Santa Clara University

LIBERAL STUDIES PROGRAM

Professors: Timothy C. Urdan, Eleanor W. Willemsen (Director)
Associate Professor: Carol Ann Gittens
Assistant Professor: Brett Johnson Solomon

 

The Liberal Studies Program offers a degree program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies. The liberal studies major is designed for undergraduates interested in a career working with children or students seeking a broad background in the liberal arts and sciences. There are two emphases available within Liberal Studies, each of them leading to a B.S. degree in Liberal Studies. Emphasis 1 is a pre-teaching program and provides the broad liberal arts background related to elementary school curriculum, as well as a set of courses designed to introduce future teachers to the research foundation of best practices in education, child development, and issues and policies related to the schools. Emphasis 2 is designed for students interested in careers focusing on children, social work, counseling, directing childcare programs, speech and language pathology, occupational therapy, or leading nonprofit agencies that provide community services to children and families. Students with a B.S. in Liberal Studies are expected to go on to post-graduate studies related to their career goals: teacher credential programs (Emphasis 1), or master’s degree programs in psychology, social work, or other fields (Emphasis 2). Advisors in Liberal Studies can provide information about teaching credential programs (Emphasis 1) or other graduate study programs (Emphasis 2).
Note: The pre-teaching emphasis focuses more on the school as a con-text for successful development, while the advocacy for children emphasis focuses more on the family, neighborhood, and various community organizations that serve children, youth, and families.

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR

In addition to fulfilling University Core Curriculum requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree, students majoring in liberal studies must com-plete the following program requirements:
Lower-Division Courses Required for Both Emphases:

• MATH 8, ANTH 3 or SOCI 1, POLI 1, PSYC 2, EDUC 70, LBST 75

Lower-Division Course Required for Emphasis 1:

• MATH 44, MATH 45, PHYS 2, 3, 9, or 19, BIOL 19 or ENVS 131, CHEM 19, HIST 96A or HIST 96B, LBST 70

Lower-Division Courses Required for Emphasis 2:

• PSYC 65 or 166; choose two sciences and the listed course(s) from the PHYS, BIOL, CHEM courses listed for Emphasis 1; SOCI 30

Upper-Division Courses Required for Both Emphases:

• LBST 100, LBST 101–102, ARTS 100 or DANC 59/159, EDUC 138, ENGL/LBST 160, PSYC 185, LBST 197

Upper-Division Courses Required for Emphasis 1:

• HIST 104, HIST 105, EDUC 106, PSYC 134, LBST 170, EDUC 184, EDUC 198A or 198B

Upper-Division Courses for Emphasis 2:

• LBST 103, LBST 107, PSYC 172, PSYC 196, SOCI 165, EDUC 198C

 

LOWER and UPPER DIVISION COURSE LISTINGS are AVAILABLE in the Undergraduate Bulletin (PDF)