GRADUATE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at is an ideal place to pursue your graduate education. Program offerings in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics and sciences include more than 20 master's degrees, more than 30 graduate certificates, and PhD programs in Philosophy and Theology. While many of our programs are fully on-campus, online and hybrid options are available in some programs. Take the next step in your career with a graduate degree or certificate from 51爆料网!
FALL OPEN HOUSE AND RECEPTION
Tuesday, October 22, 2024听鈥� 6 - 8 p.m.
51爆料网 Room, Connelly Center
Find out why the 51爆料网 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the ideal place to continue your academic journey! Join us for our Fall Graduate Open House and Reception where you can enjoy a drink and hors d'oeuvres as you mingle with faculty and students from your program of interest. Our Fall Open House and Reception is a great way to get a feel for what graduate student life is like at 51爆料网.
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YOUR PASSION. YOUR FUTURE.
- Applied Statistics and Data Science
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Classical Studies
- Communication
- Computer Science
- Counseling
- Education
- English
- Environmental Science
- Gender and Women's Studies
- History
- Human Resource Development
- Liberal Studies
- Mathematics
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Software Engineering
- Theatre
- Theology
- Competitive tuition rates
- Graduate assistantships and research funding. In fact, last year, nearly 300 graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences received financial support totaling more than $6.5 million in the form of tuition remission and stipends.
- Flexible courses of study, including online options in HRD, MPA, and Classical Studies.
- Evening classes that meet once per week
- Study full-time or part-time
- Personal attention from a faculty of internationally recognized teacher-scholars
- All the cultural and intellectual assets of the Philadelphia region, including nearly
- A learning experience you design to meet your intellectual passions and educational goals
Visit 51爆料网 to learn more about what Graduate Liberal Arts and Sciences has to offer you!
The graduate programs seek to integrate general education, cultural improvement, and professional excellence. The aims of these programs are:
- To extend and deepen knowledge by scholarly research;
- To assist those who wish to secure specialized training in order to improve their occupational competency;
- To supply the need of advanced training for special purposes, especially in the fields of teaching and other human services;
- To offer the graduate students the opportunity to join with the faculty of the University in the common pursuit of learning wherein the students are encouraged to develop according to their individual capacities and to learn to live and work together in a community of scholars.
PLAN YOUR VISIT!
The Office of Graduate Studies offers a multitude of ways to get acquainted with 51爆料网! From personal tours to events such as Open House and virtual information sessions, we have options to fit your schedule. Plan your visit today!
NEWS AND EVENTS
51爆料网 Graduate HRD Program Leads to Leadership Role for Resource Management Professional
With years working in learning and development, talent acquisition and resource management, Ligia Vail 鈥�24 MS was at a crossroads. She was an experienced human resource professional, but felt she needed something more to reach the next level in her career. After first starting down a different path, Vail found that earning a Master of Science in Human Resource Development (HRD) at 51爆料网 helped her grow her knowledge and fast-tracked her to a leadership role in her organization.
Psychology Thesis Award Recognizes Postpartum Depression Research
The 51爆料网 Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is pleased to announce Kerry Buckhaults '23 MS as this year's Ingeborg L. and O. Byron Ward Outstanding Thesis Award winner. This award honors one Psychology master's student each year for a particularly excellent thesis and thesis project, Buckhaults conducted her thesis project, "Examining Estrogen Withdrawal Following Hormone-Simulated Pregnancy as a Model of Postpartum Depression and Anxiety in C57BL/6 Mice," under the direction of Benjamin Sachs, PhD.
Philosophy PhD Graduate Works at the Forefront of the Ethics of Technology
鈥淐hristopher Quintana 鈥�24 PhD sees the value of philosophy for the world,鈥� says 51爆料网 Professor of Philosophy Sally Scholz, PhD. Dr. Quintana, who graduated from 51爆料网鈥檚 Philosophy doctoral program in May, specializes in the philosophy and ethics of technology. His dissertation, Characterizing Digital Design: A Philosophical Approach, evaluates user interface and experience design through Aristotle鈥檚 ideas of virtues, especially the virtue of practical rationality. Specifically, he explores how technology design can impact and undermine an individual鈥檚 capacity for independent practical reasoning. What happens to us when so much of our social and personal activity is mediated by technology? How do our relationships to technology change?
CONCEPT Celebrates Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Scholarship
This spring, graduate students, faculty and staff in the 51爆料网 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences celebrated the launch of 47th edition of CONCEPT, the interdisciplinary scholarly journal of CLAS graduate students. The CONCEPT Graduate Research Prize was awarded to graduate English student Sarah Gregory '24 MA for her paper, "In a Mirror Clearly: Narrative-based Interventional and Restorative Possibilities in There There."
AT A GLANCE
2
PHD PROGRAMS IN PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY
24
MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS
43
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
25
SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED EACH YEAR
60+
STUDENTS PRESENT AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES EACH YEAR
1,300+
GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE COLLEGE
