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liberal studies

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noun

  1. (functioning as singular) a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“It’s hard,” said salutatorian Mayah Flores, who plans to attend Cal State Long Beach as a liberal studies major, and then return to Maywood Academy as a teacher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025

The cause was multiple organ failure, said his biographer Carl Mirra, an associate professor and director of liberal studies at Adelphi University in Garden City, N.Y.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2022

Smith was originally committed to play at the University of North Carolina, but he chose last year to enroll at North Carolina A&T, an HBCU, to get a liberal studies degree.

From Washington Times ● May 1, 2022

For his last class in Hong Kong in July, liberal studies teacher Fong showed his students calligraphy by the territory's late democratic activist Szeto Wah: "Choose the right path and stick to it."

From Reuters ● Sep. 17, 2021

All its inmates apply themselves to liberal studies, though piety is their first care.

From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh

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