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Henry W. Decker, Ph.D., Chair
Committee Office, 2417 Humanities and Social Sciences; (909) 787-2743

Committee in Charge
Henry W. Decker, Ph.D. (French)
Howard S. Friedman, Ph.D. (Psychology)
Albert L. Page (Environmental Sciences)
Louis A. Pedrotti, Ph.D. (Russian)
Athena Waite, Ph.D. (Education)
Patricia O'Brien, Ph.D. Dean, College of Humanities, Arts,and Social Sciences, ex officio

MAJOR

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 pursue their interests in other areas.

Preparation for Teaching

Degree Requirements

University Requirements

College Requirements

Major Requirements

1.  Lower-division requirements

a)  Foreign Language or Mathematics from one of the following:
(1)  Achievement of proficiency at the 5th quarter level in one foreign language
(2)  Achievement of proficiency at the 4th quarter level in one foreign language and LING 020
(3)  Completion of a year (12 units minimum) of college-level mathematics from MATH 009A-MATH 009B, plus one from MATH 009C, MATH 023, CS 008 or STAT 048
(4)  MATH 022, MATH 023, plus CS 008 or STAT 048

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.

b)  Pre-Concentration requirement: 64 units from the following groups of courses with a minimum of 12 units in each group

  Group I
BCH 010
BIOL 002, BIOL 003, both BIOL 005A and BIOL 05LA, BIOL 005B, BIOL 005C, BIOL 030, BIOL 034, BIOL 040
BPSC 031
CHEM 001A-CHEM 001B-CHEM 001C, or CHEM 01HA, CHEM 01HB, CHEM 01HC, CHEM 003, CHEM 005
GEO 001, GEO 002, GEO 003/BIOL 010, GEO 004, GEO 005, GEO 008
ENTM 010, ENTM 020
ENSC 001, ENSC 002
PHYS 002A, PHYS 002B, PHYS 002C, PHYS 02LA, PHYS 02LB, PHYS 02LC, PHYS 007, PHYS 008, PHYS 020, PHYS 021, PHYS 040A, PHYS 040B, PHYS 040C, PHYS 040D

  Group II
ANTH 001, ANTH 002, ANTH 003, ANTH 004, ANTH 005, ANTH 010, ANTH 020, ANTH 030
ECON 001, ECON 002, ECON 003
ECON 006/ENSC 006
ETST 001, ETST 002, ETST 003, ETST 005, ETST 007
ETST 004/HIST 004
HIST 010, HIST 015, HIST 017A-HIST 017B, HIST 020, HIST 025, HIST 026, HIST 030, HIST 033, HIST 035, HIST 036, HIST 060, HIST 061/ETST 061
PED 044
POSC 005, POSC 010, POSC 015, POSC 020
PSYC 001, PSYC 002
SOC 001, SOC 003, SOC 015
SOC 010/URST 010
WMST 001, WMST 020

  Group III
CLA 010A-CLA 010B-CLA 010C, CLA 027A-CLA 027B, CLA 040
CPAC 001, CPAC 002
ENGL 012A, ENGL 012B, ENGL 012C, ENGL 012 (E-Z), ENGL 014, ENGL 015, ENGL 017, ENGL 023A-ENGL 023B-ENGL 023C, ENGL 031, ENGL 032
ETST 008
ETST 012/RLST 012
EUR 025, EUR 047
FVC 020
FVC 021/WRLT 021
FREN 030, FREN 040, FREN 045
PHIL 001 or PHIL 001H, PHIL 002 or PHIL 002H, PHIL 007 or PHIL 007H, PHIL 008 or PHIL 008H, PHIL 030 (E-Z)
RLST 005, RLST 007, RLST 008, RLST 010, RLST 015
WRLT 017A-WRLT 017B-WRLT 017C, WRLT 025
WMST 010

Group IV
AHS 009/ANTH 009, AHS 027/ANTH 027
ART 001, ART 002, ART 003, ART 006/FVC 006
ART 004/FVC 004
AHS 007, AHS 015, AHS 016, AHS 017A, AHS 017B, AHS 017C
CRWT 056
DNCE 005, DNCE 007, DNCE 014
MUS 001, MUS 002, MUS 006/ANTH 006, MUS 008, MUS 030A, MUS 030B, MUS 030C, MUS 031
THEA 010, THEA 050, THEA 070, THEA 038/ART 028/FVC 028

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 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) 787-2743.