The graduate program in liberal studies offers a curriculum at an advanced level in the humanities for adult, part-time students, leading to a master of arts degree. It incorporates broad exposure to such areas of study as history, literature, philosophy, religion, the social sciences, and the arts. It is coherently structured but also designed to meet the needs and interests of men and women from a variety of educational and professional backgrounds as flexibly as possible. Some may be seeking career advancement, while others may simply be seeking personal enrichment. All should develop not only a greater fund of general knowledge but also a greater ability to read and think critically.