Liberal Studies

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Juliann Emmons Allison, Ph.D., Chair Office: 3121 CHASS INTS

• (951) 827-5524; juliann.allison@ucr.edu

Lsnid.ucr.edu

Committee in Charge

Darrel Jenerette (Botany and Plant Sciences) Goldberry Long (Creative Writing) Maritza Rodriguez (Education) Paul Ryer (Anthropology) 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 a major with broad interdisciplinary scope. The Liberal Studies major includes a core of lower-division courses designed to provide students with broad subject matter coverage to give them the foundation for a wide variety of careers and advanced degrees in professional schools of education, law, business or medicine or academic programs toward doctoral study in the humanities and social sciences.

For Information about undergraduate requirements, contact the Undergraduate Academic Advising Center for the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs, 3111 Humanities and Social Sciences, mdu.ucr.edu. Information about UCR’s credential programs can be found at the Graduate School of Education Web site, education.ucr.edu/teach or at 1124 Sproul Hall. 322 / Programs and Courses

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, CRWT 130, CRWT 165, CRWT 174, CRWT 176 (E-Z), ECON 111, ECON 116, ECON 117/PHIL 119, ECON 119, ECON 123/HISA 123, ENGL 103, 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 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 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, 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 116S, 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 001, EDUC 002, EDUC 044, EDUC 100A, EDUC 109, EDUC 110, EDUC 173 323 Management / 323