Master of Art in Liberal Studies

Areas of Concentration: Education

These are some examples of programs of study that other MALS students have pursued in the past. They are meant to give you a sense of the kind of program that you might create with us. Each program of study includes courses taken as one-on-one independent studies with Skidmore faculty, traditional graduate-level courses taken in classrooms at universities across the country, as well as the required introductory seminar. Our students also earn credit through transfer of prior graduate credit, supervised internships, and assessment of prior experiential learning.

• Program focus: Educational Leadership

  Coursework
  Master’s Seminar
  Social Foundations of American Education
  Developing Multiple Intelligence
  Encouraging Student Responsibility
  Current Issues in Education and Society
  Educational Reform
  Psychology of Learning
  Creativity
  Maladaptive Behavior in Childhood

  Final Project:
  “Self-Esteem, Self-Determination and Behavior Outcomes: A Leadership Paradigm for American Education”

• Program focus: Reading, Writing, and Teaching History

  Coursework
  Master’s Seminar
  Curriculum Design
  Principles of Learning
  Fiction Writing
  Selected Topics in Comparative Politics
  Multicultural Children’s Literature
  Educational Research for Practitioners
  Adolescent Psychology
  Motivation in an Academic Setting

  Final Project:
  “Teaching American History through the Historical Novel”

• Program focus: Teaching Literacy through Music

  Coursework
  Master’s Seminar
  Cognitive Development
  Bible as Literature
  Baroque Music, 1600-1750
  History of the English Language
  Advanced English Grammar and Syntax
  Bach’s Passions
  Mozart’s Operas
  Language Development and Acquisition

  Final Project:
  “Breaking the Sound Barrier: Using Music to Enhance EFL Learning in Malaysian Classrooms”