Master of Liberal Arts Courses

MLA Secondary Courses - Fall 2025

Course Number Course Title
ENVS 5706 660 Modeling Geographical Objects

MLA Primary Courses - Summer 2026

Course Number Course Title Session
ARTH 5070 941 MLA Proseminar: The Politics of Landscape: The Politics of Landscape Summer Session I: May 26 – August 7, 2026
ENGL 9011 940 Screenwriting 11-Week Session: May 26 – August 7, 2026
ENGL 9015 940 Writing and Place 11-Week Session: May 26 – August 7, 2026
MLA 5020 941 MLA Seminar: International Relations on Film Summer Session I: May 26 – August 7, 2026
MLA 5020 945 MLA Seminar: Children and Identity: Understanding Self and Others Summer Session I: May 26 – August 7, 2026
MLA 5030 942 Global Health: Anthropological Perspectives Summer Session II: May 26 – August 7, 2026
PSCI 5991 942 MLA Proseminar: Development & Globalization in a Multipolar World: MLA Proseminar: Development & Globalization in a Multipolar World Summer Session II: May 26 – August 7, 2026
PSYC 5490 941 A Neuroscience Perspective of Artificial Intelligence Summer Session I: May 26 – August 7, 2026
RELS 5250 942 Cults and New Religious Movements Summer Session II: May 26 – August 7, 2026

Interdisciplinary certificates

Several certificate programs are available to help organize your discovery in a topic area.

Penn and the arts

From theatre, museums, galleries, and music and dance, arts play a leading role in life on campus.

Alumni stories

"I wanted my time in this program to have a coherent thread. The Certificate in Urban Studies puts me in a good position to stay on my career track.”
– Nathaniel Borek, MLA ‘20