UNM-Taos is your gateway to higher education. The Academy of Professions and Liberal Arts provides students with the core basis for a Liberal Arts education. We invite you to join your fellow students and teachers to explore the ideas -- old and new -- that help us to make meaning of our lives. At the same time, you will gain the critical thinking, communications, and analysis skills that will help you to make a smooth transition from college into the world of work.

For those of you wishing to continue your education at a four-year institution, the Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts will give you the core curricular credits required for you to transfer successfully.

"A truly liberal education is one that prepares us to live responsible, productive, and creative lives in a dramatically changing world. It is an education the fosters a well-grounded intellectual resilience, a disposition toward lifelong learning and an acceptance of responsibility for the ethical consequences of our ideas and actions. Liberal education requires that we understand the foundation of knowledge and inquiry about nature, culture, and society; that we master core skills of perception, analysis, and expression; that we cultivate a respect for truth; that we recognize the importance of historical and cultural context; and the we explore connections among formal learning, citizenship and service to our communities." -- Association of American Colleges & Universities, Statement on Liberal Learning (10.98)