• The program explores topics in arts, humanities, and the social sciences in the masters in liberal studies program at UAlbany. This interdisciplinary program lets students create a highly personalized curriculum to develop their historical and theoretical background from literary and cultural studies to political theory and environmental law. 
  • If students are interested in issues in contemporary cultural theory in a global context, this program will help them advance their research skills and academic credentials. Culminating in a thesis, the liberal studies MA prepares students for additional study at the doctoral level or a career in a wide range of fields including public service, education, and healthcare.
  • The program’s elective selections will span at least two university departments and may examine diverse topics such as literary and cultural theory, gender, race and ethnicity, postcolonial studies, human rights, politics, and law.