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Keep Your Options Open with a Degree in Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Programs offer students the option to earn an undergraduate or graduate degree that will provide the training they need to work in a wide variety of fields upon graduation. Earning a degree in the humanities will provide students with an overview of a variety of disciplines; however, many students opt to focus on a special field of interest.

The following are some examples you might choose:

• Classical Studies: Roman and Ancient Greek performing and visual arts, literature, and culture
• Religious Studies: Pastoral ministry and counseling, theology, and history of religion
• Philosophy and Ethics: Philosophical writing from ancient to contemporary times, analysis and interpretation of arguments, and philosophical disciplines
• Linguistic Studies: The translation and interpretation of linguistics
• Performing Arts: Dramatic and musical theory, music appreciation, theater arts, music, performing and producing theatrical and musical shows,
• Art History: Working in or opening an art gallery, or the teaching, overseeing and caring for collections of valuable artwork
• Language and Literature: Languages, writing, classics, comparative literature, and rhetoric
• Visual Arts: Painting, drawing, printmaking, and photography, and three dimensional art such as sculpture and ceramics

When you earn a bachelor’s degree from a liberal arts program, you will take a broad selection of courses in the humanities, which will provide you a well-rounded education in arts, cultures, and literature from ancient through contemporary eras. This course of study can prepare you for, and introduce you to, a wide variety of career options. A degree in this field could lead you to work in design, multimedia, art direction, the entertainment industry, and more.

Often employers prefer individuals who have been trained with a minimum of an associate’s degree in fields such as communications, computerized design, or visual arts as advancing technologies and applications for visual arts become more and more important with the development of newer technologies.