Liberal Studies (MA)

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Requirements

Thirty-three credits (33), distributed as follows:

A. Core Courses (9 credits)

AMC 502 - Topics on American Institutions (3).
AMC 503 - The American Character (3).
AMC 504 - The United States in Comparative Perspective (3).

B. Research Courses (9 credits)

C. Approved Electives (15 credits)

While the core courses in sections A and B will be offered on line, at present twenty-five (25) elective courses are available online. This number will increase over time.

ADM 580 - Advanced Production Management (3).
AFA 534 - History of Ethnicity and Race in the United States (3).
or
HIS 534 - History of Ethnicity and Race in the United States (3).
AFA 535 - Black America Since the Civil War (3).
or
HIS 535 - Black America since the Civil War (3).
AFA 599 - Teaching Africana Studies (3).
AMC 501 - The Mind of America (3).
AMC 509 - American Artistic Traditions (3).
AMC 521 - Devising Theatre (3).
or
THE 521 - Devising Theatre (3).
AMC 522 - Performance Lab (3).
or
THE 522 - Performance Lab (3).
AMC 523 - Drama and Social Theory (3).
or
THE 523 - Drama and Social Theory (3).
AMC 592 - Research/Creative Project (3).
AMC 598 - Selected Topics (3).
ANE 605 - Health Policy (3).
or
HCR 505 - Health Policy (3).
or
PUB 505 - Health Policy (3).
ANE 677 - Financial Management in Health Care (3).
or
HCR 577 - Financial Management in Health Care (3).
or
PUB 577 - Financial Management in Health Care (3).
ANE 687 - Legal Issues in Health Care (3).
or
HCR 587 - Legal Issues in Health Care (3).
or
PUB 587 - Legal Issues In Health Care (3).
ANT 511 - Historical Archaeology (3).
ANT 551 - Political and Legal Anthropology (3).
or
POL 551 - Political and Legal Anthropology (3).
ARH 509 - History of North-American Art (3).
or
ADM 512 - History of North-American Art (3).
ARH 515 - History of Aboriginal North American Art (3).
BIO 526 - Wildlife Policy and Law (3).
COM 550 - Media, Propaganda and Social Change (3).
ECN 521 - American Economic History (3).
ECN 524 - Labor Economics (3).
ECN 571 - Public Economics (3).
or
PUB 571 - Public Economics (3).
EDE 501 - Sociology of Education (3).
or
SOC 569 - Sociology of Education (3).
EDE 503 - History of American Urban Schooling (3).
EDE 504 - Learning in the 21st Century (3).
EDN 501 - Special Education in American Schools (3).
EDR 520 - Reading and Writing Development of Young Children (3).
EDR 530 - Children’s Literature (3).
EDR 532 - Multicultural Children’s Literature (3).
EDR 535 - Folklore and Storytelling (3).
or
THE 549 - Folklore and Storytelling (3).
EDR 537 - Adolescent Literature (3).
or
ENG 574 - Adolescent Literature (3).
EDR 545 - Improvement of Reading in the Middle and Secondary School (3).
or
ENG 510 - Improvement of Reading in the Middle and Secondary School (3).
EDT 521 - Technology Skills for Educators (1-3).
EDT 532 - Online Communities for Social Change (3).
EDT 535 - Online Course Design (3).
EDT 543 - Advanced Educational Project Design (3).
EDT 576 - Introduction to Mobile App Development (3).
ENG 509 - American English (3).
ENG 531 - The American Novel I (3).
ENG 532 - The American Novel II (3).
ENG 533 - American Poetry (3).
ENG 534 - American Drama (3).
or
THE 534 - American Drama (3).
ENG 535 - American Film: Silent and Studio Eras (3).
ENG 536 - American Film: After the Studio Era (3).
ENG 537 - Topics in American Literature to 1900 (3).
ENG 538 - Topics in American Literature since 1900 (3).
ENG 539 - Themes in Multicultural American Literatures (3).
ENG 540 - Recent American Film (3).
ENG 561 - Writing and Publishing (3).
HCR 518 - Budgeting in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3).
or
PUB 518 - Budgeting in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3).
HIS 509 - Colonial America (3).
HIS 510 - Era of the American Revolution (3).
HIS 511 - Conflict, Reform and Expansion: America before the Civil War (3).
HIS 512 - The Atlantic World in Transition: 1400-1850 (3).
HIS 515 - The Early American Republic (3).
HIS 519 - History of Sport in the United States (3).
HIS 521 - History of the United States Constitution, 1789 to Present (3).
HIS 528 - Emergence of the United States as a World Power since 1914 (3).
HIS 530 - American Indian History (3).
HIS 531 - American Urban History (3).
HIS 569 - History of Women in America I (3).
or
WGS 569 - History of Women in America I (3).
HIS 579 - Pacific World in Transition since 19th Century (3).
LIN 520 - Linguistics for Teachers (3).
MGT 541 - Organizational Behavior (3).
MGT 545 - Innovation Management/Entrepreneurship (3).
MGT 552 - Nonmarket Strategy (3).
MUS 522 - Jazz in American Culture (3).
MUS 540 - Music Theatre Literature (3).
or
THE 540 - Music Theatre Literature (3).
MUS 555 - American Music (3).
PHL 510 - Philosophy of Education (3).
POL 501 - American Political Thought (3).
POL 520 - Law and Administrative Processes (3).
or
PUB 519 - Law and Administrative Processes (3).
POL 523 - The US Congress (3).
POL 526 - The US Supreme Court (3).
POL 527 - The American Presidency (3).
POL 530 - The Administration of Justice (3).
or
PUB 530 - The Administration of Justice (3).
POL 531 - Women and Work (3).
or
SOC 563 - Women and Work (3).
or
WGS 531 - Women and Work (3).
POL 533 - International Law and Organizations (3).
POL 537 - US Foreign Policy (3).
POL 541 - The Welfare State in Comparative Perspective (3).
POL 544 - Latin American Politics (3).
POL 575 - Politics and American Labor (3).
PUB 500 - Politics, Policy, and Public Administration (3).
SCM 512 - Applied Quantitative Analysis (3).
SOC 545 - Ethnicity in American Society (3).
SOC 558 - Religion in American Society (3).
SOC 566 - Work, Occupations and Professions (3).
or
PUB 572 - Work, Occupations and Professions (3).
SOC 571 - Social Movements in America (3).
SOC 574 - Gender and Society (3).
or
WGS 574 - Gender and Society (3).
THE 505 - American’s Contribution to Theatre (3).

Transfer of Credit

Up to six (6) credit hours of graduate credit completed at an accredited institution may be accepted for transfer. Transfers of credit are subject to the approval of the program director. Transfers are made in accordance with the policies of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies.