Liberal Studies at Texas A&M-Commerce

Sitting Lion statue on A&M-Commerce campus.

Program Description

Liberal Studies, within the College of Arts and Sciences, is an interdisciplinary undergraduate program designed to meet the needs of our increasingly diverse culture and marketplace. Pulling from all areas of traditional university learning—the humanities, fine arts, the social sciences, math, and the natural sciences—Liberal Studies encourages the kind of learning valued today by many educators and employers: communication skills, critical thinking, and the ability to master new subjects, ideas, and skills.

Its flexible yet coherent degree program is made up of courses taught through traditional classroom methods as well as through non-traditional instruction, such as distance education and online teaching.

Program Objectives

In providing students with the skills to succeed, both in and outside of the university setting, the Liberal Studies program sets out to accomplish the following:

To educate the whole person for lifelong intellectual pursuit and responsible citizenship on local, state, national, and international levels of a multicultural society;
To develop students’ imaginative understanding of other cultures, societies, and languages;
To help students not only to understand increasing globalization but also to contribute and compete in a global world;
To increase students’ knowledge and appreciation of the relationships among various disciplines;
To prepare students to use creative and innovative thinking in society, business, and personal life;
To develop students’ skills in communication, critical thinking, and problem solving; and
To give both traditional and non-traditional students a broad-based education that will help them adapt to changes in society and the workplace.