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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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He graduated with an associate’s degree in elementary education 2009, and enrolled at Cal State Long Beach, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2025

The new schoolbooks appear to be the linchpin of a revamped civics high school course that in years past had been known as liberal studies.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 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

This was an astonishment to every one; engineering didn't seem at all the thing for him; he had very little ability in mathematics, and his bent had always been to liberal studies.

From The Odd Women by Gissing, George

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