Liberal Studies

Subject abbreviation: LBST College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Tamara Ho, Ph.D., Chair Office: 2005 CHASS INTN

• (951) 827-4843; tamara.ho@ucr.edu

Lsnid.ucr.edu

Committee in Charge

Darrel Jenerette (Botany and Plant Sciences) Margaret Nash (Education) Paul Ryer (Anthropology) Milagros Peña 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 require- ments, contact the Undergraduate Academic Advising Center for the Office of Interdisciplin- ary 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, educa- tion.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 (12 courses [at

least 48 units]). Courses can be used to fulfill college breadth requirements.

• a) Science and Mathematics (4 courses [at

least 16 units]) from: BIOL, CHEM, CS, GEO, MATH, or PHYS.

• b) Humanities and Fine Arts (4 courses [at least

16 units]) from: ART, AHS, CPLT, CRWT, DNCE, ENGL, LING, MUS, PHIL, or TFDP.

• c) History and Social Science (4 courses [at

least 16 units]) from: ANTH, ECON, ETST, GBST, GSST, MCS, POSC, PSYC, RLST, or SOC.

• 2. Upper-division requirements: 10 courses (at

least 40 units).

• a) One writing course from: ENGL 103 or

CRWT 130.

• b) One course in American/European

Literature or Arts, not to include language study, from: ART, AHS, CLA, CPAC, CPLT, DNCE, ENGL, EUR, FREN, GER, ITAL, LATN, LNST, MUS, MCS, PHIL, PORT, RUSN, SPN, or TFDP.

• c) One course in Nonwestern Literature or

Arts or Gender Studies, not to include language study, from: AHS, ART, ARLC, AST, CHN, CPLT, DNCE, ETST, GSST, JPN, KOR, MCS, MUS, PHIL, SEAS, TFDP, or VNM.

• d) One course in U.S. History or Government/

Politics, Economics, or Society from: ANTH, ECON, POSC, or SOC.

• e) One course in Communications or

Technology from: ANTH, AHS, ART, CPLT, CS, ECON, ENGL, ETST, GSST, MCS, PHIL, SOC, or TFDP.

• f) One course with a Global Perspective

from: AHS, ANTH, ECON, ETST, GBST, GSST, LNST, PHIL, POSC, RLST, or SOC.

• g) Three additional upper-division courses

offered in the College of Arts and Social Sciences OR for pre-teaching credential students, three from the following: EDUC 109/S, EDUC 110/S, EDUC 116/S, EDUC 172/S, EDUC 174/S, EDUC 175/S.

• h) Liberal Studies Capstone Course: LBST 191 or LBST 190

• 3. E-exit Portfolio: Students will compile at

least three pieces of written work from upper-division courses, one of which must specifically address research methodology, broadly understood and evidence of applied research or work experience – e.g., a fourth paper, journal/report from an internship or experiential learning exercise, or, for pre- teaching credential students, a record of classroom experience.