The Bachelor of Liberal Arts program is sponsored by the Department of Cultural Studies and offers students in the humanities and social sciences the opportunity to center their studies on two disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Resulting in the degree, Bachelor of Liberal Arts, the program addresses the needs of several sizeable student constituencies. It appeals to students who are undecided about a major but who know they want a broad-based liberal arts education. Offered only to students in the College of Arts and Sciences, it has become especially attractive to students who plan to attend graduate school in preparation for teaching, or and to those interested in multicultural studies, museum and archival studies, environmental studies, and positions within nonprofit organizations.
The essential difference between the Bachelor of Liberal Arts program and other programs is the requirement that students take two disciplinary concentrations of 8 to 10 courses each, and a competency of four courses in an area of skill or cultural interest. Thus, the degree offers students curricular flexibility and a broad background in the humanities and social sciences. Students must, of course, fulfill the General Education Requirement and must meet with their BLA advisor for consultation in choosing their courses.
