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Academic Catalog 2020-2021
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Letters and Science (College of)

  • African and African Diaspora Studies
  • American Indian Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Art History
  • Asian Studies, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Biological Sciences
  • Business and Technical Communications, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Celtic Studies
  • Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Childhood and Adolescence Studies, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Communication
  • Conservation and Environmental Science
  • Cultures and Communities, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Digital Arts and Culture
  • Economics
  • English
  • English for Academic Purposes
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Film Studies
  • Food &​ Beverage Studies
  • Foreign Languages and Literature
  • French, Italian, and Comparative Literature
  • Geography
  • Geosciences
  • Global Health, Undergraduate Certificate (College of Letters and Science)
  • Global Studies
  • History
  • Human Resources and Labor Relations
  • International Studies
  • Jewish Studies
  • Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies
  • Language, Literature &​ Translation
  • Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latinx Studies
  • Latino Studies
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Studies
  • Liberal Studies
    • Liberal Studies, MLS
  • Linguistics
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Pre-​Professional Programs
  • Psychology
  • Public and Non-​Profit Administration
  • Quantitative Social Data Analysis, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Religious Studies
  • Sociology
  • Spanish and Portuguese
  • Translation and Interpreting Studies
  • Urban Studies
  • Women's and Gender Studies
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College of Letters and Science

Liberal Studies

  • Overview
  • Programs
  • Courses
  • Faculty

Admission to the Master of Liberal Studies is suspended during the redesign of the program.

The College of Letters and Science offers an interdisciplinary graduate program leading to a Master of Liberal Studies. The MLS curriculum consists of small introductory seminars, special topics courses conceived exclusively for the program, electives taken in specific departments, and a final thesis or independent project. All courses are taught by graduate faculty drawn primarily from the College of Letters and Science and augmented by other interested instructors from across the University. Such faculty diversity allows students to expand their cultural and intellectual horizons through a carefully structured course of study that encourages multiple perspectives on important issues and integration of knowledge across disciplines.

The MLS program is housed in the internationally respected Center for Twenty-first Century Studies, which ensures access to leading scholars, outstanding facilities, special lectures and other events. Each fall a limited class of new students is admitted in order to maintain an intimate learning environment, and all courses are offered during evenings. Although the MLS is not a traditional graduate degree that focuses on a single academic field or set of professional skills, its emphasis on critical thinking, imaginative reflection, ethical consideration, and effective communication carries substantial value in both private and public life.

Programs

  • Liberal Studies, MLS

Liberal Studies Courses

LIBRLST 701 Traditions and Transformations I:

3 cr. Graduate.

A fundamental contemporary issue explored through a historical perspective; emphasis on the humanities. Interdisciplinary resources, methods, theories. Required special programs outside regular class hours.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MLS Prog.

Course Rules: Not retakable.

Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

LIBRLST 702 Traditions And Transformations II:

3 cr. Graduate.

Continuation of LibrlSt 701, exploring a contemporary issue within a more recent modern/postmodern context. Required special programs outside regular class hours emphasize course topics.

Prerequisites: grad st; LibrlSt 701(P)

Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 12 cr max.

Last Taught: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

LIBRLST 721 Special Topics in Liberal Studies:

3 cr. Graduate.

Topics in human culture emphasizing the pervasiveness of a particular idea, belief, process, or other cultural construct in many facets of human society.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MLS Prog

Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.

Last Taught: Fall 2014, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2009.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

LIBRLST 722 Special Topics in Contemporary Cultural Studies:

3 cr. Graduate.

Topics in contemporary culture; emphasis on literature, experimental arts/film, mass culture, performance; new approaches to study of culture, including media theory, multi-culturalism, feminism, post-colonialism.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MLS Prog

Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.

Last Taught: Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

LIBRLST 797 Special Topics In International Liberal Studies:

3 cr. Graduate.

Examination of a belief, idea, process, or other cultural construct in an international setting.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to mls prog

Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

LIBRLST 798 Liberal Studies Master's Project

4 cr. Graduate.

Culmination of student's studies in MLS Program; may take any form appropriate to interdisciplinary focus of student's study prog, e.g. research paper, performance, literary/exhibition project.

Prerequisites: grad st; 20 cr in the MLS Prog.

Last Taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

LIBRLST 799 Independent Work in Liberal Studies

1-3 cr. Graduate.

Independent reading or project; topic selected in consultation with supervising professor.

Prerequisites: grad st; admis to MLS Prog.

Last Taught: Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Fall 2014.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

LIBRLST 888 Candidate for Degree

0 cr. Graduate.

Available for graduate students who must meet minimum credit load requirement.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

Course Rules: Fee for 1 cr assessed; unit does not count towards credit load for Fin Aid. Repeatable. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.

Last Taught: Spring 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Summer 2012.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

LIBRLST 901 Seminar on Philosophical Approaches to Science

3 cr. Graduate.

The nature and function of sciences, the logic of the scientific method as it relates to health, and implications of research and practices in health care.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Course Rules: C L Sci 901 & LibrlSt 901 are jointly offered; they count as repeats of one another.

Last Taught: Fall 2007.

Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/

NameRankDegreeSchoolGraduate FacultyEmeritus Faculty
George Clark Professor PhD Florida State University No Yes
Janis Eells Professor PhD University of Iowa Yes No
Kristie Hamilton Associate Professor PhD University of Texas at Austin Yes No
Robin Mello Associate Professor PhD Leslie University Yes No
Bernard Perley Associate Professor PhD Harvard University Yes No
Robert Schwartz Distinguished Professor PhD University of Pennsylvania No Yes
Merry E. Weisner-Hanks Distinguished Professor PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison No Yes

Letters and Science (College of)

  • African and African Diaspora Studies
  • American Indian Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Art History
  • Asian Studies, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Biological Sciences
  • Business and Technical Communications, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Celtic Studies
  • Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Childhood and Adolescence Studies, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Communication
  • Conservation and Environmental Science
  • Cultures and Communities, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Digital Arts and Culture
  • Economics
  • English
  • English for Academic Purposes
  • Ethnic Studies
  • Film Studies
  • Food &​ Beverage Studies
  • Foreign Languages and Literature
  • French, Italian, and Comparative Literature
  • Geography
  • Geosciences
  • Global Health, Undergraduate Certificate (College of Letters and Science)
  • Global Studies
  • History
  • Human Resources and Labor Relations
  • International Studies
  • Jewish Studies
  • Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies
  • Language, Literature &​ Translation
  • Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latinx Studies
  • Latino Studies
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Studies
  • Liberal Studies
    • Liberal Studies, MLS
  • Linguistics
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Pre-​Professional Programs
  • Psychology
  • Public and Non-​Profit Administration
  • Quantitative Social Data Analysis, Undergraduate Certificate
  • Religious Studies
  • Sociology
  • Spanish and Portuguese
  • Translation and Interpreting Studies
  • Urban Studies
  • Women's and Gender Studies
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