Do you want to be a better thinker, writer, and conversationalist?  Do you want to be a more interesting and informed person?

The  Master of Liberal Arts program at HBU is a unique master's degree designed for adults like you whose formal college education is complete, but who wish to continue intellectual enrichment in a stimulating academic environment.  MLA courses combine a challenging and exciting interdisciplinary approach to the study of the liberal arts with a practical structure that is just right for you.  Evening and Saturday classes allow you to complete the degree on a full-time basis in about two years.

TRAVEL ABROAD WITH MLA!

Summer 2010- Greece!

2009 - Egypt
2008 - Rome
2007 - London

 UPCOMING COURSE OFFERINGS FOR FALL 2009 and SPRING 2010 SEMESTERS

FALL 2009

MLA 5391 Western Culture II (Core Course): MLA 5391 will cover the Renaissance, Reformation, and Early Modern period. Dr. Jon Suter – Wednesday 6:00-8:30

Reading list: Fleming’s Arts and Ideas; Life is a Dream; In Praise of Folly

MLA 6376 Michelangelo and Leonardo: This course is concerned with a study of the art of two of the great masters of the High Renaissance in Italy - Michelangelo Buonarroti and Leonardo da Vinci. These two great individuals, who have had a tremendous impact on western culture from their own times through our own era, will be studied through a variety of their works. James Busby – Thursday 6:30-9:00

Reading list: Leonardo da Vinci; History of Italian Renaissance Art; Michelangelo

 MLA 6368 Power in the Middle Ages: The question of what power is and who should wield it became particularly acute in the disorder of the Middle Ages. After the collapse of the Roman Empire kings, nobles, and the church all attempted to maintain or expand their authority. Women and intellectuals carved their own niche in the life of the time. We will examine how their battles for power and the solutions they worked out in the heat of the moment not only built their institutions of government but also laid the foundations for our own government and some of the ideas of liberty we hold most dear today. Dr. Patricia Orr – Saturday 11:30-2:30

SPRING 2010

MLA 5361 Understanding the Greeks – This course examines the profound influence that the Greeks had on the Western intellectual tradition. The course focuses mainly on the classical period and examines Greek contributions in philosophy, art, theater, politics, religion, war, and architecture. Dr. Chris Hammons, Wednesday nights, 6:00-8:30.

 MLA 5364 - Chaucer and the 14th Century: This new course examines the fourteenth century as a turning point in English and European culture: the end of the High Middle Ages and the beginnings of the “pre-Renaissance.” The course emphasizes the rise of vernacular languages as literary languages, particularly in Italy and England, and the role of Geoffrey Chaucer as “the father of English poetry.”  Dr. Jon Suter, Saturday mornings, 8:00am-11:00am.

MLA 6324 - The Art of Being Human (Core Class): This course is an introduction to the humanities. It reaffirms the liberal arts tradition that maintains that the humanities constitute the best and brightest expressions of all people. The emphasis is on the interaction between the arts, religion, and philosophy, and on the humanities, believing that this approach helps us to see artists and philosophers at work, trying to solve real problems that we all know about.  Dr. Connie Michalos, Thursday nights, 6:30-9:00.