Who Chooses Liberal Studies?

IPFW Liberal Studies candidates are diverse in their backgrounds and interests. Some of the students attracted to this program include:

• Recent college graduates who miss the classroom and intellectual stimulation of a university environment.
• Teachers, taking this program in addition to or in place of a Master in Education degree, and prefer the ability to study in their cognate areas or explore a new discipline.
• Art teachers who could benefit from and enjoy graduate art courses and achieve a graduate degree
• Individuals with very narrowly focused careers, like jobs in medicine and law, who enjoy the ability to read, write, and think in areas outside their professional expertise.
• Individuals who want to learn to read more perceptively, write more clearly, and think more creatively; thus, enabling them to be better, more productive employees.
• Individuals who now have time to explore areas in which they have always been interested in but never had the time to pursue while they were raising families and establishing their careers.

Presently, M.L.S. students at IPFW have ranged from 24 to 70, and are involved in occupations ranging from counselor to bank administrator to public relations.