OBL mission commander - OMG! He's a liberal arts major.

[RgrF]

Since when did earning a degree at a liberal arts institution confer with it an automatic political leaning. This guy along with the rest of his team might well have gone unnamed, only time will tell.

[Grace62]

I did google lists of majors and "Liberal arts" as the name of an undergraduate major did not turn up.

Master of Liberal Arts (MLA), Master of Liberal Studies (MLS), Artium Liberalium Magister (ALM), and Doctor of Liberal Studies (DLS).

These are degree titles, not the area of focused study that the student has to choose. In the Harvard program you site, the student has to select from among 19 areas of focus. None of those is called "liberal arts."

[Chakravartin]

Grace62 wrote: These are degree titles, not the area of focused study that the student has to choose. In the Harvard program you site, the student has to select from among 19 areas of focus. None of those is called "liberal arts."

Now you're confusing a major with the title of a class.

[Grace62]

Chakravartin wrote:
[quote=Grace62]These are degree titles, not the area of focused study that the student has to choose. In the Harvard program you site, the student has to select from among 19 areas of focus. None of those is called "liberal arts."

Now you're confusing a major with the title of a class.
As soon as you come up with a major called "liberal arts," let me know, OK?

[Grace62]

I have a Bachelor of Arts degree. That must mean I studied art.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Degree titles and majors are not the same thing.

[Ted King]

A few schools have a major they title "Liberal Arts" but I think most schools refer to what is essentially the same thing as a major in "Liberal Studies". In California, most people intending to get a degree and then an elementary teaching credential major in "Liberal Studies" or "Liberal Arts".

[Grace62]

What schools have that Ted? I'd like to look at that major and see what's in it. I'm genuinely curious. I don't see anything like that on the main UC campuses but certainly don't know them all.

[Acer]

http://www.umassd.edu/cas/liberalarts/

As a Liberal Arts major, you will take two core courses (6 credits) plus a concentration in the Humanities (15 credits) and a concentration in the Social Sciences (15 credits). In addition, you will complete all General Education and Bachelor of Arts (College of Arts & Sciences) degree requirements.

[Grace62]

Acer wrote:
http://www.umassd.edu/cas/liberalarts/

As a Liberal Arts major, you will take two core courses (6 credits) plus a concentration in the Humanities (15 credits) and a concentration in the Social Sciences (15 credits). In addition, you will complete all General Education and Bachelor of Arts (College of Arts & Sciences) degree requirements.

Thank you! That's it. I see that the degree requires the student to choose a specialization, that's what I was wondering, how something could be so general. New to me.

[kj]

I did my undergraduate degree at a liberal arts school, which basically meant we had to take more classes outside our major. There was a Liberal Arts B.S. degree, and most people had a minor in one subject, so I guess you could call it a specialization. The last school I went to called it "Interdisciplinary Studies", I believe, and I think a lot of teachers majored in it. kj.