At the end of the day, what sort of master degree would you get from a Master of Liberal Arts(MLA) course?

Question

would it be MSc, MA...or something else?

you know, there are MLA programs in Information Technology, isn't that a little odd to tell ppl you have a "MA" in IT?

Answer 1

An MLA is comparable to an MA, in most cases. I have an MLS (Master of Liberal Studies), which is the same thing. Mine is in Women's Studies, which was a program, not a department. I had to choose a traditional discipline to be based in, but my coursework was interdisciplinary; that was the only difference. It was not, as someone stated, an "unaccredited" program; it just lacked the funding to be a full-fledged department, but it did come from a large, traditional university with a core group of courses like any other grad program, so it carries the same weight as any MA from that university. I'd wager that most MA programs nowadays encourage interdisciplinarity, so it's not really any different. And while it CAN indicate a kind of self-made major field of study, that's not always the case.

Answer 2

You could put the letters MLA behind your name or MA, both are acceptable. If you are asking what you could do with it that's a whole different ball of wax. An MLA is independent study with your degree plan written up for you individually. It is usually for a course of study that the college has no accredited program for, like say you wanted to combine yoga and health care, but there is no masters program for a therapeutic yoga masters degree at your school.

Answer 3

different schools offer different degrees

some offer MA
some offer MLA

and so on.