Liberal Studies

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Susan Ossman, Ph.D., Chair Office of Interdisciplinary Programs INTS 3116; (951) 827-2743; www.Lsnid.ucr.edu

Committee in Charge George Haggerty (English) Anne Jones (Education) Paul Ryer (Anthropology) Marylynn Yates (Environmental Science) Stephen E. Cullenberg, Ph.D., Dean, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, ex officio

Liberal Studies is the major of choice for students interested in careers in elementary school educa- tion. Under the federal legislation No Child Left Behind all prospective teachers must be “highly qualified” by demonstrating proficiency in their subject matter. The Liberal Studies major includes a core of lower-division courses designed to pro- vide students with broad subject matter coverage to give them the foundation needed to pass the CSET and enable them to be well-prepared to teach. The five upper-division tracks allow stu- dents to build upon their strengths and interests and at the same time provide them with a connec- tion to the core Education courses.

The Prepare to Teach Program is a pre-professional program open to undergraduates in all majors who are interested in teaching in California elementary schools. Through the program, prospective teach- ers begin to think pedogically about subjects they are studying, gain early field experience in the schools, and receive an introduction to the profes- sion that will help them make informed decisions about their own careers. The goal is to give prospective elementary school teachers informa- tion about state requirements that are best met when students are undergraduates and to advise on how to prepare to teach the required subjects in California elementary schools. The program is administered in the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs, 2417 Humanities and Social Sciences,

• (951) 827-2743.

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Blended Program in Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Qualified students have the opportunity to enroll in an accelerated program resulting in an elementary credential. The end goal is to be able to begin “professional” student teaching in the final quarter of the senior year. Our goal is to give early deciders the opportunity to begin teaching their own classes earlier and as interns to continue to receive the intense support of the Graduate School of Education and the school district during the first two quarters of the first year of teaching.

Students must take EDUC 001 and EDUC 002. Successful completion also requires careful course selection and a minimum GPA of 3.0. Advising is a collaborative effort between the Bridge to Teaching Program and the Graduate School of Education. For Information about undergraduate requirements, contact Brenda Aragon in the Office of Interdisciplinary Prog- rams, 2417 Humanities and Social Sciences,

• (951) 827-2743, or brenda.aragon@ucr.edu.

Information about UCR’s credential programs can be found at the Graduate School of Educa- tion Web site, education.ucr.edu/teach or at 1124 Sproul Hall.

See Undergraduate Studies section.

See College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Colleges and Programs section.

The major requirements for the B.A. degree in Liberal Studies are as follows:

• 1. Lower-division requirements (20 courses

[at least 80 units]). Courses can be used to fulfill college breadth requirements.

• a) Science and Mathematics (6 courses [at

least 24 units]): BIOL 002, BIOL 003, GEO 002, one course in physics, one course in chemistry, and one of MATH 004, MATH 005, MATH 008A, or MATH 015.

• b) Humanities and Fine Arts (7 courses [at

least 28 units]): CPLT 017A, DNCE 005, RLST 012/ETST 012, one of ART 001, ART 002, or ART 005, one of MUS 006/ANTH 006 or MUS 014/ETST 014/URST 014, one of ENGL 014 or ENGL 020B, and one of CRWT 056, THEA 010, or THEA 070.

• c) History and Social Science (8 courses [at

least 32 units]): ANTH 001, HIST 010, HIST 015, HIST 017A, LING 020, POSC 010, SOC 001, WMST 001

• 2. Upper-division requirements: 8 courses (at

least 32 units).

• a) One course in American Literature from:

ENGL 130, ENGL 131, ENGL 132, ENGL 133, ENGL 134, ENGL 136T, ENGL 137T, ENGL 138A, ENGL 138B, ENGL 138T

• b) One course in Ethnicity or Gender from:

ETST 100, ETST 101A, ETST 102, ETST 111, ETST 121, ETST 131, WMST 100, WMST 101, WMST 108/PHIL 108, WMST 126/ANTH 177/MUS 126, WMST 132/HISA 132, WMST 149/ANTH 149, WMST 161

• c) One course in United States History or

United States Government from: HISA 110A, HISA 110B, HISA 110C, HISA 113, HISA 114, HISA 115, HISA 116, HISA 117A, HISA 117B, HISA 120A, HISA 120B, HISA 135/ETST 112, POSC 100, POSC 101, POSC 113

• d) One Course in Communication Studies

from: ANTH 113, ANTH 120, ANTH 123, ANTH 131, ANTH 165, ANTH 177/ MUS 126/WMST 126, ART 131/MCS 131, ART 135/MCS 135, ART 139, ART 140, ART 145, ART 150/MCS 150, ART 155, ART 167, ART 168, ART 169 (E-Z), AHS 182, AHS 186/MCS 186, AHS 187/MCS 187, CRWT 130, CRWT 165, CRWT 166A/MCS 166A/THEA 166A, CRWT 174, CRWT 176 (E-Z), ECON 111, ECON 116, ECON 117/PHIL 119, ECON 119, ECON 123/HISA 123, ENGL 103, ENGL 143 (E-Z)/MCS 143 (E-Z), ENGL 144 (E- Z)/ MCS 144 (E-Z), ENGL 145 (E-Z)/MCS 145 (E-Z), ENGL 146 (E-Z)/MCS 146 (E- Z), MCS 110 (E-Z), MCS 114/CPLT 134/GER 134/JPN 134, MCS 121 (E- Z)/CPLT 171 (E-Z), MCS 125 (E-Z)/LNST 125 (E-Z)/ SPN 125 (E-Z), MCS 131/ART 131, MCS 133/SOC 138, MCS 136/ART 136, MCS 137/AHS 136, MCS 150/ART 150, MCS 160/ART 160, MCS 172, MCS 173 (E-Z)/ CPLT 173 (E-Z), MUS 126/ANTH 177/ WMST 126, MUS 140/HISA 139, PHIL 108/WMST 108, PHIL 111, PHIL 112, PHIL 116, POSC 146, PSYC 134, PSYC 150, SOC 120, SOC 121, SOC 122, SOC 133, SOC 134, SOC 139/MCS 139, SOC 140, SOC 141, SOC 143/URST 143, SOC 156, SOC 157, SOC 173, SOC 174, SOC 175, THEA 109/ANTH 109, THEA 110A, THEA 110B, WMST 103/ANTH 145, WMST 108/PHIL 108, WMST 109/ANTH 109, WMST 149/ANTH 149, WMST 150/ANTH 158

• e) One Course with a Global Perspective

from: ANTH 104, ANTH 105/BUS 158, ANTH 107, ANTH 112, ANTH 118, ANTH 122, ANTH 127, ANTH 130/DNCE 130, ANTH 132, ANTH 135, ANTH 140 (E-Z), ANTH 158, ANTH 159, ANTH 160, ANTH 161/LNST 161, ANTH 162, ANTH 163, AHS 102/ANTH 102, AHS 113, AHS 115/LNST 115, AHS 182, AHS 187/MCS 187, ECON 124, ECON 143A/ENSC 143A, ECON 143B/ENSC 143B, ECON 146/URST 146, ECON 153/BUS 153, ECON 156, EDUC 114, LNST 164/ANTH 164/WMST 164, LNST 168/ANTH 168/ETST 148, LNST 185/ECON 185, LNST 187/ECON 187, PHIL 108/WMST 108, PHIL 110, PHIL 117, PHIL 119/ECON 117, PHIL 152, PHIL 163, PHIL 167, POSC 110, POSC 111, POSC 116, POSC 124, POSC 125, POSC 126, POSC 127, POSC 129, POSC 150, POSC 152, POSC 153, POSC 154, POSC 155, POSC 157, POSC 158/LNST 148, POSC 159, POSC 160, POSC 162/LNST 142, POSC 169, POSC 182, PSYC 140, RLST 111, RLST 116, RLST 118, RLST 124 (E- Z), RLST 138/LNST 138, RLST 139, RLST 150, RLST 151, RLST 160/WMST 160, RLST 170, RLST 174, RLST 175, SOC 123, SOC 133, SOC 134, SOC 135, SOC 137, SOC 139/MCS 139, SOC 150, SOC 151, SOC 156, SOC 157, SOC 161, SOC 181, SOC 182/URST 182, SOC 184, WMST 109/ANTH 109, WMST 126/ANTH 177/MUS 126, WMST 140/ANTH 147, WMST 141/PHIL 168, WMST 149/ANTH 149, WMST 150/ANTH 148, WMST 155/ECON 155, WMST 156, WMST 160/RLST 160, WMST 161, WMST 164/ANTH 164/LNST 164, WMST 175/ETST 175, WRLT 170/ETST 170

• f) Three additional courses from the areas

above.

• 3. Education Component: 5 courses (at least

18 units): EDUC 100B, EDUC 109, EDUC 139, EDUC 172, EDUC 177A Management / 323