Liberal Studies

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

Heidi Brayman, Ph.D., Director Interdisciplinary Programs Advising INTS 3111; mdu.ucr.edu

Advisory Council Heidi Brayman, Chair (English) Marissa Brookes (Political Science) Adam Harmer (Philosophy) Stephen James (Liberal Studies) Daryle Williams, Dean, ex officio

Liberal Studies is the major of choice for stu- dents seeking a broad liberal arts education in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. The flexibility of the requirements allows students to tailor the major to their interests across multiple disciplines, as they prepare for graduate study and careers in education, law, business, and medicine. For students planning on teaching careers in elementary education, a core of lower-division courses provides broad subject matter coverage, and upper-division work includes Education courses.

For Information about undergraduate require- ments, contact the Undergraduate Academic Advising Center for the Office of Interdisci- plinary Programs, 3111 Humanities and Social Sciences, mdu.ucr.edu. Information about UCR’s credential programs can be found at the School of Education website, 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 Sciences (4 courses

[at least 16 units]) from: ANTH, ECON, ETST, GBST, GSST, HIST, 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 non-Western Litera-

ture 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, HIST, 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, HIST, LNST, PHIL, POSC, RLST, or SOC.

• g) Three additional upper-division cours-

es offered in the College of Arts and Social Sciences OR for pre-teaching credential students, three from the following: EDUC 132, EDUC 147, EDUC 162, EDUC 171 or 172, EDUC 177 or 178, EDUC 179A.

• h) Liberal Studies Capstone Course:

LBST 191 or LBST 190

• 3. 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.