Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies
The Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies will open doors of opportunity for advancement in your current career, prepare you for new professional adventures, and broaden employment options, all while satisfying your curiosity for knowledge. In its Greater Expectations report of 2002, the Association of American Colleges and Universities concluded that “Liberal education has the strongest impact when students look beyond the classroom to the world’s major questions, asking students to apply their developing analytical skills and ethical judgments to significant problems in the world around them.”
Who is Eligible
Adult students over the age of 23 with a minimum of 24 college credits OR students with 60 or more college credits and/or an Associate’s Degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum grade point average of 2.0 on work attempted.
Key Benefits:
- Ranked second in nation for graduating its students with the least amount of debt.
- Around 90% of students receive financial aid
- Benefit from a flexible schedule that accommodates busy working adults
Why Choose St. Andrews?
The versatility of a liberal studies degree allows you to continue into applied studies, or you can use the communications, reasoning, and thinking skills you’ve developed to enter into a wide choice of careers. Like a degree in general studies, liberal studies are appealing to employers who are looking for a generalist - someone who has the proven ability to think in different areas and has not been pigeon holed to work in only one mind set. Any professional needs to understand the world and society in order to be a contributing member - from interior designers to clergy.
Your career choices can include teaching, communications, media, advertising, marketing, public service or law, and all within business, government, non-profit, science, social science, music, or language sectors. It can be as diverse as labor relations specialist, women’s rights advocate, or planned donations officer at a museum.
How is the Program Structured?
The program of study must consist of a minimum of 45 and a maximum of 56 credits. A minimum of 21 of the total credits for the major must be earned at St. Andrews Presbyterian College. It allows students to explore and appreciate the ways in which diverse disciplines, schools of thought, modes of inquiry, and cultures fit into the rich fabric of human nature and self-expression. Intellectual, cultural, social, political, scientific, artistic, literary, and religious interactions and influences within a given era and from age to age are studied.
No more than 58 credits may be earned online.
