Liberal Arts

Overview

Liberal Arts from Doane University provides a curriculum focusing on skills highly valued by employers such as critical and analytical thinking skills, and oral and written communication skills.

Careers

Many graduates with this degree fit one of several profiles.

First, some students plan to go immediately on to graduate school, and have accumulated numerous credits from other institutions but haven’t completed their undergraduate degree. The Liberal Arts Studies program is often their quickest path to graduation and can get them moving on to that next educational goal: graduate school.

Second, some students work in an industry that they want to stay in and advance, but they need a bachelor’s degree (in any area of study) to advance. In some of these cases, the Liberal Arts degree is a perfect fit.

Another scenario is students who want to quickly earn a bachelor’s degree, and move on to Doane University’s Initial Teacher Certification program. This path prepares students to teach in elementary grades (K-6), in secondary grades (7-12 in an areas in which Doane endorses individuals) and in special education grades (K-12). Secondary endorsement areas include the sciences, mathematics, social sciences, English, language arts, foreign languages, and art (K-12).