Dorothy Donahoe Hall, C102
(661) 664-3337
(661) 665-6100(fax)
email: sjohnson@csub.edu        
http//www.csub.edu/libstudies/
Program Chair: Dr. Vandana Kohli

Program Description

In addition to degrees in individual disciplines, the University offers a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies, designed to provide students with a broad liberal arts experience. Students take courses in virtually all areas of the liberal arts and develop in-depth understanding of a single discipline or area. The major has also been designed to provide the educational experience best suited for the prospective elementary teacher.

The Liberal Studies program has been approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing as a program waiving the subject matter examination required for licensing for multiple subjects instruction in the public schools. To qualify for the waiver, students must complete the program described below. Students interested in this program should contact the Liberal Studies Department located in DDH C102.
 

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR

Core

Students wishing to complete the approved multiple subjects waiver major must complete the requirements within each of the following AREAS. These requirements can be satisfied with CSUB courses, transfer courses or, as appropriate, waiver examinations. A course used to satisfy one requirement cannot be used to satisfy a second requirement in a different area or be counted as part of the Upper Division Concentration.

The credential-track major in Liberal Studies, approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC), satisfies all of the following University requirements:

• General Education
• Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
• Women/Ethnic Studies
• American Institutions
• Arts & Sciences courses for CLAD and BCLAD
• Multiple Subjects Credential Program prerequisites

To give students the Arts & Sciences foundation for a multiple subjects credential program, the credential-track major in Liberal Studies includes appropriate courses in culture, minority culture, foreign language and cross-cultural and bilingual education. Where CLAD and BCLAD requirements differ, courses for BCLAD are listed separately.  Students beginning and continually taking classes before Fall of 2001 maintain their catalog rights and remain on the Blue Concentration Outline.  Those students that have broken enrollment, are transferring from out of state, began taking classes in Fall of 2001, or are a first time freshman will follow the Yellow Concentration Outline.   Differences between the Yellow and Blue Concentration Outlines are indicated within the subject matter areas in which they differ.
 

Area One: Language

1. Composition. Completion of the following two courses:
1. a. ENGL 110 (Writing and Research)
2. b. ENGL 305 (Modes of Writing) or ENGL 310 (Advanced Writing) with a grade of C or better or 8 on the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement.  Please call the Testing Center at 664-3373 for testing dates and registration.  DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS UNTIL YOU HAVE REACHED JUNIOR STATUS (90+ QUARTER UNITS)

2. Literature. Completion of the following two courses:

1. ENGL 101 (Introduction to Literature: Text and Context)
2. ENGL 316 (English Literature Survey II) or ENGL 335 (Shakespeare I) or ENGL 336 (Shakespeare II) or ENGL 351 (Victorian English Literature: 1837-1901) or ENGL 360 (Modern English Literature: 1901-1945) or ENGL 361 (Contemporary English Literature: 1945 to the Present) or ENGL 364 (Studies in Fiction: The African-American Experience) or ENGL 366 (Ethnic American Literature) or ENGL 370 (Literature by Women of Color) or ENGL 384 (American Literature Survey II) or ENGL 394 (Children’s Literature) or ENGL 475 (Genre Studies) or  FREN 380 (The Human Condition: French Literature Through the Ages) or  PHIL/RS 363 (Philosophy and Religion in Literature) or THTR 379 (The American Theatre) or THTR 385 (Modern Drama) or THTR 307 (Dramatic Literature for Children)


   or

BCLAD: SPAN 301 (Spanish Literature I) or SPAN 302 (Spanish Literature II) or SPAN 303 (Hispanic-American Literature) or SPAN 416 (Contemporary Hispanic-American Poetry) or SPAN 419 (Contemporary Hispanic-American Novel)
 

3. Oral Communication. Completion of one of the following courses:
1. a. COMM 108 (Strategies of Public Communication) or THTR 232 (Acting I)

 
4. Grammar. Completion of the following course or upper division equivalent:
1. a. ENGL 319 (Structure of English)

 
5. Language. Completion of one of the following courses or upper division equivalent:
1. a. CLAD: ENGL 414 (History of the Language) or ENGL 415 (General Linguistics) or ENGL 416 (Phonology) or ENGL 417 (Syntax) or ENGL 418 (Second Language Aquisition) or ENGL 420 (Sociolinguistics: Language, Society, and Education)


    or

BCLAD: SPAN 311 (Advanced Spanish Grammar) or SPAN 409 (Advanced Spanish Syntax) or SPAN 412 (Spanish Linguistics) or SPAN 415 (Workshop Translation) or SPAN 420 (Southwest Spanish)

Area Two: Mathematics

           Blue Concentration Outline:

1. Mathematical concepts. Completion of the following two courses:
1. MATH 320 (An Introduction to Number Systems) Prerequisite: MATH 220 or passing score on 220 waiver exam
2. MATH 321 (Introduction to Modern Geometry)

            Yellow Concentration Outline

1. Mathematical Concepts.  Completion of the following three courses

   1. MATH 320 (An Introduction to Number Systerms) Prerequisite: Math 220 or    completion of a class satisfying area B4 with a grade of C or better.

   2. MATH 321 (Introduction to Modern Geometry)

   3. MATH 322 (Mathematical Exploration for Pre-service Elementary Teachers)

Area Three: Sciences

1. Life Science. Completion of the following course:
1. BIOL 100 (Perspectives in Biology) Note: For science concentration, take BIOL 103 instead of BIOL 100.

 
2. Physical Science. Completion of the following course:
1. SCI 101 (Principles of Physical Science) Note: For science concentration, take CHEM 150 instead of SCI 101.

Blue Concentration Outline 
3. Integrated Science Principles. Completion of the following course:
1. SCI 315 ) or SCI 316 (Integrated Science - Life Science Perspective)  

                       Yellow Concentration Outline

1.    Integrated Science Principles.  Completion of the following three courses.
   1. SCI 315 (Integrated Science - Earth/Physical Science Perspective) 
   2. SCI 316 (Integrated Science - Life Science Perspective)
   3. SCI 317 (Investigative Approaches to Science Learning)

Area Four: Social Sciences (Blue Outline)

1. U.S. History and Government. Completion of the following two courses:
1. HIST 231 (Survey of US History to 1865)
2. PLSI 101 (American Government and Politics)

 
2. World History and Culture. One course from each of the following areas:
1. Early Western Civilization. Completion of one of the following courses:
HIST 202 (Western Civilization I) or HIST 204 (Western Civilization II) or RS 110 (Religion in Western Civilization) or RS 401 (Religion and Ancient Western Civilization)

2. Non-Western Culture. Completion of one of the following courses:

ANTH 250 (Peoples of Africa) or ANTH 251 (Peoples of South America) or ANTH 252 (Native Peoples of North America) or ANTH 340 (Cultural Ecology) or ANTH 350 (Peoples of Mexico) or ANTH 370 (Third World Communities), or HIST 222 (Modern Pacific Asia), PLSI 208 (The Politics of Change in Asian Societies) or PLSI 308 (Government and Politics of China), or RS 111 (Religion in Asian Culture) or RS 331 (Islam) or RS 345 (India) or RS 348 (China and Japan) or SOC 336 (The Asian Experience in the United States) or SOC 338 (The Indigenous Experience in Modern Americas) or ECON 311 (The Pacific Rim Economics) or ECON 312 (Economies of the Middle East and North Africa)
 
3. Geography. Completion of the following course:
1. GEOG 302 (Cultural Geography of World’s Regions) or
ECON 395 (Economic Geography) or HIST 330 (Historical Geography) or PLSI 332 (Political Geography)
 
4. Economic Perspectives. Completion of the following course:
1. ECON 309 (Economy and Society)

Area Four: Humanities and Social Sciences (Yellow Outline)

1. U.S. History and Government

   1. History 231 (Survey of US History to 1865)

   2. PLSI 101 (American Government and Politics

2. Religious and Philosophical / Ethical Perspectives    

   1.  HIST 202 (Western Civilization I) or HIST 204 (Western Civilization II) or RS 110 (Religion in Western Civilization) or RS 401 (Religion and Ancient Western Civilization) or PHIL 100 (Introduction to Philosophy) or PHIL 201 (Contemporary Moral Problems) or PHIL/PLSI 333 (Political Philosophy and Thought)

3. Cultural Geography and Economics Perspectives

   1. Geography 302 (Cultural Geography of World's Regions) or  Econ 395 (Economic Geography) or Hist 330 (Historical Geography) or PLSI 332 (Political Geography)

   2. Econ 309 (Economy and Society)

4. Critical Thinking

   1.  Philosophy 102 (Logical Reasoning) or Humanities 102 (Critical Thinking and Writing) or Anthropology 102 (Critical Thinking in Anthropology) or Sociology 120 (Critical Thinking and contemporary Social Problems)    

Area Five: Humanities (Blue Outline)

1. Critical Thinking. Completion of one of the following courses:
1. PHIL 102 (Logical Reasoning) or HUM 102 (Critical Thinking and Writing) or SOC 120 (Critical Thinking and Contemporary Social Problems)

 
2. Philosophical and Ethical Perspectives. Completion of one of the following courses:
1. PHIL 100 (Introduction to Philosophy) or  PHIL 201 (Contemporary Moral Problmes), PHIL 334 (Law and Morality) or PHIL 478 (Special Topics in Applied Ethics) or PHIL/PLSI 333 (Political Philosophy and Thought)

Area Six (Blue Outline) Area Five (Yellow Outline):    Visual and Performing Arts Appreciation and understanding of visual and performing arts.

1. Visual or performing art for the elementary classroom. Completion of one of the following courses or an upper division equivalent:
1. ART 401 (Principles of Art Education) or  MUS 310 (Foundation of Music Education), or THTR 305 (Creative Dramatics)

 
2. Visual or performing art. Completion of a course in a discipline different from the discipline of the course used to satisfy requirement 1a.


Note: One of the above courses must be in music.

Area Seven (Blue Outline)  Area Six (Yellow Outline): Health and Physical Education

1. Health issues affecting elementary school age children. Completion of the following course:
1. BIOL 320 (Current Health Problems)
 
2. Principles of physical education affecting elementary school age children. Completion of the following course or upper division equivalent:
1. PEAK 345 (Elementary School Physical Education) (formerly PED 412)

Area Eight (Blue Outline)  Area Seven (Yellow Outline): Human Development

1. Understanding the development of the child. Completion of one of the following courses:
1. CDEV 312 (Fundamentals of Child Development – Year Six to Adolescence) or CDEV 313 (Fundamentals of Child Development – Adolescent) or PSYC 310 (Child Psychology) or SOC 366 (Childhood and Society)

Area Nine (Blue Outline)  Area Eight (Yellow Outline): Ethnic, Gender, Cultural and Handicapped Perspectives

Understanding and appreciating the perspectives of gender, racial and ethnic minorities, and non-majority cultures.

1. Hispanic or African-American. Completion of one of the following courses:
1. CRJU 345 (Gangs in America); ENGL 364 (Studies in Fiction: The African-American Experience) or ENGL 370 (Literature by Women of Color) or ENGL 420 (Socio-linguistics: Language, Society, and Education); HIST 466 (History of African-Americans Since 1865) or HIST 468 (Mexican-American History); SOC 327 (Race and Ethnic Relations) or SOC 335 (Latino Experience in the United States) or SOC 337 (The African Experience in the United States); SPAN 320 (Hispanic-American Culture and Civilization) or SPAN 321 (Hispanic-American Culture and Civilization) or SPAN 424 (Culture and Civilization of Mexico and the Chicano/Mexican-American) or SPAN 425 (Chicano Literature) or SPAN 426 (Southwest Hispanic Folklore)


or

BCLAD: SOC 335 or SPAN 320 or 321
 

2. A five-unit course at the 102 level or above in a language other than English with a grade of C or better; (study of a language other than English is required for CLAD certification) or a course selected from the list of courses satisfying the Women or Ethnic/Racial Minority Culture Requirement (WES). The WES course must not focus primarily on the same ethnic, racial, or cultural minority group as the course chosen in Nine (a) above.


Or

BCLAD: SPAN 202 or an upper division course in Spanish language or literature (taught in Spanish; grade of C or better).

Area Ten (Blue Outline)  Area Nine (Yellow Outline): Technology

1. Computer competency. Completion of one of the following courses:
1. CMPS 120 (Computer Skills and Concepts I) or  GST 390 (Microcomputers) or 393 (Introduction to Microcomputers-IBM PC)

Area Eleven (Blue Outline)  Area Ten (Yellow Outline): Cross-Cultural Studies

1. Theories of cross-cultural and bilingual education. Completion of the following two courses or upper division equivalents:
1. EDBI 475 (Introduction to Cross-Cultural Education)
2. EDBI 476 (Introduction to Language Acquisition and Development)

Area Twelve (Blue Outline)  Area Eleven (Yellow Outline): Field Experience

1. Experience in an elementary school setting. Completion of the following course:
1. EDEL 240 (Early Field Experience in the Elementary School)

Area Thirteen (Blue Outline)  Area Twelve (Yellow Outline): Concentration 

UPPER DIVISION CONCENTRATION

The concentration requires the completion of four related courses, one of which is senior seminar. The minimum number of units required in a concentration is 19 quarter units. No course used to meet one of the requirements above may be double counted in a concentration. Upper division courses taken at other institutions may be substituted but only with the approval of the advisor and the program coordinator. Courses selected for the concentration may be used to meet requirements for a Supplementary Authorization. (Please consult the School of Education Credential Office for details.) Approved concentrations and the courses that meet the concentration requirements are found below.

1. Double Major
 

2. American History, Government, and Society

1. Three upper division courses to be selected from HIST 351, 352, 355, 356, 357, 358, 370, 371, 445, 450, 465, 466, and 468; PLSI 314, 315, 316, 317, and 320; RS 381; SOC 323, 327, and 440.
2. LBST 492 (Behavioral Science).
 
3. Art
1. Three upper division courses in Art, including at least one art history and one art studio course.
2. LBST 491 (Humanities).
 
For students who wish to complete a Supplementary Authorization enabling them to teach art in grades 7-9, the following courses or their equivalents are recommended:
 
1. ART 213 (Beginning Drawing) or ART 303 (Drawing) and ART 214 (Beginning Painting) or ART 304 (Painting). One of these courses must be taken at the upper division level.
2. ART 310 (Ceramics).
3. An upper division art history course.
4. ART 401 (Principles of Art Education).
5. An additional art course.

 

4. Child Development

1. Any three of the following courses. BIOL 258 and 370; PSYC 320, 341, 411, 412, 415; CDEV 312 or 313; BEHS 435 or CDEV 320.
2. LBST 492 (Behavioral Science).

 

5. Communications

1. Three upper division courses in Communications offered by the Communications Department.
2. LBST 491 (Humanities) or 492 (Behavioral Science)

6. Computer Science

   1. CMPS 211 (Internet and Web Design)
   2. CMPS 212 (Computer Science I) or CMPS 212 (Intro to UNIX) or CMPS 280 (X-Windows)
   3. Math 191 Pre-Calculus Mathematics I (College Algebra)

7. Criminal Justice

1. CRJU 380, 340 and 345
2. LBST 492 (Behavioral Science).

 
8. Deaf Studies
1. EDSP 305, 306, 405, 406 and 408 (offered through Extended University)
2. LBST 492 (Behavioral Science).

9. Economic Issues

   1. ECON 310, 380, OR 370
   2. ECON 311, 312, 410, OR 440
   3. Any Upper Division Economics Course
   4. LBST 492

10. Environmental Studies

1. BIOL 103.
2. Two of the following, one of which must be upper division. GEOG 201; GEOL 205, 330; INST 369, and ECON 370.
3. LBST 492 (Behavioral Science) or 493 (Natural or Physical Science).

11. Ethics and Values

    1.  Three courses to be selected from the following:  PHIL 332, PHIL/PLSI 333, PHIL 315, PHIL 317, PHIL 334, PHIL 478
    2. PHIL 490 or LBST 491   

12. Health and Wellness

1. Three upper division courses to be selected from the following: BIOL 370/371; INST 312; PSYC , 316, 403; SOC 324, 326, and 464.
2. LBST 492 (Behavioral Science).
 
13. Humanities
1. Three upper division courses to be selected from ENGL 391 and 393; HUM 395; PHIL/PLSI 333 and INST 362; PHIL 302, 303, 304, 332, 334, 343 and 478; RS 301, 302, and 361.
2. LBST 491 (Humanities).

 
14. Literature
1. Three upper division literature courses to be selected from those courses offered by the English Department.
2. LBST 491 (Humanities).

 
15. Language
1. Three upper division courses to be selected from ENGL 318, 415, 416, 417, 418, 420; SPAN 412, 413; PSYC 413.
2. LBST 491 (Humanities).

 
16. Mathematics
1. MATH 191 and 192.
2. One other math course (excluding General Education math courses and MATH 120, 220, 320, and 321).
3. LBST 494 (Math).

17. MUSIC

    1. MUSIC 310
    2. MUSIC 330
    3. MUSIC 350
    4. MUSIC 495   
 
18. Physical Education
1. Three courses from the 212 - 234 series.
2. Two upper division courses to be selected from PED 300, 401, 402, 403, 420, 430, 435, 440, 450, 480.
3. LBST 492 (Behavioral Science) or LBST 493 (Natural or Physical Science).
 
19. Race, Ethnic and Gender Minorities
1. Three upper division courses selected from the list of approved courses satisfying the women and American ethnic and racial cultures requirement. The three courses must provide the study of at least two different minority cultures.
2. LBST 491 (Humanities) or LBST 492 (Behavioral Science).

 
20.  Religious Studies
1. Three courses in Religious Studies, two of which must be upper division.
2. RST 490 (Senior Seminar) or LBST 491 (Humanities).

 
21.  Spanish
1. Three upper division Spanish courses selected from those offered by the Modern Language and Literatures Department. The courses selected must be taught in Spanish.
2. LBST 491 (Humanities).

 
22. Science
1. BIOL 103 and 210 or 211.
2. CHEM 150 and 203
3. PHYS 150 or 201
4. GEOL 201 or 205
5. One Additional Science Class to be approved by the Liberal Studies Department Chair

 
23. Theatre Arts
1. Three upper division Theatre courses.
2. LBST 491 (Humanities).

24. Children's Theater

    1. Theater 305 (Creative Dramatics)
    2. Theater 307 (Dramatic Literature for Children)
    3. Theater 405 (Children's Theater)
    4. LBST 491  
 

25. World Civilization and Culture

1. Three upper division courses to be selected from ANTH 340, 350, 370; BEHS 435; HIST 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 325, 340, 424, 425, 426, 435; RS 378; PHIL/RS 343, PLSI 305, 306, 308, 309; and SPAN 320; or any upper division course, not previously counted, from the list of approved courses for General Education Goals VIII or IX.
2. LBST 491 (Humanities) or LBST 492 (Behavioral Science).

26. Other concentrations are available upon approval from the Program Chair.  Please see a Liberal Studies Advisor to explore this option.

Area Fourteen (Blue Outline)  Area Thirteen (Yellow Outline): Subject Matter Competency

Subject matter competency is determined upon completion of the Liberal Studies Waiver Program and submission of Portfolio.

Bilingual Emphasis

Requirements for a bilingual emphasis have been incorporated into the major as BCLAD (Bilingual, Cross-Cultural, Language and Academic Development).

General Major

A general Liberal Studies track is offered for students interested in the broad liberal arts experience but not in obtaining a teaching credential. Information is available in the program office, DDH C102.
 

FOUR-YEAR BA IN LIBERAL STUDIES WITH MULTIPLE SUBJECTS CREDENTIAL

The BBEST program is an accelerated program allowing students to finish their BA in Liberal Studies while simultaneously obtaining their preliminary teaching credential.  For more information about the BBEST program, please contact:

 Pam Conners at pconners@csub.edu

 or contact the Advising Office at 664-3061
 

Summer Institute for Teacher Education (SITE Program) -- Inaugurated in June 1998, the SITE Program offers a summer schedule of courses required for subject matter competency in Liberal Studies and for the Multiple Subjects Credential. The SITE Program thus offers students an additional means of accelerating completion of degree and credential program requirements.
 

LIBERAL STUDIES COURSES

LBST 490 Senior Seminar (6)

LBST 491 Humanities

LBST 492 Behavioral Science

LBST 493 Natural or Physical Science

LBST 494 Math

LBST 497 Cooperative Education