Humanities)." Below is a curriculum that students can complete through distance education.

10-hour core (required)

IDS 801 Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies (1 hr)
IDS 802 Ways of Knowing in Comparative Perspective (3 hrs)
IDS 803 Origins and Implications of the Knowledge Society (3 hrs)
IDS 804 Information Literacy (3 hrs)

18-hour concentration

ART 880ca Graduate Readings in Art History (3 hrs)
SOC 647b Comparative Cultural Anthropology (3 hrs)
ENG 601ca The Classics and You, Part I (3 hrs)
ENG 601ca The Classics and You, Part II (3 hrs)
HIST 616ca History of Ideas 1500 to 1870 (3 hrs)
HIST 617ca History of Ideas 1870 to the Present (3 hrs)

Or some combination of History, English, Art History, and Philosophy courses

3-hour culminating experience

One of the following: thesis, internship, or project

Once you have been admitted to this concentration, please follow the MLS Checklist and carefully read The MLS Student Handbook