Academic Mission of Graduate Arts and Sciences

OBJECTIVES

The graduate programs seek to integrate general education, cultural improvement, and professional excellence.

The aims of these programs are:

  • To extend and deepen knowledge by scholarly research;

  • To assist those who wish to secure specialized training in order to improve their occupational competency;

  • To supply the need of advanced training for special purposes, especially in the fields of teaching and other human services;

  • To offer the graduate student the opportunity to join with the faculty of the University in the common pursuit of learning wherein the students are encouraged to develop according to their individual capacities and to learn to live and work together in a community of scholars.