Liberal Arts: a Self Designed Program
The idea of a liberal arts education implies a commitment to a course of study that involves self-enlightenment, self-cultivation, and the honing of one’s critical faculties. The Liberal Arts major at Lang puts this commitment into practice. Students majoring in Liberal Arts bring together themes, methods, and questions that are available across the Lang curriculum in a self-reflexive and challenging intellectual project.
Students interested in building a self-designed program around particular themes or areas of inquiry may do so by completing a proposal for a path of study. The proposal must indicate the theme(s) or subjects they intend to study, an intellectual rationale for the proposal, the probable selection of courses they will complete, and a detailed narrative of how the courses build upon the chosen theme(s). The path statement must be approved by the chair of Liberal Arts no later than the second semester of the sophomore year. Junior transfer students must have path statements approved during their first semester in residence. Students are strongly advised to consult with the chair of Liberal Arts before submitting the proposal for a path of study in Liberal Arts.
Other Programs of Study Within Liberal Arts
As an alternative to the self-designed program of study, students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts may choose to complete one of the following interdisciplinary programs of study: Education Studies, Religious Studies, Social Inquiry, and Urban Studies.