Program Overview

Liberal and Professional Studies Major

The Liberal and Professional Studies Major is designed to provide students with a customized and interdisciplinary education.

Degree Requirements

To complete the Liberal and Professional Studies Major, students must complete a minimum total of 120 credits with a GPA of 2.00 or better. At least 45 of those credits must be taken at Fairfield University, including:

• Meeting the requirements of the BLPS Program Core Curriculum or the Core Curriculum
  • Students in the BLPS must complete Fairfield's general education requirements
  • Students beginning their Liberal and Professional Studies major in the fall of 2019 or later, and who begin the program with 30 or fewer credits, follow the Core Curriculum
• Completing nine upper-level major courses
  • Students will work with a faculty advisor to customize their major curriculum to best serve their academic interests
  • No more than four courses can be taken in any one subject
• Completing LBPS 4999 Senior Project
  • Students will complete a senior research project on a topic of their choosing, and relevant to their interdisciplinary coursework in the major
  • Working with a faculty advisor of their choosing, this independent senior research project is designed to focus on a topic involving social, institutional, and/or political forces that shape the world

Liberal and Professional Studies Core Curriculum Requirements

The Liberal and Professional Studies Core Curriculum Requirements are designed to provide students with a well-rounded education. Students must complete Fairfield's general education requirements.

The program is offered through the John Charles Meditz College of Arts & Sciences, which is part of Fairfield University.