The Graduate Liberal Studies program is included in the tuition-waiver benefit for SFU employees and their dependants.
Graduate Liberal Studies is a part time MA program at Harbour Centre for mid to post-career adults keen to pursue the 'great books and ideas' and contemporary thinking with a tightly-knit community of fellow-learners. In the first year, students take two seminars (both an interdisciplinary mix of literature, philosophy, art, and social sciences) one in each term, on Wednesday evening after a subsidized group dinner at a nearby restaurant. After that, students have 2 to 5 years to complete the program and may do so through a course option taught by invited faculty from across the University or by pursuing an academic or creative project. Our students range from break-dancers to CEOs to artists to homemakers to retired-CBC producers to MLAs to welders to University employees. It's the mix of people - and the community they form - that makes it great.
In addition to classroom learning, our credit courses include travel study in locations including Italy, Scotland, and Spain. Our extensive reading groups, lectures, and social events for our 25-years of alumni also mean that our students continue to participate in the community well after graduation.
Additional information about the program and embedded student interviews can be found on our website: http://www.sfu.ca/gls.html
RSVPs to the March 14th Open House to glsp@sfu.ca are much appreciated.