MALS at a Glance
• 30 Credits
• 4 required MALS courses
• Electives chosen from all
GC course offerings
• Thesis required
• Renowned GC Faculty
• Full- or part-time study
Liberal Studies Tracks
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Greg Masters (Liberal Studies M.A., 1994) wrote Stumbling into Modernity: Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Cling to Tradition (BookBaby/Amazon Digital Services, 2012), a critical look at the Nobel... Read more
The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies is proud to highlight a new track: Individualized Studies Read more
The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies is proud to highlight a new track: Migration and Global Cities Read more
We’re pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2012 issue of the Master of Liberal Studies e-journal at the CUNY Graduate Center! Read more
GC Team Studies Workday Flexibility in 21 Countries Read more
Clare Carroll, a professor on the doctoral faculty in comparative literature and liberal studies and coordinator of the Renaissance Studies certificate program, has won a highly prized National... Read more
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All events are free and open to the public.
Schedule at a Glance (Detailed descriptions below)
11/13: Greil Marcus, “A Conversation With Greil Marcus about Lipstick Traces”
11/30: “The Zeteo Zag: Turning Interdisciplinary Writing in New Directions in a Digital World – A Panel Discussion & Party with the MALS open-access journal”
Date TBA: End of Semester Party
Read moreTechnological changes have created a worldwide demand on the part of workers to have more flexibility and control over their schedules, but that control varies among industrialized countries. A study... Read more
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, with the Graduate Center closed for the majority of the week, I ran into Professor Shifra Sharlin at our neighborhood cafe. After exchanging general niceties and catching up about the status of New York after such a devastation, we decided to sit down together for an afternoon interview. Sipping a ginger ale, with her thick curly hair creatively situated atop her head, glasses poised on the bridge of her nose, and her larger-than-life smile, she settled in the seat adjacent to mine at a small window table. Read more