Liberal Studies (MA)

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Admission Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
Minimum overall undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
Undergraduate course work totaling twenty-four (24) credit hours, primarily in the humanities and social sciences

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 Rackham School of Graduate Studies .

Time Limit for Degree Completion

Students are expected to complete all work within five years from the date of first enrollment in the program. Students exceeding this time limit must file a petition. See the Rackham School of Graduate Studies for further information.

Requirements

Thirty credits as follows:

A. Core Courses (9 credits)

B. Research Courses (6 credits)

AMC 500 - Research Foundations (3)
AMC 591 - Thesis (3)

C. Approved Electives (15 credits)

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

AFA 599 - Teaching Africana Studies (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)
ADM 580 - Advanced Production Management (3)
AMC 501 - The Mind of America (3)
AMC 509 - American Artistic Traditions (3)
AMC 590 - Directed Study (1-6)
AMC 592 - Research/Creative Project (3)
AMC 598 - Selected Topics (3)
HCR 505 - Health Policy (3)
or
PUB 505 - Health Policy (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 (4)
COM 550 - Media, Propaganda and Social Change (3)
ECN 521 - American Economic History (3)
ECN 524 - Labor Economics (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)
EDT 521 - Technology Skills for Educators (1-3)
EDT 535 - Online Course Design (3)
EDT 543 - Advanced Educational Project Design (3)
EDT 576 - Introduction to Instructional Design and Technology (3)
EIM 545 - Entrepreneurship (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 577 - Applications of Financial Management in Health Care (3)
HCR 587 - Legal Issues in Health Care (3)
HIS 509 - Colonial America (3)
HIS 510 - Era of the American Revolution (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 552 - Nonmarket Strategy (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 - U.S. Political Thought (3)
POL 520 - Law and Administrative Processes (3)
or
PUB 519 - Law and Administrative Processes (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 575 - Politics and American Labor (3)
PUB 500 - Foundations of American Public Policy (3)
PUB 518 - Budgeting and Finance in the Public Sector (3)
PUB 530 - Criminal Justice Policy (3)
PUB 571 - Public Economics (3)
SCM 512 - Applied Business Analytics (3)
SOC 558 - Religion in American Society (3)
SOC 571 - Social Movements (3)
SOC 574 - Gender and Society (3)
or
WGS 574 - Gender and Society (3)
THE 505 - American’s Contribution to Theatre (3)
Students may select alternative elective courses with approval of the Director.