Objectives

The Liberal Arts degree aims to have students:

• Understand the diversity of disciplinary perspectives and relationships across diverse fields of knowledge

• Identify and formulate multidisciplinary research questions based on key concepts, literature, practices, and issues of their areas of concentration

• Demonstrate critical thinking and communication skills that relate their academic knowledge to civic engagement and issues in their communities

• Conduct research that evaluates and employs primary and secondary resources effectively, using appropriate disciplinary conventions for citation and documentation

• Develop, write, and present original analyses in clear, grammatical prose

With these skills, students will graduate capable of fulfilling the top three expectations of the new college-educated employee:

1. strong communication abilities (oral and written)
2. ability to assess a situation well and develop a course of action
3. an ability to work independently

Online programs and courses are offered by the Departments and Colleges of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, in collaboration with the Division of Professional and Continuing Education and UMass Online.