Master
of Arts in the Liberal Arts (MALA)
An
Interdisciplinary Graduate Progam
Entrance
Requirements:
Undergraduate
GPA of 3.0 or higher
GRE
Verbal + Quantitative = 1,000 or higher
(Students
may be admitted to the program provisionally while awaiting GRE scores)
Requirements
for Degree:
Thesis
Option:
24 hours of coursework + 6 hours of
thesis credit (LIBA 8000) + Thesis + Oral Defense
Non-Thesis
Option:
36 hours of coursework + Exit
Exam/Oral Defense
LIBA 7000
& LIBA 7900 are required
At least
1/2 of the coursework must be at the 7000-level
No
more than 1/2 of the coursework may be taken in any one department
Major Professor & Student Committee
Once a
student decides on an area of major concentration, s/he must identify an
appropriate
faculty member with expertise in that substantive area who is
willing to serve as the major
professor. Once that occurs
the student should rely on that faculty member for advice
concerning the appropriate courses to take, thesis mentorship, and so
on. Prior to
having identified a major professor, the student should rely on
the program director for direction.
Each
student will need to recruit a three-person committee (the major professor and
two
additional faculty who are members of the graduate faculty) to serve
as the student's
graduate committee. It is
this committee that will evaluate the thesis (if the thesis option
applies) or conduct the final examination of the student (if the
non-thesis option applies) at
the end of the program. If the
thesis option applies, the committee should be comrpised
of
individuals whose expertise is germane to the subject matter of the thesis. If the non-thesis
option applies, the committee should be comprised of faculty
members who are familiar
with the student by virtue of his/her MALA coursework.
Financial
Aid:
MALA is
an inter-disciplinary program, not an academic department. Hence, MALA itself does
not have a budget for assistantships or financial aid.
Contact
Information:
Professor
William A Clark
Director,
MALA Program
Department
of Political Science
213
Stubbs Hall
tel:
225-578-2549
fax: 225-578-2540
email: poclark@lsu.edu