Letter From the Program Director

What I particularly admire about our SMU MLS program is its unconventional and unique approach to graduate education. It is a program without walls, providing you with the intellectual space, challenge, flexibility and freedom to explore what is most important to you in life.

Our students and graduates regularly report that they have discovered a new passion or talent they never realized they had. Others find their lives changed and their direction altered by an MLS faculty member or course. But most importantly, they find themselves inspired to leave their very own mark on the world.

The knowledge that you acquire through this program will help you distinguish yourself, your values and your contribution.

It is our administrative promise to you that we will offer you the best possible support and service as you apply, study and graduate from this program. We are deeply committed to your growth and success as a graduate liberal studies student at Southern Methodist University.

I invite you to be part of this vibrant experience, and to share with us the satisfaction of a continued quest for knowledge in liberal studies. Please contact me at any of the addresses provided if I can be of any assistance as you consider your graduate studies opportunities.

We hope that today will be your first step down a new and transformative path.

All the best,

Michele Niese Mrak
Director, Graduate Liberal Studies