Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Liberal Arts] From University of Massachusetts

Upon completing this major, students will be able to:

• Understand the diversity of disciplinary perspectives and relationships across diverse fields of knowledge;
• Identify and formulate multidisciplinary research questions based on key concepts, literature, practices, and issues of their areas of concentration;
• Demonstrate critical thinking and communication skills that relate their academic knowledge to civic engagement and issues in their communities;
• Conduct research that evaluates and employs primary and secondary resources effectively, using appropriate disciplinary conventions for citation and documentation; and,
• Develop, write, and present original analyses in clear, grammatical prose.