Liberal Arts

Division of General Education and Interdisciplinary Studies

A liberal arts education develops creative thinking, intellectual reasoning and written and verbal communication skills, and provides a solid foundation for a variety of careers ranging from the arts to finance. In Kean's liberal arts degree program, students major in liberal arts and benefit from an interdisciplinary approach to higher learning that explores the vast world of ideas, history, arts and culture.

This innovative degree allows you to customize your coursework from Kean's world-class academic programs in the liberal arts, humanities and social sciences. It includes research and capstone projects, along with a dedicated internship program, to develop your passion, skills and career path with greater precision and creativity. Graduates become free-thinkers who contribute fresh insights and solve problems with a collaborative mindset, making them an asset in every imaginable industry.

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Kean students with fall foliage in the background — A Kean Liberal Arts degree provides a broad foundational knowledge of the arts and humanities that can be applied to a variety of career paths.

What Will You Learn as a Liberal Arts Major?

A Kean liberal arts degree provides the powerful intellectual foundation, communication skills and cultural awareness necessary to succeed in the 21st-century global job market.

This customizable academic program offers an interdisciplinary path that suits students with unique passions and career goals. You will develop the practical skills needed to identify, evaluate and consider solutions to real-world challenges and gain distinct strengths in:

Critical and creative thinking, problem-solving and reading/research skills
Cultural analysis and awareness of social justice and other societal concerns
Synthesizing new ideas, forming rational arguments and posing meaningful questions and solutions
Communicating complex, big-picture concepts to diverse audiences with differing perspectives
Creative entrepreneurship and innovation that can be applied to many industries

With a Kean Liberal Arts (B.A.) degree, you also can attend graduate school in business, law, media and communications, creative writing, education or the arts and will enjoy many career opportunities.

Students must select at least one minor course of study offered at the university. However, students have enough credits in this area to select two if they choose.

For more information contact:

Kim Daniel-Robinson, Ph.D., Coordinator
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts
kdanielr@kean.edu
BLA@kean.edu
(908) 737-0414

Program Information Highlights
The 120 credits needed to graduation with a B.A. in Liberal Arts include:

Completion of the University’s General Education Requirements
Social Justice Themed Courses
A Career Capstone Course
A Research Capstone Course
An Internship experience (in any field or discipline - student’s choice)

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Abigail Maguire	Lydia Kaplan
Dena Arguelles	Melissa Libbey
Eunice Nkansah	Sean Keegan-landis
Giancarlo Labruna	Shalander Samuels
Joshua Burnett	Sharmistha Das Iyer
Kathleen Lodge	Susan Ahern
Kim Daniel-Robinson	Tamara Hart
Kim-Le Downes	Vanessa Bell Despinos
Leslie Dacosta	Victoria Rey

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