Overview & Academics
The LIBERAL STUDIES program is ideal for students who wish to explore topics that are not explored by traditional majors. The student may design a multidisciplinary major around an area or choose from one of three pre-approved areas: Communication, American Studies and International Studies.
Career Options
- Social Services Human Relations Officers
- Public Relations Personnel
- Urban Planner/City Manager
- Non-profit Organizational Director
- Copywriter
- Medical Communications Trainer
- Advertising Account Executive
Major Requirements
Lower level courses:
Choose 12 semester hours from…
- Art Appreciation
- Literature of the United States I
- Literature of the United States II
- Western Civilization I
- The United States to 1865
- American Humanities
- American Political System or American State and Local Government or Social Problems
Upper level courses:
Choose 18 semester hours from:
- Studies in American Literature
- Ethnic Studies
- Major Author
- Colonial and Revolutionary America
- African-American History
- History of the South
- The American Civil War
- United States Since 1945
- The United States Congress
- The Federal Courts
- American Presidency
- American Political Thought
- Constitutional Law
- Religion in United States Culture
- Sociology of the Workplace or Special Topics
Required seminary
- Liberal Studies Capstone
Minor Requirements
No minor available
American Studies Faculty
Chad C. Ross, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
Liberal Studies Program Coordinator
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
252.985.5269
cross@ncwu.edu