Prospective Students

The program leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Liberal Studies is designed to meet the needs of persons who have completed the undergraduate degree and who have the ability and the desire to engage in advanced study, but for whom the traditional graduate curricula are too restrictive. It offers the capable student the opportunity for advanced interdisciplinary graduate study focusing on contemporary programmatic themes that reflect his or her interests and talents without restriction to a specific discipline or division and at a level of scholarship fully comparable with the academic standards of the Graduate Center.

The program faculty includes distinguished scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, each knowledgeable about the special nature of the program. Students are encouraged to take full advantage of the resources of the Graduate Center and to explore various avenues of interdisciplinary cooperation.

The active involvement of faculty and students in advanced study and research is promoted in a number of centers and institutes, including the Center for Advanced Study in Theatre Arts, the Center for Jewish Studies, the Center for the Study of Women and Society, the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation, and the Victorian Committee of the Ph.D. Program in English.