The point where many get tripped up is with the term “liberal arts.” Liberal arts, as practically defined, is the study of the sciences and math, humanities and fine arts and social sciences. This study can be lecture based, discussion based, lab based, research based, or even field based. For those who want to study within these disciplines, this can then take place within a greater environment that has specialty, graduate and profession schools associated with it, as in a “national university,” or within a purely undergraduate focused environment, as in a “national liberal arts college.”