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Lori Heublein
“We in the MALS program are thinking outside the box,” says Lori Heublein (MALS Graduate 2009), and that should really impress everyone.  “We are taught by professors who take on an extra load of planning a single interdisciplinary class that (in itself) is ‘outside the box.’ The breadth of classes is phenomenal and the variety outstanding.  And everyone in the program is so supportive.”

“I would never have taken a class on politics, but couple it with literature and I was right there.  Who would think of putting ‘The Nuclear Age’ with religion? It was fascinating.  And I never thought I would take a class on China, but how could I not be intrigued by ‘The Silk Road’?”

“Another bonus I found is the freedom we are given to explore ‘Out there’ ideas and still keep in the parameters of the class.  One art professor allowed me to compare the artist David to the composer Beethoven.  It was a stretch, but they were both transitional artists, just not in the same medium.  It was fun and challenging and I felt great when it was done – like I really had accomplished something.”   

Erin Johnson

“In school we learn a lot of history about the time after World War I and World War II, but  after the destruction of the Berlin Wall, there wasn’t much said.  Everything in this class was new to me and I really learned a lot.”

Erin Johnson