C A L I F O R N I A   S T A T E   U N I V E R S I T Y   B A K E R S F I E L D 2001-2003 Catalog

Dorothy Donahoe Hall, C102
(661) 664-3337
email: tsondrol@csub.edu
http//www.csub.edu/libstudies/

Program Chair: Dr. Vandana Kohli
Program Coordinator:  Ms. Terri Sondrol

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 (CCTC) 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 Office (DDH C102, 661-664-3337).

Requirements for the Major

Core Requirements

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

• Liberal Studies courses for CLAD and BCLAD

• Multiple Subjects Credential Program prerequisites

 

As directed by CCTC, all multiple subjects credential programs must now prepare students for teaching in classrooms that are cross-cultural (CLAD stands for Cross-Cultural, Language and Academic Development) or bilingual (BCLAD stands for Bilingual, Cross-Cultural, Language and Academic Development).

To give students a broad Liberal Arts foundation for a multiple subjects credential program, the credentialtrack 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.

Area One: Language

1. Composition

Completion of the following two courses:

a. ENGL 110 Writing and Research

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

 

2. Literature

Completion of the following two courses:

a. ENGL 101 Introduction to Literature: Text and Contexts

b. 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 475 Genre Studies; FREN 380 The Human Condition: French Literature Through the Ages; PHIL/RS 363 Philosophy and Religion in Literature; THTR 307 Dramatic Literature for Children or THTR 379 The American Theatre or THTR 385 Modern Drama

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:

a. COMM 108 Strategies of Public Communication or THTR 232 Acting I

 

4. Linguistics

Completion of the following courses or upper division equivalent:

a. ENGL 319 Structure of English

b. Completion of one of the following courses or upper division equivalent:

CLAD: ENGL 414 History of the Language or ENGL 415 General Linguistics or ENGL 416 Phonology or ENGL 417 Syntax 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

1. Mathematical concepts

Completion of the following three courses or upper division equivalent:

a. MATH 320 An Introduction to Number Systems. Prerequisite; MATH 220 Introduction to Problem Solving or passing score on 220 waiver exam

b. MATH 321 Introduction to Modern

Geometry

c. MATH 322 Mathematical Exploration for Preservice Elementary Teachers

 

Area Three: Sciences

1. Life Science

Completion of the following course:

a. BIOL 100 Perspectives in Biology

 

Note: For science concentration, take BIOL 103 Principles of Ecology instead of BIOL 100.

 

2. Physical Science

Completion of the following course:

a. SCI 101 Principles of Physical Science

 

Note: For science concentration, take CHEM 150 Introduction to Chemical Principles instead of SCI 101.

 

3. Integrated Science Principles

Completion of the following courses or their upper division equivalent:

a. SCI 315 Earth/Physical Science

Perspective

b. SCI 316 Life Science Perspective

c. SCI 317 Investigative Approaches to Science Learning

 

Area Four: Humanities and Social Sciences

1. U.S. History and Government

Completion of the following two courses:

a. HIST 231 Survey of US History to 1865

b. PLSI 101 American Government and

Politics

 

2. Religious Studies and Philosophical/Ethical

Perspectives

Completion of one of the following courses:

a. 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 Economic

Perspectives

Completion of the following courses:

a. GEOG 302 Cultural Geography of World’s Regions or ECON 395 Economic Geography or HIST 330 Historical Geography or PLSI 332 Political Geography or ECON 309 Economy and Society

 

4. Critical Thinking

Completion of one of the following courses:

a. PHIL 102 Logical Reasoning or HUM 102 Critical Thinking and Writing or SOC 120 Critical Thinking and Contemporary Social Problems

 

Area Five: 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:

a. ART 401 Principles of Art Education, MUS 310 Music in the Elementary Classroom, or

b. 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 Six: Health and Physical Education

1. Health Issues Affecting Elementary School

Age Children

Completion of the following course:

a. BIOL 320 Current Health Problems

 

2. Principles of Physical Education Affecting

Elementary School Age Children .

Completion of the following course or upper division equivalent:

a. PEAK 345 Teaching Physical Education in the Elementary School

 

Area Seven: Human Development

1. Understanding the Development of the Child

Completion of one of the following courses:

a. CDEV 312 Child Development in the School Years or CDEV 313 Adolescent Development, PSYC 310 Child Psychology or SOC 366 Childhood and Society

 

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:

a. 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 Sociolinguistics: 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 427 Hispanic-American Culture and Civilization or SPAN 428 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. Another 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 Intermediate Spanish Grammar II or an upper division course in Spanish language or literature (taught in Spanish; grade of C or better).

 

Area Nine: Technology

Note: Students concentrating in computer science do not need to take this class if they can demonstrate competency.

 

1. Computer Competency

Completion of one of the following courses:

a. CMPS 120 Computer Skills and Concepts I, GST 390 Computer Literacy or GST 393 Introduction to Microcomputers-IBM PC

 

Area Ten: Multicultural Studies

1. Theories of Multicultural and Bilingual

Education

Completion of the following two courses or upper division equivalents:

a. EDBI 475 Introduction to Multicultural

Education

b. EDBI 476 Introduction to Language

Acquisition and Development

 

Area Eleven: Field Experience

1. Experience in an Elementary School Setting

Completion of the following course:

a. EDEL 240 Early Field Experience in the

Elementary School

 

Area Twelve: Subject Matter Competency

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

1. Portfolio

 

 

Upper Division Concentration

Area Thirteen: 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. 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). Students are encouraged to contact the Liberal Studies Office regarding substitution of upper division courses taken at other institutions. Approved concentrations and the courses that meet the concentration requirements are found below.

1. Double Major

 

2. American History, Government, and Society

a. Three upper division courses to be selected from: HIST 351 Colonial North America 1600-1750, HIST 352 Revolutionary America 1750-1789, HIST 355 United States Early National Period 1789-1828, HIST 356 The Civil War Era 1828-1877, HIST 357 Emergence of Industrial America 1877-1920, HIST 358 Modern America 1920 to Present, HIST 370 Early California, HIST 371 Modern California, HIST 445 The American West, HIST 450 The Economic History of the United States, HIST 465 History of African-Americans to 1865, HIST 466 History of African-Americans Since 1865, and HIST 468 Mexican-American History; PLSI 314 Judicial Power and the Constitution, PLSI 315 Civil Liberties, PLSI 316 Congress, PLSI 317 The Presidency, and PLSI 320 Social Groups and Political Power in America; RS 381 New Religious Movements; SOC 323 Sociology of Power, SOC 327 Race and Ethnic Relations, and SOC 440 Social Stratification.

b. LBST 492 Behavioral Science

 

3. Art

a. Three upper division courses in Art, including at least one art history and one art studio course.

b. 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

a. Any three of the following courses. BIOL 370 Principles of Nutrition; PSYC 320 Adult-Child Relationships, PSYC 341 Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality, PSYC 411 Cognitive and Perceptual Development, PSYC 412 Personality and Social Development, PSYC 415 Developmental Psychopathology; CDEV 312 Child Development in the School Years or CDEV 313 Adolescent Development; BEHS 435 Family and Kin: Comparative Perspectives or CDEV 320 Individual and Family Development in Diverse Cultures.

b. LBST 492 Behavioral Science

 

5. Children’s Theater

a. THTR 305 Creative Dramatics

b. THTR 307 Dramatic Literature for Children

c. THTR 405 Children’s Theatre

d. LBST 491 Humanities

 

6. Communications

a. Three upper division courses in Communications offered by the Communications Department.

b. LBST 491 Humanities or LBST 492

Behavioral Science

 

7. Computer Science

a. CMPS 211 Internet and Web Design

b. CMPS 212 Computer Science 1 or CMPS 215 Intro to UNIX or CMPS 280 X-Windows

c. MATH 191 Precalculus Mathematics I

College Algebra

d. SCI 350B Computers and Society

 

8. Criminal Justice

a. CRJU 380 Juvenile Justice Processes and Systems, 340 Drugs and Crime and 345 Gangs in America

b. LBST 492 Behavioral Science

 

9. Deaf Studies

a. EDSP 305 , 306, 405, 406 and 408 (offered through Extended University)

b. LBST 492 Behavioral Science

 

10. Environmental Studies

a. BIOL 103 Principles of Ecology.

b. Two of the following, one of which must be upper division: GEOL 201 Physical and Historical Geology; GEOL 205 Environmental Geology, GEOL 330 Geology of the National Parks; INST 369 Environmental Politics, and ECON 370 Economics of Environmental and Safety Regulation.

c. LBST 492 Behavioral Science or

LBST 493 Natural or Physical Science

 

11. Health and Wellness

a. Three upper division courses to be selected from the following: BIOL 371 Problems in Nutrition/BIOL 372 The Fundamentals of Nutrition for Adults and Children; INST 312 Plagues and People: A Biohistorical Examination of Mankind and Disease; PSYC 315 Abnormal Psychology, PSYC 316 Personality, PSYC 403 Health Psychology; SOC 324 Sociology of Deviance, SOC 326 Juvenile Delinquency, and SOC 464 Family and Stress.

b. LBST 492 Behavioral Science

 

12. Humanities

a. Three upper division courses to be selected from ENGL 391 Bible as Literature and ENGL 393 Classical Mythology; HUM 395 Comparative Literature: Mirror of Western Civilization; PHIL/PLSI 333 Political Philosophy and Thought, PHIL 302 History of Western Philosophy I, PHIL 303 History of Western Philosophy II, PHIL 304 History of Western Philosophy III, PHIL 332 Theories of Ethics, PHIL 334 Law and Morality, PHIL 343 Asian Philosophy and PHIL 478 Special Topics in Applied Ethics; RS 301 Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), RS 302 New Testament, and RS 361 Mythology and Symbolism in Religion.

b. LBST 491 Humanities

 

13. Language

a. Three upper division courses to be selected from ENGL 319 Structure of English, 415 General Linguistics, 416 Phonology, 417 Syntax, 418 Second Language Acquisition, 420 Sociolinguistics: Language, Society and Education; SPAN 412 Spanish Linguistics, 413 Contrastive Structures of Spanish and English; PSYC 413 Language Development.

b. LBST 491 Humanities

 

14. Literature

a. Three upper division literature courses to be selected from those courses offered by the English Department.

b. LBST 491 Humanities

 

15. Mathematics

a. MATH 191 Precalculus Mathematics I: College Algebra and 192 Precalculus Mathematics II: Elementary Functions.

b. One other math course (excluding General Education math courses and MATH 120 Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Business, MATH 220 Introduction to Problem Solving, MATH 320 Introduction to Number Systems, and MATH 321 Introduction to Modern Geometry).

c. LBST 494 Math

 

16. Music

a . MUS 310 Music in the Elementary

Classroom

b. MUS 330 Music Teaching Techniques

for Elementary Classroom I

c. MUS 350 Music Teaching Techniques

for Elementary Classroom II

d. MUS 495 Senior Seminar in Music

Education

 

17. Physical Education

a. Minimum of 13 units from the following courses: PEAK 300 Motor Learning, PEAK 305 Motor Development, PEAK 310 Measurement and Evaluation in Physical Education and Kinesiology, PEAK 325 Psychological and Sociological Aspects of Fitness and Sport, PEAK 351 – 362 Theory of Coaching, PEAK 401* Applied Kinesiology, PEAK 404* Physiology of Exercise, and PEAK 430 Women in Sport.

b. LBST 492 Behavioral Science or LBST 493 Natural or Physical Science

* These courses have prerequisites outside of the PEAK Department.

 

18. Race, Ethnic and Gender Minorities

a. 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.

b. LBST 491 Humanities or LBST 492

Behavioral Science

 

19. Religious Studies

a. Three courses in Religious Studies, two of which must be upper division.

b. RS 490 Senior Seminar or LBST 491

Humanities

 

20. Science

a. BIOL 103 Principles of Ecology and BIOL 210 Principles of Animal Biology or BIOL 211 Principles of Plant Biology

b. CHEM 150 Introduction to Chemical Principles and CHEM 203 General Organic Chemistry

c. PHYS 150 Introduction to the Principles of Physics or PHYS 201 Basic Principles of Newtonian Physics

d. GEOL 201 Physical and Historical Geology or GEOL 305 Paleobiology

e. LBST 493 Natural or Physical Science

 

21. Spanish

a. Three upper division Spanish courses selected from those offered by the Modern Language and Literatures Department. The courses selected must be taught in Spanish.

b. LBST 491 Humanities

 

22. Theatre Arts

a. Three upper division Theatre courses.

b. LBST 491 Humanities

 

23. World Civilization and Culture

a. Three upper division courses to be selected from ANTH 340 Cultural Ecology, ANTH 350 Peoples of Mexico, ANTH 370 Third World Communities; BEHS 435 Family and Kin: Comparative Perspectives; HIST 301 Greece, HIST 302 The Hellenistic Age and the Coming of Rome, HIST 303 The Roman Empire, HIST 304 Early Medieval Europe: AD 500-1100, HIST 305 Medieval Europe, 1100 to the Renaissance, HIST 306 Europe 1350-1648, HIST 307 Europe 1648-1815, HIST 308 Europe 1815-1914, HIST 309 Europe Since 1914, HIST 325 The History of European Colonialism, 1500-1970, HIST 340 Latin America, HIST 424 China from Qin to Qing, 256 BCE to 1839 CE, HIST 425 China from the Opium War to the Founding of the People’s Republic, HIST 426 China, 1949 – Present, HIST 435 The Latin-American Mind; PHIL/RS 343 Asian Philosophy, PLSI 305 Governments and Politics in Europe, PLSI 306 European Political Cultures, PLSI 308 Government and Politics of China, PLSI 309 Government and Politics of Latin America; and SPAN 427; or any upper division course, not previously counted, from the list of approved courses for General Education Goals VIII or IX.

b. LBST 491 Humanities or LBST 492

Behavioral Science

 

Bilingual Emphasis

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

General Major

A general Liberal Studies track is also offered for students interested in the broad liberal arts experience but not in obtaining a teaching credential. Information is available in the Liberal Studies Office, (DDH C102, 661-664-3337).

Blended Baccalaureate for Excellence in Studies and Teaching – BBEST (Four-Year BA in Liberal Studies with Multiple Subjects Credential)

CSUB’s Blended Baccalaureate for Excellence in Studies and Teaching (BBEST) combines undergraduate subject matter courses in Liberal Studies with pedagogy courses in education, offering an integrated program of study over four years. Students will have the opportunity to begin their study of the classroom in their first year. Students will continue to develop their expertise as a teacher through multiple field experiences while completing a BA degree. Students will graduate with both a BA in Liberal Studies and a Level I Multiple Subject Credential.

The following program of study may be used as a guide for students interested in simultaneously completing the Liberal Studies Major and Multiple Subjects Credential within four years:

FRESHMAN (First Year)

Units Fall

5 PHIL 102 or SOC 120

5 HIST 231

5 ART or MUS or THTR

1 GST 106

 

5 PLSI 101

5 ENGL 110

3 EDEL 240

3 GST 390 or CIS 120

1 GST 106

 

5 BIOL 100

5 COMM 108 or THTR 232

5 ENGL 101

3 BIOL 320

1 GST 106

 

SOPHOMORE (Second Year)

Units Fall

5 HIST 202 or PHIL 100 or RS 110

5 GEOG 302 or ECON 395 or HIST 330 or

PLSI 332

5 PHSI 101

1 GST 206

 

5 Concentration

5 Upper Division Lit (ENG or SPAN) with

3 EDEL 411

5 GRE course

1 GST 206

Units Spring

5 PSYC 310 or SOC 366 with

4 EDEL 413

5 ENGL 319 (or 319a and 319b) with

3 EDEL 423 and

1 EDEL 308

 

5 Second Linguistic (ENGL or SPAN) with

4 EDEL 427 or 428

5 MATH 320

5 ENGL 305 or 310

Units Winter

5 MATH 321 with

5 ECON 309 with

3 EDEL 431

3 PEAK 345

 

5 Concentration

2 MATH 322 with

5 SCI 315 with

1 EDEL 322

3 EDBI 475

 

5 SCI 316 with

2 SCI 317

5 Concentration

6 LBST Senior Seminar

 

5 MUS 310 or THTR 305 or ART 401

3 EDBI 476

7 EDEL 440 (student teaching) with

1 EDEL 441

 

13 EDEL 442 (student teaching) with

1 EDEL 443

3 EDEL 432

 

Note: Students who have taken at least two years of high school Spanish will challenge Spanish 101 before taking 102. Those who have taken three years of high school foreign language (with grades of B or higher) have met the foreign language requirements and will take a second course in Race/Ethnic relations.

 

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.

Course Descriptions

LBST 490 Senior Seminar (6)

Consideration of the nature of the Liberal Studies major. Integration of the course work taken as part of the major.

LBST 491 Humanities

LBST 492 Behavioral Science

LBST 493 Natural or Physical Science

LBST 494 Math

LBST 497 Cooperative Education