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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

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

In 2012, she received a master’s degree in liberal studies from Georgetown University.

From Washington Post Aug. 19, 2020

Study is the resource of solitude: but education had not prepared and qualified for any liberal studies the mechanics and peasants who filled the monastic communities.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3 by Milman, Henry Hart

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