• It is intended to provide students with the kind of intellectual stimulation that comes from working with a highly qualified faculty of expert scholars in a variety of disciplines, and with fellow students from diverse backgrounds.
  • The program is designed for mature students with varied work and life experiences. Small classes encourage the in-depth exploration of ideas.
  • Classes meet at convenient times, either in the late afternoon or early evening, in order to accommodate returning students who work.
  • All classes are offered at the Rutgers-Camden campus as well as at the Joint Base — McGuire, Dix, Lakehurst location.
  • Faculty come from Rutgers-Camden’s several fields of graduate study and are world-class leaders in their disciplines.
  • Students enter with a diversity of academic and professional backgrounds and have gone on to prestigious Ph.D. programs and enhanced or new careers.
  • If you like to read and then discuss the ideas your reading has generated; if you have intellectual interests which you wish to explore and cross-fertilize; if you wish to acquire knowledge beyond the professional specialty in which you are already an expert, Liberal Studies may be just what you are looking for.