LIBERAL STUDIES

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

Thomas Cogswell, Ph.D., Chair Office: 2005 CHASS INTN

• (951) 827-4843; thomas.cogswell@ucr.edu

mdu.ucr.edu

Committee in Charge Thomas Cogswell, Chair (History) Heidi Brayman (English) Marissa Brookes (Political Science) Goldberry Long (Creative Writing) J.P. Park (Art History) Maritza Rodriguez (Education) Milagros Peña, Dean, ex officio

Liberal Studies is the major of choice for stu- dents interested in a major with broad interdisci- plinary 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 pro- fessional 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 Gradu- ate School of Education 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 (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 Lit-

erature 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 Govern-

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

• e) One course in Communications or Tech-

nology 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 methodolo- gy, 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.