MLA Students Past and Present
Here are just a few of the students who are enrolled in the ATU MLA Program, and a few who have graduated. Read how the experience has changed or inspired them.

 

 "Earning a Masters in Liberal Arts (MLA) has let me focus on what I really want to study--issues and topics involving gender, sexuality, and so much more. Arkansas Tech University has provided excellent opportunities with their options for classes. The professors are personable and are willing to work with you outside of class. The Master's Project really lets a student research and write about what they really want to know."--Casey Terry




"Arkansas Tech University's MLA Program is challenging and fun. It allows those who love communication, literature, or the fine arts to explore their options past a Bachelor's Degree. The classes are widely varied--from your basic Graduate Studies to classes about Lovers and Beloveds--and always worth the effort. Plus, the Program allows a student to identify with what they most enjoy, and pursue that particular path for the semesters to come."--Charles Tyrone

 



"A Masters of Liberal Arts (MLA) is a broad-based degree that acts as a link between all of the art fields. The assets of this degree are that it is a communicative degree that focuses on understanding social waves and how they can affect education, even down to a personal work level. In education, the MLA program is an inter-disciplinary field which allows for the study of multiple subjects to further the understanding of how these subjects relate, such as for example, Economics to Fine Arts. Large companies employ MLA students in positions that need to have the ability to communicate between departments, such as Graphic Arts, Accounting, and Marketing and Sales. Personally-owned businesses and larger companies benefit from the understanding of how social waves affect sales of products. These could include, for example, a political statement regarding how cut-backs on oil production can raise the price of shipping abroad. The Master of Liberal Arts degree is the most well rounded degree available to students who will be in positions where they are required to know how different fields inter-connect and what the effects of world events have on them."--Wade Tise





"I chose the MLA program because it offered me the flexibility to choose from a variety of careers upon graduation, unlike other programs that would have limited my career choices.  Because I had the option of taking classes in social sciences and communications areas, I have been able to produce assignments and analyses for a wider audience thus making me more marketable to potential employers.  My current career is as an English as a Second Language Instructor at the Intensive English Program on campus.  This career utilizes all aspects of my degree—the social sciences part and the communications part.  I feel confident that if I were to put myself back in the job market that I would have no problem finding work in a variety of fields.  I could not make this statement if I had chosen a more “traditional” degree program." -- Marci Buhajla

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