Liberal Studies: Teaching and Learning Option, B.A.

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(120 units)

Requirements for the Teaching and Learning Option - 85-88 units

These units include General Education, Liberal Studies Core, Emphasis, and Capstone courses. Requirements for the Emphases are available from the Advising Center. Three of the six units of the American Institutions Requirement and 36-39 units of General Education are included in the Core for the Teaching and Learning Option.

Required Core Courses - 73-76 units

1. Reading, Language, and Literature - 15-18 units

Select either:

ENGL 105 - Composition and Rhetoric I Units: 3
or
ENGL 102 - Stretch Composition I Units: 3 and
ENGL 103 - Stretch Composition II Units: 3
COMM 101 - Public Speaking Units: 3
ENGL 212 - Introduction to Children’s Literature Units: 3
ENGL 315 - Introduction to Language, Structure and Linguistics Units: 3
ENGL 475 - Language in Social Context Units: 3

2. History and Social Science - 18 units

EDUC 101 - Introduction to Elementary Schooling Units: 3
EDUC 320 - Education in Modern Society Units: 3
ESRM 105 - Environmental Issues in Geography (Cross-listed as GEOG 105) Units: 3
HIST 211 - World Civilizations: Origins to 1500 Units: 3
HIST 275 - The United States to 1900 Units: 3 (American Institutions - History)
HIST 369 - California History and Culture Units: 3

3. Mathematics - 6 units

8. Capstone - 3 units

LS 499 - Capstone Project Units: 3
The capstone project (LS 499) must be passed with a grade of “B” or better for the Teaching and Learning Option.

Required Emphasis - 9 units

Nine additional units must be taken from one of the following Emphases:

Reading, Language and Literature
History and Social Science
Mathematics
Science
Visual and Performing Arts
Physical Education and Health
Human Development and Psychology
Bilingual Studies: Spanish/English
BCLAD
Special Education
Chicana/o Studies

Required Supporting, General Education Course - 3 units

COMM 345 - Media Literacy and Youth Culture (Cross-listed as EDUC 345) Units: 3

Additional Graduation Requirements and Electives - 32-35 units

Foreign Language - 3 units

(May double count for Reading, Language and Literature Emphasis; Spanish language may double count for Bilingual Studies)

American Institutions Government Requirement - 3 units

POLS 150 - American Political Institutions Units: 3
(American Institutions - History included in major)

Electives - 25-29 units

(Must satisfy General Education categories A3 and C2 if not covered in emphasis)

Students are strongly encouraged to take. EDUC 510 , EDUC 512 , EDUC 520 , and EDAP 365 as electives since these courses are prerequisites for admission to the CI Multiple-Subject Teaching Credential Program.

Note: MATH 101 is a prerequisite to MATH 208 .

Special Note: Students who plan to enter a teaching credential program in California will be required to have a cumulative GPA of 2.67 OR a 2.75 GPA in the last 60 units of their baccalaureate degree to be eligible for admission to the post-baccalaureate credential program.