The Liberal Studies program also offers a Certificate of Advanced Study in Liberal Studies. The Georgetown University Liberal Studies Degree Program celebrates its first twenty-five years in 1999. The Liberal Studies degree program offers broadly based courses in humanities and the social sciences. The courses are designed for the program with both an interdisciplinary and values related focus. The course of study engages the students in reading, reflection, and discussion of specific themes, problems, ideas and questions within broader, more comprehensive areas of human intellectual interest than strictly discipline based courses.
Students typically are professionals working full-time.
The Liberal Studies courses are thus offered in the evenings and on Saturdays at times suitable for adults with existing occupational, family, and community obligations. Advanced Certificate A Certificate of Advanced Study in Liberal Studies consists of 30 credits, and is open to students who have received a Master's or a Doctor's degree. The Master's degree in Liberal Studies is preferable to the Certificate unless the student already has a graduate degree in Liberal Studies. Program requirements are the same as those for the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies. Degree Requirements Master of Arts in Liberal Studies candidates complete a minimum of ten courses or 30 credits, at least 24 of them at Georgetown.