The program's graduates demonstrate interpretive and critical flexibility. Through interdisciplinary course and thesis work, community practicums, and networked seminars students get tangible practice negotiating, maneuvering, and mediating between traditional specialties or ways of structuring meaning, whether textual, disciplinary, or organizational. 

Such abilities enhance the disciplinary knowledge gained in the undergraduate degree by adding versatility, critical adaptability, and community experience. As such, the degree provides an opportunity to four-year graduates who want a culminating year to broaden their perspective before entering the employment market, and to people already in careers -- such as teaching, journalism, or the civil service (all traditional humanities career paths) -- who may be considering upgrading their qualifications.