Department of Liberal Arts

Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, Ph.D., Chairperson

Drawing on the Mount’s one hundred years of excellence in teaching, the liberal arts faculty invite students to engage in an experience that challenges them to explore intellectual interests and talents with the support of community on campus and beyond. Our community of faculty scholars from a variety of disciplines guides students as they mature into broadly educated writers, speakers, and learners prepared to embrace the diverse opportunities of twenty-first century life, work, and service. Our graduates are rooted in the past, engaged with the present, and empowered to thrive in the future.

Students can pursue the major in one of the following options:

• Liberal Arts
• Liberal Arts with a Concentration in English
• Liberal Arts with a Concentration in History
• Liberal Arts with a Concentration in Philosophy
• Liberal Arts with a Concentration in Religious Studies
• Liberal Arts with a Concentration in Theatre

Minors include: 

• Minor in American Studies
• Minor in Creative Writing
• Minor in English
• Minor in History
• Minor in Philosophy
• Minor in Religious Studies
• Interdisciplinary Minor in Ethics