Students completing Liberal Studies Integrated Teacher Preparation B.A. will graduate with both a B.A. and a multiple subjects teaching credential with the additional option of completing a Bilingual Authorization for the state of California.
Students must start this program in their first year and qualify to begin the credential program courses before beginning their third year. By April of spring semester of their second year in the program, students will be admitted to the credential program if they have: attempted the C-BEST exam; completed 45 hours field experience; achieved at least a 2.76 GPA; acquired the CTC certificate of clearance. Transfer students from community colleges may enter the program upon advising. Please see the Liberal Studies ITEP advisor for more information.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Reflect critically on their education and program of study.
- Recognize scholarship on which practice and knowledge in a discipline are based.
- Write critical and/or argument-based papers that can distinguish between different disciplinary methods and perspectives and potentially integrate them.
- Analyze a complex issue, theme or problem by applying multiple perspectives, theories, concepts and modes of inquiry.
- Engage and Support All Students in Learning.
- Create and Maintain Effective Environments for Student Learning.
- Understand and Organize Subject Matter for Student Learning.
- Plan Instruction and Design Learning Experiences for All Students.
- Assess Student Learning.
- Develop as a Professional Educator.
Liberal Studies Integrated Teacher Preparation (B.A.) – minimum 133 units
General Education Requirements Met in the Major
The requirements below are deemed “met in the major” upon completion of the courses listed (even though the courses and their prerequisites are not approved for GE). This is true whether or not the student completes the major.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Select One: | 3 | |
| Teaching and Learning Beyond the Classroom | ||
| Self, Place, and Knowing: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Inquiry | ||
| HUM 225 | Values in American Life | 3 |
| LS 300GW | Perspectives on Liberal Studies - GWAR | 3 |
| LS 690 | Liberal Studies Senior Seminar | 3 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Select One: | 3 | |
| First-Year Experience | ||
| Fundamentals of Oral Communication | ||
| Oral Communication - Multilingual | ||
| COMM 554 | Performance of Children's Literature | 4 |
| E ED 681 | Teaching Language and Literature with Elementary and Middle School Students | 3 |
| ENG 114 | Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (or equivalent) | 3 |
| SLHS 655 | Language Development | 3 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 114 | World History to 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 115 | World History Since 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 120 | History of the U.S. through Reconstruction | 3 |
| HIST 450 | History of California | 3 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| MATH 165 | Concepts of the Number System | 3 |
| MATH 265 | Advanced Number Systems | 3 |
| MATH 565 | Concepts of Geometry, Measurement, and Probability | 3 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 100 | Human Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 310 | Biology for Today's World | 3 |
| E ED 655 | Hands-on Undergraduate Science Education Experience | 3 |
| ERTH 110 | Our Dynamic Earth | 3 |
| ERTH 365 | Extreme Weather in a Warming World | 3 |
| LS 209 | Physical Sciences for Elementary School Teachers | 3 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Select One: | 3 | |
| Western Art History I | ||
| Western Art History II | ||
| Latina/o/x Visual Culture | ||
| DANC 350 | Dance Aesthetics: Cultural/Historical Perspectives | 3 |
| E ED 450 | Art and Learning | 3 |
| MUS 601 | Music for Children | 3 |
| Select One: | 3 | |
| Storytelling and Folk Literature | ||
| Theatre Pedagogy |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| KIN 401 | Elementary School Physical Education: K-5 | 3 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CAD 210 | Introduction to Applied Child and Adolescent Development | 3 |
| RPT 280 | Developmental Play Processes | 3 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| E ED 687 | Seminar: Field Experience | 3 |
| Select One: | 3 | |
| Bilingual Education in the U.S.: A History of Struggle, Resistance, and Achievement | ||
| Social, Cultural, and Historical Foundations of Education | ||
| Select One (Required only of candidates in the bilingual authorization) | 0-3 | |
| Chinese Heritage Language for the Bilingual Teacher Candidates | ||
| Spanish Heritage Language for the Bilingual Teacher: I | ||
| Select One: | 3 | |
| Teaching Reading and Language Arts - Chinese Bilingual | ||
| Teaching Reading and Language Arts: K-5 | ||
| E ED 737 | Teaching Social Studies, Social Justice, and Literacy: Grades 3-6 | 3 |
| E ED 747 | Teaching Practicum Phase II | 3 |
| E ED 748 | Teaching Practicum Phase III | 3 |
| E ED 756 | Teaching Practicum Seminar Phase I | 3 |
| E ED 758 | Teaching Practicum Seminar Phase III | 3 |
| E ED 777 | Curriculum and Instruction in Science | 3 |
| E ED 784 | Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics (CLAD Emphasis) | 3 |
| E ED 786 | Seminar in Developmental Teaching and Learning | 3 |
| ITEC 711 | Instructional Computing in Elementary Schools | 3 |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Area A3: Critical Thinking | ||
| Critical Thinking and the Asian American Experience | ||
| Critical Thinking and the Ethnic Studies Experience | ||
| Critical Thinking and the Rhetoric of Latinas/os/x in the 21st Century |