Liberal Studies: Teaching and Learning Emphasis, B.A. - 120 units

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Summary of Units:

Required Core Courses	73
Required Concentration Courses	9
Required Supporting Course	3
Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements	35
Total Units	120

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

These units include General Education, Liberal Studies Core, Concentration, and Capstone courses. 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 Emphasis.

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 (Cross-listed as EDUC 475) 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 490 - Capstone Course Units: 3
or
LS 499 - Capstone Project Units: 3
The capstone course or project (LS 490 or LS 499) must be passed with a grade of “B” or better for the Teaching and Learning Emphasis.

Required Concentration - 9 units

Nine additional units must be taken from one of the following areas. (course requirements for each concentration are located on the Academic Advising Website under the major forms):

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

Required Supporting, General Education Course - 3 units

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

Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements - 35 units

To graduate, students must complete 120 units minimum (40 units must be upper division) including all General Education (GE) and Graduation Requirements . The following areas must be included:

Additional Lower Division A-E (GE) Requirements not met within the major
Nine units of Upper Division Upper Division Interdisciplinary GE (UDIGE), courses are numbered 330-349 and 430-449. Six units may be within the major, 3 units must be outside the major (C or better grade)
Multicultural Requirement (C or better grade)
Language Requirement (C or better grade)
American Institutions Requirement
Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation

Foreign Language - 3 units

Spanish is recommended.

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 (UNIV 210 is recommended) and C2 if not covered in concentrations).

Students are strongly encouraged to take. EDUC 510 , EDUC 512 , and EDUC 522 as electives since these courses are prerequisites for admission to the CI Multiple-Subject Teaching Credential Program.

Recommended to take one of the following writing courses: ENGL 251 , ENGL 330 , or ENGL 478 .

Program Maintenance Requirements: In order to remain in the Teaching and Learning Emphasis, students must maintain a grade point average of 2.00 or better, with no course grades lower than a “C.”

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.

Note: MATH 101 is a prerequisite to MATH 208 .