Academic Concentrations

The MALS program now offers concentrations in four different areas. Students may choose one of these concentrations, or they may choose a general Liberal Studies program of courses. The requirements for concentrations are in addition to the other distributional requirements for the MALS degree. The area of concentration will be noted on a student's transcript at graduation. If a student wishes to declare a concentration, it must be done no later than when the capstone proposal is submitted by submitting the Academic Concentration Form.

Each concentration requires four courses from the lists below. Other appropriate courses may be substituted with prior written permission of the program director. In addition to the four courses, the concentration will also include a capstone project related to the concentration area. This means that 15 credits of the MALS degree requirements will be devoted to the concentration. The other 16 credits are general elective credits which may be used to satisfy distributional requirements.

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

56:606:622  Gender, Sexuality, and Religion

56:606:641  Psychology of Religious Beliefs, Values, and Symbols

56:606:642  Gods and Monsters: Understanding Power

56:606:642  Philosophy of Social Identities

56:606:643  Evil

56:606:644  Contemporary Moral Issues
56:606:645  Environmental Ethics
56:606:646  Philosophy and Film
56:606:647  Biomedical Ethics
56:606:649  Philosophical Perspectives on the Good Life

WORLD HISTORY AND POLITICS

56:606:622  Politics of Terrorism

56:606:623  Middle East History and Politics

56:606:624  Empire and Decolonization

56:606:626  World Politics
56:606:671  History of Global Health

AMERICAN STUDIES

56:606:534  History, Culture, and Politics of the 1960s
56:606:561  Culture Wars in the United States

56:606:612  From Bop to Pop: History of Jazz

56:606:631  Myth and Meaning in America

56:606:632  Sickness and Health in American History

56:606:661  Women, Men, and Work

CREATIVE ARTS AND LITERATURE 

56:606:608  Love Story in Contemporary Literature 

56:606:608  Disney Films: Analyzing Adaptations

56:606:609  New Media Art

56:606:609  Conceptual Art: Strategies and Movements

56:606:610  Fiction Workshop: Methods of Fiction

56:606:611  An Immersion into Experience: Writing from Life

56:606:612  From Bop to Pop: History of Jazz

56:606:681  World Music

HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND THE GOOD LIFE

56:606 632  Sickness and Health in American History
56:606:641  Psychology of Religious Beliefs, Values, and Symbols

56:606:645  Environmental Ethics

56:606:647  Biomedical Ethics

56:606:649  Philosophical Perspectives on the Good Life

56:606:651  Positive Psychology:  On Happiness and the Good Life

56:606:671  History of Global Health