With a Liberal Studies B.A., you will have a solid foundation for entry into a credential program or other graduate study. Our outcomes-based, multidisciplinary major integrates the arts and humanities, natural and social sciences, and service learning. We emphasize breadth across a variety of disciplines with a subject area emphasis in at least one academic discipline.
Pathways in the Liberal Studies Major
There are two pathways within the Liberal Studies major: the Liberal Studies Multiple Subjects Integrated Credential Program pathway and the Traditional pathway. The Liberal Studies Multiple Subjects Integrated Program allows you to complete the Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential and begin working in the field sooner. Integrated means that you can complete your undergraduate degree and your multiple subjects credential in 135 units (roughly 4.5 years for freshman or 2.5 years for transfer students). Students are assumed to be on the Liberal Studies Multiple Subjects Integrated Credential Program pathway unless they opt out of this pathway, or are unable to fulfill the requirements. Students on the LS Integrated Credential Program pathway complete a minimum of 12 units of credential courses (Stage 1 of Credential Program) in the last semester of their senior year. Stage 2 of the Credential Program is completed in the post baccalaureate semester. Consequently, students have the potential to complete their credential coursework a semester earlier than those on the Traditional pathway.
Sponsored By
College of Professional Studies > School of Education > Liberal Studies Department
Included Academic Fields
Elementary school teaching, special education and other educational settings.
Online Components
Parts of this major may be completed through courses offered completely or partly online.