Master of Liberal Arts
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Fuel Your Passion for Discovery, Growth, and Achievement
Discover how the online Master of Liberal Arts program can be personalized for your goals and help you expand your knowledge of the world. This graduate program from Johns Hopkins University’s Advanced Academic Programs division allows you to engage in an interdisciplinary education tailored to your interests across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
Our online MLA program brings together independent thinkers and aspiring individuals wanting to stretch the limits of their knowledge and creativity. No matter if your background is in STEM, the arts, education, or another subject area, you will deepen your understanding of issues and explore humanistic questions in your life. This online graduate program also provides opportunities to:
- Choose from flexible course offerings that meet a variety of goals and expectations
- Enjoy a convenient online format that works well for busy schedules
- Learn from expert faculty with diverse research interests and backgrounds
Fast Facts
- Duration 18 – 24 Months
- Total Credits 30
- Course Delivery Online
- Ranking Top 10 Among U.S. News & World Report’s list of the best national universities
Why Our MLA Degree Is Right for You
Let your curiosity thrive in a flexible, online environment designed to deepen your knowledge and engage your interests through the following:
Study wide-ranging topics to gain insight into literature, history, art, science, philosophy, and culture.
Personalize your MLA degree with interdisciplinary courses that advance your pursuit of knowledge and achievement.
Build critical skills including research, analysis, writing, communication, and problem-solving.
Coursework
With the online MLA program from Johns Hopkins, you are in control of what you learn. This 10-course graduate degree includes an array of electives, enabling you to curate your ideal learning experience.
- American Political Theory and Practice
- Art Since 1960
- Black Queer History
- Deep Ecology: Environmental Ethic
- Ethics in a Diverse World: Critical Challenges and Contemporary Problems
- Gender and Media
- Going Underground: Subculture and Social Justice in Self-Publishing
- Great Books in Great Contexts
- Philosophy of Beauty
- Race and Jazz
- Renaissance Women: Portraits, Patrons, and Painters
- School and Society: Education Reimagined, Possibilities Disclosed
- Six Degrees of Miles Davis
- Through a Glass, Darkly: American Film Noir
- The Constitution and the Criminal Justice System
Customize Your Capstone Experience
Culminate your graduate degree with a capstone that reflects your interests. Customize this part of the program by developing a portfolio, completing a graduate project, or acquiring hands-on experience during an internship.
Program Outcomes
Intellectual curiosity and a drive for discovery will serve you well in Johns Hopkins’ MLA program. While completing the online courses, you will develop the ability to:
- Situate different methods of inquiry within the liberal arts, building upon a foundation in the history of ideas and enduring humanistic questions.
- Analyze complex topics from interdisciplinary perspectives.
- Conduct original research that is creative, critical, and well-informed.
- Raise vital questions in response to social and ethical issues, interrogating dominant narratives and systems of power.
- Communicate ideas in ways that are accessible to diverse audiences and across a variety of contexts.
- Articulate how your MLA studies have enhanced, extended, or challenged your knowledge and skills and will inform your future endeavors.