Thank you for your interest in Georgetown's Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies. Please note that this is a degree completion program that is fully online. Learn more about the program and how to apply.
Reimagine your potential by completing your bachelor’s degree at Georgetown University.
Our Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies is a fully online bachelor’s completion program that provides you with the well-rounded expertise you need to advance your career while also balancing personal and professional commitments.
We know you have professional goals across a wide range of fields—including business, international relations, media and communications, and the humanities— and our program is designed to help you get there. A bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University has been proven to open doors, be it a promotion, a new career opportunity, or graduate school admission.
With a focus on written and verbal communication, our core curriculum exposes you to a breadth of disciplines, including history, philosophy, sociology, and theology. Our five concentrations build upon the core academic foundations of the curriculum, giving students the opportunity to apply their skills in various professional contexts such as public policy, cybersecurity, business, and communications.
As a student in the program, you’ll have access to Georgetown’s diverse network of professional and academic resources. You’ll learn from a faculty of distinguished scholars and industry leaders, who bring academic knowledge and professional expertise into the classroom. Outside of class, you’ll have opportunities to attend individual academic advising sessions with expert advising staff, designed to help you stay on track in achieving your goals throughout your time in the program—and beyond.
The faculty were actively working to provide the kind of relevant, practical instruction that would serve my career needs, not just my intellectual curiosity. I was blown away by the depth and breadth of experience the program's instructors brought to the table.
Dean Thompson
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies
You’ll leave the program with not only stronger critical thinking, analytical, and communication skills, but also the professional skills necessary to make you a more competitive candidate in the workforce.
Liberal Studies at Georgetown
The liberal studies programs have been a staple of Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies for over 50 years.
In 1974, the interdisciplinary program welcomed its first class. Undergraduate and graduate degrees were initially housed together until 1983, when degree designations were officially given for the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies and the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies. In 2005, the Doctor of Liberal Studies was officially launched.
Today, there are nearly 3,000 alumni with a liberal studies degree from Georgetown—over 800 undergraduate, 2,000 master's, and 100 doctoral students. We are incredibly proud to have students from across the world representing different backgrounds, ages, cultures, and faith traditions. Our graduates have gone on to pursue a wide range of careers across sectors, applying their education in fields from public service and business to education, healthcare, technology, and the arts. As we like to say, there are as many paths to a liberal studies degree as there are students, and the paths our students pursue after graduation are just as diverse.
A liberal studies degree from Georgetown is much more than an academic achievement. Grounded in the belief that human life and human action have meaning, our programs challenge students to examine ideas, people, and events from a perspective wider than their own. By engaging the moral, social, political, and economic dimensions of human experience, students are prepared to navigate a complex, rapidly changing world as thoughtful and ethical leaders. They graduate equipped not just to succeed in the world, but to engage it with purpose, integrity, and a commitment to the common good.
*Tuition rates for each term are published annually, typically in February. Total tuition listed here reflects Fall semester of entry.
