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2000-2001 General Catalog
University of California, Riverside
LIBERAL STUDIES
Henry W. Decker, Ph.D., Chair
The Liberal Studies interdisciplinary major offers a broad liberal education. The first two years introduce students to the traditional areas of learning and attempt to provide them with an understanding of their interrelationships.
During the junior and senior years, students select at least two fields of concentration. The purpose is to provide a focus for students' educational interests that enables them to acquire competence in the methodology and goals of two fields of concentration by extending and deepening investigations begun during the first two years.
Concentration requirements are sufficiently flexible to enable students to prepare for graduate or professional school training as well as to pursue their interests in other areas.
Preparation for Teaching. The Liberal Studies Program works with the Graduate School of Education to guide prospective teachers in their academic and preprofessional preparation. In addition to the major, students planning to teach in elementary school have the option of completing the Liberal Studies subject-matter preparation program. This state-approved program waives the subject-matter proficiency examination (MSAT) otherwise required for the multiple-subject credential.
Interested students should consult their advisor as early as possible, as the waiver must be completed before graduation.
With careful planning, using many of the same courses, prospective elementary teachers can complete the approved subject-matter program along with their Liberal Studies major while also including basic course work in Education and early field experience in the schools.
The major requirements for the B.A. degree in Liberal Studies are as follows:
1. Lower-division requirements
Note: Liberal Studies requires additional proficiency or course work beyond the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences foreign language breadth requirement. Mathematics options (3) and (4) are alternatives to foreign language for Liberal Studies but do not replace the College foreign language requirement. Transfer students, who are not held for College breadth (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum; Reciprocity) must still meet one of the above options for the major.
2. Upper-division requirements (40-unit minimum)
By the beginning of the sixth quarter after 76 units of credit have been accumulated choose two areas of concentration.
First Area of Concentration
Minimum of twenty-four (24) upper-division units from one of the departments or programs in the following List A:
List A: Anthropology, Art History, Biology, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, Computer Science, Dance, Earth Science (Geography, Geology, Geophysics), Economics, English, Entomology, Environmental Sciences, French, German, History, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Russian Studies, Sociology, Spanish, Statistics, Theatre
Second Area of Concentration
Sixteen (16) complementary upper-division units chosen from one subject area from List A cited previously or from the following List B. No overlap between major and minor concentrations allowed.
List B: Administrative Studies, Asian Studies, Biochemistry, Creative Writing, Education, Ethnic Studies, Film and Visual Culture, Human Development, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Performing Arts (Art, Dance, Music, Theatre), Soil Sciences, Urban Studies, Women's Studies
Note: A maximum of 4 units of 190-199 courses may be used between the two areas of concentration. Students must submit a written proposal for advisor's approval prior to enrolling in the course. All courses taken in the two areas of concentration must be taken for letter grades.
The courses required for each area of concentration are based on departmental recommendation. When the two areas have been chosen, students must obtain the approval of a member of the Liberal Studies Committee. For information call (909) 787-3683.
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