University Catalog 2023-2024

Liberal Studies (MA)

Degree Requirements

Required Courses9
Seminar In Liberal Studies
Seminar In Liberal Studies
Select one of the following:
Seminar In Liberal Studies
Research Methods course across all departments approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Concentration Courses6
Select an interdisciplinary concentration approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Additional Courses12
"Additional Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee to meet 30 total hours
Culminating Project Course3
Independent Project
Total Hours30
1

Must be from at least 3 different academic disciplines, no more than 2 courses from one department, at least 2 courses in CHASS. Examples of concentrations that are well supported by graduate courses in the NC State curriculum are: science, technology and society, the American experience and leadership.

Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Degree Requirements

The Accelerated Bachelors/Master’s (ABM) degree program allows exceptional undergraduate students at NC State an opportunity to complete the requirements for both the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at an accelerated pace. These undergraduate students may double count up to 12 credits and obtain a non-thesis Master’s degree in the same field within 12 months of completing the Bachelor’s degree, or obtain a thesis-based Master’s degree in the same field within 18 months of completing the Bachelor’s degree.

This degree program also provides an opportunity for the Directors of Graduate Programs (DGPs) at NC State to recruit rising juniors in their major to their graduate programs. However, permission to pursue an ABM degree program does not guarantee admission to the Graduate School. Admission is contingent on meeting eligibility requirements at the time of entering the graduate program.

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Kimberly I. Allen
  • Carolyn Bird
  • Jason Bocarro
  • Jonathan D. Bohlmann
  • Jeffrey P. Braden
  • Marina F. Bykova
  • Richard M. Clerkin
  • Gary L. Comstock
  • Victoria Gallagher
  • Michael D. Garval
  • Douglas John Gilla
  • Nora Haenn
  • Mary E. Haskett
  • Jessica K. Jameson
  • Akram F. Khater
  • Sarah D. Kirby
  • Lada Kochtcheeva
  • Yu-Fai Leung
  • Dudley Michael Marchi
  • Jorge Mari
  • Duarte Morais
  • Sylvia Christine Maria Nassar
  • Jose Pasten
  • Robert P. Patterson
  • Jorge Mari
  • Adriana de Souza e Silva
  • Erik R Thomas
  • Kenneth Vincent
  • Rodney Waschka
  • Yingjiao Xu
  • Kenneth S. Zagacki

Associate Professors

  • Craig C. Brookins
  • Kyle Stephen Bunds
  • Jonathan M. Casper
  • Katherine Mellen Charron
  • Cameron Denson
  • Michael B. Edwards
  • Stephen Clifford Ferguson
  • Shelley E. Garrigan
  • Anne Hardison-Moody
  • Karey A. Harwood
  • Kimberly Ange-Van Heugten
  • James Kiwanuka-Tondo
  • Mark Nance
  • David M. Rieder
  • Amanda J. Stewart
  • Michael Struett
  • Jocelyn DeVance Warren

Assistant Professors

  • Kalyca Becktel
  • Veljko Dubljevic
  • Ayse Ercumen
  • Judy Kertesz
  • Thath Men Alejandro Gutierrez Li
  • Alicia McGill
  • Xavier Deonte Pickett
  • Kevin A. Richardson

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Alison E. Arnold
  • Gary Beckman
  • David Michael Berube
  • Kimberly Ann Bush
  • Dennis M. Daley
  • Sarah L. Desmarais
  • Amanda Ross Edwards
  • Charles Albert Flink
  • Jonathan Kramer
  • Seth Murray
  • Elizabeth Nelson

Lecturer

  • Victoria Ralston

Emeritus Faculty

  • Sarah Stein