Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS)

The Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) degree is an interdisciplinary program that provides significant breadth across a variety of fields, meaningful depth in a single field, and the interconnections and integration among fields that allow a fuller comprehension of the modern world. It is intended for those students who prefer a broad liberal arts and sciences degree rather than a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree in a single discipline. This may include students with particularly wide or still uncertain personal or career interests. Other students selecting the BLS may, with proper advising, wish to pursue professional graduate education in Law or other fields. While with the proper discipline area concentration a BLS graduate may pursue graduate study in a particular discipline area, students who plan to attend graduate school in a specific area are generally advised to take a disciplinary major. Students pursuing this degree should consult with KBC advisors Dean Sundmark at 235-165, indss@uaa.alaska.edu or Kim Frost at 235-1658, inkan@uaa.alaska.edu.