Marymount's Master of Arts in Humanities program focuses on the Humanities and The City, and offers courses that investigate The City as a pivotal point of intersection- and often tension-between individual achievement and communal needs and aspirations. The program also strives to immerse its students in the unique cultural resources and opportunities offered by the Washington DC, region. By making students more knowledgeable and effective communicators, the program provides intellectual enrichment and career enhancement for professionals in such areas as teaching, the arts, government service, and the nonprofit sector. The program also prepares students for further academic study.