Welcome to the MALS Program!

The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program is a continuation of the voyage of discovery that begins when we read our first book: an opportunity for mature adults to further their own intellectual growth and savor the delights of learning for its own sake. The MALS program emphasizes the history of ideas and the connections between fields of learning, encouraging a multidisciplinary approach to knowledge. Thus it is not like traditional graduate programs, which usually focus on a single discipline and have specific vocational objectives.



Of course, the knowledge and insights you gain and the skills you sharpen while earning the MALS degree will carry over into the business world and the public arena. The specialization required by our technological society needs to be balanced by a broader vision when making the judgments called for at work and in exercising responsible citizenship. The MALS program develops the timeless qualities of a liberal education at the graduate level: the capacities to think freely, to imagine adventurously, to choose discriminately, and to understand deeply.

The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at the University of Delaware is a full member of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP).  The AGLSP is an international organization founded in 1975.  For further information about the AGLSP, please visit their website at www.aglsp.org

 News

Find out what is going on in the MALS Program by viewing the newsletter

See what Delaware Today had to say about the MALS Program in its December 2002 edition at www.udel.edu/mals/delawaretoday.html.

 


MALS Office: 219 McDowell Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
Phone: 302/831-6075 * Fax: 302/831-4461 *