Bachelor's Degrees in Liberal Arts

A recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) reveals that employers tend to focus on finding employees with the right skills rather than the right major. Employers recognize that a liberal arts education prepares students for a successful career.

Our Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts (BALA) balances the narrowness of specialization while teaching skills important to any career field — drawing connections among subjects within a discipline, expressing research discoveries clearly and persuasively in narrated and written presentations.

The program develops characteristics that employers value highly including flexibility, competence, and confidence in analytical and communication skills.

The BALA major in Liberal Arts offers flexible learning pathways and specializations. After completing the required 12-hour core, students are free to build a specialization that meets the career or personal needs of the student, or to add an optional concentration in elementary education toward completing requirements for teacher licensure.

The BALA major in Interdisciplinary Studies provides a ten-course sequence that addresses important topics in the humanities that also apply directly to the workplace, including ethics, culture, citizenship, business literacy and management.

The BALA requires 120 semester hours of coursework, including 30 hours for the major in Liberal Arts or 60 hours for the major in Interdiscplinary Studies. You may transfer up to 60 semester hours into the BALA degree.