University Catalog 2026-2027

Liberal Studies (MA)

Degree Requirements

Required Courses9
Students must take two sections of MLS 501 for 6 credits. Sections must be separate topics.
Seminar In Liberal Studies
Seminar In Liberal Studies
Select one of the following for 3 credits:
Seminar In Liberal Studies
OR Research Methods course across all departments approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Concentration Courses18
Select an interdisciplinary concentration approved in conjunction with the academic committee
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
  • David Michael Berube
  • Carolyn Bird
  • Jason Bocarro
  • Jonathan D. Bohlmann
  • Jeffrey P. Braden
  • Kimberly Ann Bush
  • Marina F. Bykova
  • Jonathan M. Casper
  • Katherine M. Charron
  • Gary L. Comstock
  • Veljko Dubljevic
  • Michael B. Edwards
  • Stephen C. Ferguson
  • Victoria Gallagher
  • Shelley E. Garrigan
  • Michael D. Garval
  • Nora Haenn
  • Anne Hardison-Moody
  • Karey A. Harwood
  • Mary E. Haskett
  • Jessica K. Jameson
  • Akram F. Khater
  • Lada Kochtcheeva
  • Yu-Fai Leung
  • Jorge Mari
  • Duarte Morais
  • Sylvia Christine Maria Nassar
  • Jose Pasten
  • Robert P. Patterson
  • Jorge Mari
  • David M. Rieder
  • Adriana de Souza e Silva
  • Michael Struett
  • Erik R Thomas
  • Kenneth Vincent
  • Rodney Waschka
  • Yingjiao Xu
  • Kenneth S. Zagacki

Associate Professors

  • Kyle Stephen Bunds
  • Cameron Denson
  • Ayse Ercumen
  • Whitney Knollenberg
  • Kama A Kosenko
  • Alicia McGill
  • Seth Murray
  • Mark Nance
  • Radmila Sazdanovic
  • Amanda J. Stewart

Assistant Professors

  • Kalyca Becktel
  • Alexis Meredith Clark

Associate Teaching Professor

  • Amanda Ross Edwards
  • Victoria Ralston

Teaching Assistant Professor

  • Khodr Zaarour

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Gary Beckman
  • Charles Albert Flink
  • Kimberly Ange-Van Heugten
  • Erin C. Jordan
  • Jonathan Kramer

Lecturers

  • Darby Orcutt
  • Jory P. Weintraub

Emeritus Faculty

  • Dennis M. Daley
  • Douglas J. Gillan
  • Sarah D. Kirby
  • Sarah Stein