Welcome to the Graduate Liberal Studies. GLS offers a variety of opportunities for interested students to participate in their program before application. Sample a course and earn credit that may be applied to your degree, should you apply.
Our course sampling opportunities are varied and easily accessible for those looking to get a feel for one our degree programs, to work with a specific professor or, as for many, just to dip a toe back into the classroom setting.
Alums from all Hamline programs are welcome.
Sampler Courses
Explore additional sampler offerings on our St. Paul campus. It's a great way to try out the program before applying. Credits will count toward degree completion, should you choose to apply... more information
- Fall registration is open now. Courses include The Graphic Novel for Wrtiers, Real to Reel: The Elements of the Nonfiction Film, Creative Nonfiction Classics (online), Environmental Literature: Imagination, Ethics and Action (online), and Real Magic: Magical Realism and Realistic Magic in Native American Literature
Summer Writers' Workshop
A week-long, intensive residential retreat for writers.
Set on the campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Previous years have included; Scott Russell Sanders, Alison McGhee, Robert Olen Butler, Brenda Miller, Kate DiCamillo, Kyoke Mori, Josip Novakovich, Jean Valentine and JoAnn Beard.
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Susanne Antonetta, Creative Nonfiction
Matthew Dickman & Michael Dickman, Poetry (full)
June Spence, Fiction
Spirituality & Writing: A Certificate Program
Join a vibrant community of learners in this newly developed series of courses at Hamline University. Students will immerse themselves in the work of writers — from many timeframes and from religious traditions including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Native American tribes — who link sacred experiences in their own lives with universal themes. Certificate program.
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Fall 2009 Course Offerings:
* Good, Evil and Personal Responsibility:
Historical, Philosophical and Psychiatric Perspectives
* Reading & Writing Spiritual Memoir
* The Great Stories
* Real Magic: Magical Realism and
Realistic Magic in Native American Literature
Adult Special Status
Adult special status allows students who are not seeking a degree to take graduate-level courses on a space-available basis. A short application process is required.
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Auditing
Interested students may audit Graduate School of Liberal Studies courses on a space-available basis. MFA writing courses are not available for audit.
Students who audit a course will not receive academic credit, but will receive the designation "AU" on Hamline University transcripts. Those who audit participate in all classroom activities, projects, and assignments but will not receive any evaluation of their work. Tuition cost for auditors is $500 for a four-credit course. Contact GLS at 651/523-2047 for more information.
Contact the Graduate School of Liberal Studies office for more information.
Phone 651/523-2047 or send an e-mail.
