Graduate Program - Master of Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Program
Angela Fogle, Program Director

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The Master of Liberal Arts degree (M.L.A.) is designed to meet the needs of the student who wants an interdisciplinary, broad-based graduate education rather than specialization in a single discipline. This flexibility is appealing to a wide range of people who want an expanded liberal arts education and a better understanding of their heritage. Students may take a combination of courses in the Arts, Humanities and Christian Ministry.

The M.L.A. is an approved member of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs and is directed neither toward professional research nor toward the achievement of a doctorate.

Curriculum Overview

The 36-credit-hour curriculum is comprised of a nine-credit-hour interdisciplinary core with two options available for the completion of the remaining twenty-seven hours.

Core Courses (9 hours)

MALA 5300 Western Heritage and Christianity
MALA 5350 World Views: Human Beliefs/Human Actions
MALA 5370 Western Culture through the Arts

Option 1: Interdisciplinary Track
Complete any combination of DBU graduate courses (27 hours)

Option 2: Single-discipline Track
Concentration (18 hours)
Electives (9 hours)

Concentrations available to the M.L.A. student in the Single-disipline track are:

Art

Choose 6 classes from the following:

MALA 5333 Fine Arts in East Asia

MALA 5369 History of Modern Art

MALA 5372 The Arts and the Creative Process

MALA 5376 Drawing and the Liberal Arts

MALA 5377 Painting and the Liberal Arts

MALA 5381 Sculpture and the Liberal Arts

MALA 5384 Visual Faith: The Arts in Worship

MALA 5385 Special Topics in Art

MALA 6382 Travel Study in Fine Arts

MALA 6392 Directed Study in Fine Arts

Other classes may be approved by the Program Director.

Christian Ministry

Choose 6 classes from the following:

MALA 5301 Western Church History

MALA 5302 History of Religion in America

MALA 5303 Baptist History

MALA 5310 Acts

MALA 5326 Prison Epistles

MALA 5327 Cowboy Church Culture

MALA 5351 Pauline Letters

MALA 5355 Systematic Theology

MALA 5357 History of the Reformation

MALA 5358 Educational Ministry of the Church

MALA 5362 Youth Ministry in the Church

MALA 5363 Practicum in Religious Education I

MALA 5365 Christianity in a Pluralistic World

MALA 5373 Hymnology

MALA 5374 Music in Worship

MALA 5375 Church Music Administration

MALA 5380 Ethnomusicology in Christian Missions

MALA 5390 Matthew

MALA 5392 The Gospels

MALA 5394 John

MALA 5396 Mark

MALA 5397 Hebrews

MALA 6384 Travel Study in Religion

Other classes may be approved by the Program Director.

East Asian Studies

MALA 5331 History and Culture of East Asia

MALA 5332 History of East Asian Philosophy and Religion

MALA 5333 Fine Arts in East Asia

MALA 5334 Traditional Literature of East Asia

MAGL 5355 Leadership in East Asia

MAGL 5356 Business and Finance in East Asia

English

Choose 6 classes from the following:

MALA 5340 Studies in Global Literature

MALA 5341 C.S. Lewis

MALA 5342 Select Topics in Linguistics

MALA 5344 Studies in Fiction

MALA 5345 Studies in Non-Fiction

MALA 5346 Special Topics in English

MALA 5347 Studies in Drama

MALA 5348 Studies in Poetry

MALA 5349 Shakespeare

Other classes may be approved by the Program Director.

English as a Second Language (ESL)

ESLS 5301 Second Language Acuisition

ESLS 5304 Methods in Teaching ESL

ESLS 5306 Content Area Language Proficiency Skills

ESLS 5308 Multicultural and Multilingual Learning

Environments

ESLS 5310 Administration of ESL Programs

ESLS 5314 Practicum in ESL/EFL Settings (S-L)

Fine Arts

Choose 6 classes from the following:

MALA 5320 Technology in Communication

MALA 5322 Communication Styles: A Key to Business

Success

MALA 5347 Studies in Drama

MALA 5372 The Arts and the Creative Process

MALA 5373 Hymnology

MALA 5374 Music in Worship

MALA 5375 Church Music Administration

MALA 5376 Drawing and the Liberal Arts

MALA 5378 Choral Literature

MALA 5380 Ethnomusicology in Christian Missions

MALA 5381 Sculpture and the Liberal Arts

MALA 5399 Opera Workshop

MALA 6382 Travel Study in Fine Arts

Other classes may be approved by the Program Director.

History

Choose 6 classes from the following:

MALA 5301 Western Church History

MALA 5302 History of Religion in America

MALA 5303 Baptist History

MALA 5304 American Diplomatic History

MALA 5305 History of Texas

MALA 5308 Medieval History

MALA 5312 The Twentieth Century

MALA 5328 Topics in Latin American History

MALA 5335 American Republic: 1800-1850's

MALA 5354 Ancient Civilizations

MALA 5357 History of the Reformation

MALA 5371 U.S. Intellectual and Social History

MALA 5388 Foundations of the American Republic

MALA 5389 Civil War and Reconstruction

Other classes may be approved by the Program Director.

Missions

Choose 6 classes from the following:

MAGL 5330 Introduction to Missiology

MAGL 5331 Cross-Cultural Living and Ministry

MAGL 5332 Strategies for Missionary Work

MAGL 5333 Local Church on Mission

MAGL 5334 Chronological Bible Storying

MAGL 5335 Biographies of Outstanding Missionaries

MAGL 5340 Strategic Christian Witness in the Global

Marketplace

MAGL 5343 Understanding Islam

MAGL 5344 Strategies for Urban Ministries

Other classes may be approved by the Program Director.

Political Science

Choose 6 classes from the following:

MALA 5304 American Diplomatic History

MALA 5311 Political Communication

MALA 5314 International Relations

MALA 5315 Municipal Government and Urban Development

MALA 5316 Study of Public Administration

MALA 5317 Comparative Government

MALA 5318 American Political Tradition

MALA 5395 Directed Study in Social Sciences

Other classes may be approved by the Program Director.

Total Credit Hours Required: Minimum 36 hours

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

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	M.Ed. in Higher Education / M.Ed. in Kinesiology
	M.Ed. in Reading and English as a Second Language / M.Ed. in Special Education

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