What's a liberal-arts college and how is it different than regular universities?

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Also, what is an Undergraduate Program and how does that differ with a Postgraduate Program?

Answer 1

To add to what others have mentioned, liberal arts colleges tend to offer only one degree (the BA or BS), whereas universities include multiple colleges and therefore offer a variety of degrees (BA, BS, MA, MS, PhD, MD, etc). So, at a given university there are a number of colleges and schools offering different types of degrees. Some are undergraduate (for people who are seeking a bachelor's degree) some are postgraduate (for people who have already attained a BA or BS and are going on to what is often called graduate school)

To clarify something that another poster mentioned, going to a liberal arts college does not negatively impact one's prospects for employment. I believe that person was trying to suggest that majors in the liberal arts (social sciences and humanities) are less practical for employment. I don't know that even that is true, but either way it has nothing to do with the difference between a university and a liberal arts college. You can get a "practical" degree -- like in electrical engineering -- from a liberal arts college (take Harvey Mudd College) just as you can get an equally "impractical" degree -- like philosophy -- from a university (like UNC). The difference is that liberal arts colleges tend to emphasize a core education that everyone should have on top of which one majors in the area of their choice, whereas some universities allow less general education and more specialization in the area of the major. Of course, whether or not this is more or less practical depends on your specific career goals and choice of major.

Quick benefit of liberal arts colleges for undergrads: much smaller classes; less likelihood of sitting in a class of 300 and higher chance of chatting in a class of 5-30. Personal preference, of course, but I like it.

This is all within a purely American context. In other parts of the English speaking world these terms do not mean exactly the same things.

Answer 2

Some Liberal Arts Colleges or LACS are...
Bryn Mawr, Trinity, Pomona, Amherst, Providence, and Drew.

They are basically colleges that offer liberal arts programs (programs that are meant to be well rounded and generalized rather than specified education)

An undergraduate degree is an associates or bachelors degree.
A graduate degree is a masters and...
A post-graduate degree is a doctorate, or specialist's degree of some sort.
If I'm not mistaken...
Hope that helped!

Answer 3

liberal arts programs are more generalized--supposed to give you an all-round balanced education. However, it does make it more difficult to get employment, as you are not specifically trained, as you would if you studied engineering, or business, or whatever. Undergraduate programs are before you graduate; postgraduates are after.

Answer 4

i'm no longer certain what at "regularly occurring" college skill. although the version sounds like that is contained in the fashion of majors presented. Liberal arts colleges provide liberal arts majors. regularly occurring universities provide liberal arts, arts, sciences, engineering, etc,

Answer 5

liberal-arts r 4 ppl who want to learn alot about diffent things
if u want to be dotor or lawer....u want to go to a univerity
go to liberal-arts if u don't know what to do with your life yet