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Master of Liberal Arts

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Requirements Summary

Also see Downloadable Requirements Summary Worksheets below.

For most concentrations the 10 courses must include the following:

Proseminar 1
Field courses 5*
Field seminar 1
Elective courses, including one writing-intensive course or seminar 2*
Thesis 1
* Psychology and biology concentrators must take a statistics course. Biology concentrators may use it as either a field course or an elective.

For the literature and creative writing concentration:

Proseminar 1
Field courses 4
CREA E-100r 1
English or foreign literature courses including one seminar 3
Thesis 1

Downloadable* Requirements Summary Worksheets

Biological Sciences (Area A)

Social Sciences (Area B)

Humanities (Area C)

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