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The Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies is a bachelor's-completion program designed for working adults who have already completed an Associate of Art or Associate of Science, or who have at least 60 transferable credits toward a Bachelor's degree. All courses in the BLS Program are 100% online and asynchronous. You will never have to come to campus or log on at a specific time. You do your course work when it fits into your schedule — even if that's in the middle of the night.
03/22/2017
Critical thinking instruction in humanities reduces belief in pseudoscience.
Critical thinking instruction in humanities reduces belief in pseudoscience A recent study by North Carolina State University researchers finds that teaching critical thinking skills in a humanities course significantly reduces student beliefs in "pseudoscience" that is unsupported by facts.
11/11/2016
Staff Sergeant James Sorrels was deployed in Afghanistan when he first joined the BLS Program, and he will be graduating Summa Cum Laude in December. Today he is being featured on UNCG's home page.
Congratulations, James, and thank you for your service!
From deployment to degree Student veteran James Sorrells began the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies program while he was still deployed in Afghanistan.
11/03/2016
From back when we all thought Trump's candidacy was a joke.
If Elected as Your President… by Jay Parr Well, it’s getting to be election season again. I’m sure you’ve noticed. Fox News hosted the first “debate” recently, and there are, what, seventeen candid…
08/16/2016
Watch for our billboard on I-40!
06/07/2016
NC folks: Don't forget to vote today! There's an important NC Supreme Court seat on the ballot, and you may or may not have a primary for your congressional district.
05/06/2016
Getting ready for our Commencement Day open house.
Worried about your GPA? Make the conditions right for yourself to do as well as possible in your remaining courses. Keep your load reasonably light for the obligations you've got in your life (that's probably the most critical piece). Stay proactive in your course assignments; work ahead when possible, to leave space for the unforeseen. Go a step beyond what's assigned on things like writing assignments (e.g., adding in outside research when it's not absolutely necessary to meet the assignment; backing up your position in discussion posts with research and data; that sort of thing). Take any extra-credit option that comes your way. Expect every course you take to be the most demanding one you've ever taken, and approach them with that level of motivation. As important as all that: Allow yourself some space to breathe now and then. Burnout is real.
In the end, perhaps the best thing is not to worry too much about your GPA. Latin honors are a nice feather in one's cap, but the moment you get that diploma, no one will care. Literally, no one. A potential graduate school is going to look at your overall GPA. A potential employer is most likely only going to care that you've got the degree. So try to enjoy your classes as much as you can, and try to get as much as you can out of those classes. Because in the end what you get out of them is what you're going to carry with you. As a bonus, when you're trying to get everything you can out of those classes, you're a lot more likely to accidentally do really well in them.
04/28/2016
"The point of humanities education is to foster independent, critical thought and broad historical perspective, both in students and in university culture. A successful humanities education makes the obvious questionable and shows that the present is neither eternal nor inevitable."
A Political Crackdown at University of North Carolina - The New Yorker For several years, there have been indications that the state’s new leaders want to change the mission of public higher education in North Carolina.
BLS students! If you're registered in any classes that show up as "Main Campus" on your schedule, this is the link to get them switched to Distance Campus. You only need to do it once for all your courses, unless you add a new Main Campus class later.
Distance Registration Request Form If you are registered in a main campus (campus M) WEB course and requesting to be moved to a distance campus (campus D) WEB section of the same course, please complete the form below. If the course is waitlisted, your registration into the waitlisted course will not be moved until the last week of d…
04/01/2016
New blog post! Jay Parr on HB2.
HB2: Legislating Bigotry by Jay Parr Last Wednesday, March 23, the North Carolina General Assembly convened in its Second Extra Session of the 2016 legislative year—an “emergency” session, with the request for …
03/24/2016
Our office has a unisex bathroom, if you're trans and need to p*e.
PHI BETA KAPPA! Congratulations to our BLS students who have been invited to join Phi Beta Kappa this year: Keisha Johnston, Carissa Krug, Linda Levanti, and Karri Wike. The initiation ceremony will be April 13 on campus, and our retiring dean Dr. Tim Johnston will be the keynote speaker.
