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Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts
 
 Liberal Arts Topics
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• Liberal Arts Major
 
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The major consists of a minimum of 100 semester units (including general education courses) and is developed to provide a comprehensive background evenly distributed in the following academic areas: reading/language/literature, history/social science, mathematics, science, visual and performing arts, and human development. Students who complete the Liberal Arts degree program may successfully pursue a teaching credential or a career in other academic areas.

Course Requirements:

++ Indicates that the course is required for the credential program where there is a choice.

CourseID Course Description Units
GS 199 First Year Seminar (GE) 3

Fine Arts
HUM 111 Western Heritage I (GE) 3

Choose a minimum of two units in music and two units in art
FA 313 Materials, Techniques, and Skills in Music (GE) ++ 2
FA 314 Materials, Techniques, and Skills in Art (GE) ++ 2

For Art Concentration:
ART 100 Drawing I 4

For Music Concentration:
MUS 101 Fundamentals of Music 2
  Applied Music 1-2
MUS 105,
305		 Concert Choir (GE) 1
MUS 110 Class Piano I (GE) 2
MUS 111 Music Theory* 2
MUS 112 Keyboard Harmony* 1
MUS 113 Aural Skills* 1
MUS 114 Class Piano II (GE) 2
MUS 118 Vocal Class I (GE) 2
*Concurrent enrollment required of MUS 111, 112, 113

Language
ENG 101 English Composition (GE) 3
SPE 180 Public Speaking and Rhetorical Analysis 4
  Foreign Language (GE)
(Complete the equivalent of third semester language)		 0-12
  Writing Intensive Course requirement (GE)
(EDUC 562 meets this requirement)		 0
  Literature Course (GE)
(This requirement can be met through the Great Books program, through the literature concentration, or ENG 410 Genre Study: Children's Literature or ENG 440 Topics in Literature: Multicultural Literature)		 4
  Research Methods/Presentation Skills requirement (GE)
(EDUC 561 meets this requirement)		 0
  Writing Portfolio requirement 0

Mathematics
Select two of the following courses
POSC/
PSYC/
SOC 250		 Introductory Statistics 4
MATH 102 The Nature of Mathematics* 3
MATH 210 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 4
MATH 214 Calculus for Business and Economics 3
MATH 270 Foundations of Elementary Mathematics I (GE)* ++ 4
MATH 271** Foundations of Elementary Mathematics II** ++
(or alternate test or course credit) (take Math 103 if Math or Science concentration)		 3
*Students taking the mathematics concentration will not be required to take this course
**Students taking the Mathematics concentration will not be required to take this course

Physical Education/Human Development/Health
THEA 226 Dance for Musical Theatre ++ 2
EDUC 351 Child Growth and Development 4

Science
Select two of the three course groups below:

Group A: Biological Science
BIOL 106 Principles of Biology (GE) 4
(Students in Science concentration take SPME 106)
(Students in Sports Medicine/PE concentration take BIOL 230)

Group B: Earth Science
NASC 156 Earth Science: A Way of Knowing (GE) 4

Group C: Physical Science
NASC 155 Physical Science: A Way of Knowing (GE) 4
CHEM 120* General Chemistry (GE)
MATH 103 is prerequisite		 4
*Required for Science concentration
Note: Liberal Arts Coordinator must approve alternate courses.

Social Science:

History
HIST 304 History of the American Peoples (GE) 4
HIST 326 History of California (not required if select History concentration) 2
HUM 212 Western Heritage II (GE) 3
HUM 313 Western Heritage III (GE) 3
Beginning in the fall of 2004, HIST 326 (California History, 2 units) will be required if the history concentration is not selected.

Human Behavior/Social Sciences
GEOG 321 World Regional Geography 2
POSC 104 The American People and Politics (GE) 4
PSYC 200 Introduction to Psychology (GE) 3
EDUC 561 The Teaching Learning Process (RM, PS) ++ 4
(If a RM/PS course is not taken in the concentration this course is required)
Select one of the following courses:
EDUC 562 School and Society (WI) ++ 4
(If a WI course is not taken in the concentration this course is required)
SOC 200 Introduction to Sociology 3

Non-Western Heritage (choose one of the following courses)
COM 513 Intercultural Communication (GE) 4
ASIA 301 Sources of Asian Tradition (GE) 4
ASIA/
HIST 330		 Chinese Civilization to 1644 (GE) 4
ASIA/
HIST 331		 Modern China Since 1644 (GE) 4
ASIA/
PHIL 340		 Traditional Chinese Thought and Soc. to AD 1000 (GE) 4
ASIA 341 Chinese Thought and Society since AD 1000 (GE) 4
REL 526 The religions of the World (GE) 4

Religion/Philosophy/ and Culture
REL 101 The History and Religion of Israel (GE) 3
REL 102 The History and Religion of Early Christianity (GE) 3
REL 301 Christianity and Culture (GE) 3