Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies: Elementary Teaching Preparation Emphasis – ETE Associate Degree for Transfer Roadmap
This is a sample pathway for students who transfer to San Francisco State University in the current Bulletin year with the AA-T in Elementary Teacher Education. All lower-division GE requirements have been satisfied. Check with a major advisor about the most appropriate course sequence. Degree completion guaranteed in 60 units; see the Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) section for more information.
| First Semester | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| Interdisciplinary Humanities - Select One: | 3 | |
| Contemporary Culture (UD-C, GP) | ||
| Thought and Image: Humanities | ||
| Life and Physical Science (3 units) 1 | 3 | |
| Literature (3 units) 2 | 3 | |
| GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences | 3 | |
| University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| LS 300GW | Perspectives on Liberal Studies - GWAR (Major Core) | 3 |
| Communication Studies (3-4 units) 3 | 3-4 | |
| Electives (15 units) 4 | 3 | |
| Integrated Social Sciences (6 units) - Select Two 5 | 6 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| Visual Studies - Select One: | 3 | |
| Comics and Culture | ||
| Thought and Image: Creative Arts | ||
| Electives (15 units) - Take Two 4 | 6 | |
| GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities | 3 | |
| University Elective | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| LS 690 | Liberal Studies Senior Seminar (Major Capstone) | 3 |
| Electives (15 units) - Take Two 4 | 6 | |
| University Electives - Take Two | 6 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Total Units | 60 | |
| 1 | Life and Physical Sciences BIOL 300 Nature Study (3 units) (UD-B, ES) BIOL 310 Biology for Today's World (3 units) (UD-B, ES, ESMR)* BIOL 313 Principles of Ecology (3 units) BIOL 318 Our Endangered Planet (3 units) (UD-B, AERM, ES, GP) BIOL 326 Disease! (3 units) (UD-B, GP, SJ) ERTH 325 Geology of the National Parks (3 units) (UD-B, ES) ERTH 335 Global Warming (3 units) (UD-B, ES, GP) ERTH 360 California Weather Events (3 units) (UD-B, ES, GP) ERTH 365 Extreme Weather in a Warming World (3 units) (UD-B, ES, GP, ESMR)* LS 209 Physical Sciences for Elementary School Teachers (3 units) (ESMR)* LS 310 Physics for Future Elementary School Teachers (3 units) LS 317/HUM 317 Critical Animal Studies (3 units) LS 430 Future of the Forests (3 units) (UD-B, ES, GP) |
| 2 | Literature AA S 322 Chinese American Language and Literature (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, SJ) AA S 332 Japanese American Art and Literature (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, SJ) AA S 352 Filipina/o American Literature, Art, and Culture (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, GP, SJ) AA S 372 Vietnamese American Literature (3 units) (UD-C, AERM) AA S 512 Asian American Children's/Adolescent Literature (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, SJ) AFRS 411 African and African American Literature (3 units) AFRS 645 Literature of the Harlem Renaissance (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, GP, SJ) CWL 440 "Typical American": Narratives of Multiculturalism in the Americas from 1492 to the Present (3 units) (UD-C, GP) CWL 450 Literary Crossings (3 units) (UD-C, GP) E ED 681 Teaching Language and Literature with Elementary and Middle School Students (3 units) (UD-C, ESMR)* ENG 398/MGS 397 Greek American Literature (3 units) (UD-C) ENG 451/JS 451/CWL 451 Jewish Literature of the Americas (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, GP) ENG 526 Age of the American Renaissance: 1830-1860 (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, SJ) ENG 533/JS 437/CWL 437 Holocaust and Literature (3 units) (UD-C, GP, SJ) ENG 535 Literature and Ecology (3 units) (UD-C, ES) ENG 546/JS 546/WGS 546 20th Century American Jewish Women Writers (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, GP) ENG 601 Literature and Psychology (3 units) (UD-C) ENG 602 Literature and Society (3 units) (UD-C, AERM) ENG 655 Literature and the Adolescent Reader (3 units) (AERM) LTNS 560 Contemporary Latina/o Literature (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, GP, SJ) RRS 450/ARAB 450 Contemporary Arabic and Arab American Literature (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, GP) WGS 541 Women Writers and Social Change (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, GP, SJ) WGS 551/SXS 551 Queer Literatures and Media (3 units) (UD-C, AERM, GP, SJ) |
| 3 | Communication Studies COMM 551 Persuasion (4 units) COMM 552 Performance and Feminism (4 units) COMM 553 Performance and Identity (4 units) COMM 554 Performance of Children's Literature (4 units) (ESMR)* COMM 559 Theory and Practice in Advanced Public Speaking (4 units) LS 403/COMM 557 Performance and Pedagogy of the Oppressed for Educators (3 units) (SJ) |
| 4 | Electives (15 units) Choose one of the following options, in consultation with an advisor: A. Complete at least 15 units that are part of a minor on campus. (In the case of 12-unit minors, choose an additional 3 units from the ESMR course list). Suggested minors include: Education, Special Education, any minor in Ethnic Studies, American Studies, California Studies, Comics Studies, Counseling, Holistic Health, Health Education, Earth Sciences, Communication Studies, any minor in Modern Languages (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Russian), Humanities, Math, History, Global Peace Studies, Criminal Justice Studies, Women and Gender Studies. B. Complete 15 units of additional courses (not already counted for the core) drawn from the Elementary Subject Matter Requirements. (See program website or advisor for full list of courses to choose from.) C. In consultation with a faculty advisor, design and complete a 15-unit cross-disciplinary elective pattern on a particular topic. |
| 5 | Integrated Social Sciences LS 200/AMST 200 Self, Place, and Knowing: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Inquiry (3 units) (E) |
| * | Elementary Subject Matter Requirements (ESMR) Students who intend to enter a multiple subjects credential program (to become Elementary School teachers) will have either to pass the CSET exam or successfully complete an Elementary Subject Matter Requirements program. The ESMR program includes 84 units of coursework distributed across the major and GE (both lower- and upper-division). While SF State's ESMR program has not yet been fully approved by the state, we expect it to be by June 2018. In the meantime, please consult with the LS advisor in selecting courses that are slated to be included in the ESMR program. |
To Do at SF State:
Enough total units to reach 120 minimum for graduation; 30 units minimum at the upper-division level; to include the following:
University-Wide Requirements: 9 Units
(US History, US/CA/Local Government satisfied before transfer)
- Upper-Division GE, Areas B, C, and D (9 units): Courses required for the major may double-count if approved for UD GE.
- Students entering this major with the AA-T in Elementary Education are not required to fulfill SF State Studies requirements; also, because of the interdisciplinary nature of the major, students automatically fulfill the Complementary Studies requirement.
Liberal Studies Major: 42-43 Units
- Core (6) – includes University GWAR course
- Area Core Courses (21-22)
- Electives (15)
University Electives: 12 or More Units
Depends on course choices made at the community college, how transferred units are applied to the requirements above, and course choices at SF State - some courses may meet more than one requirement, e.g., in both UD GE and the major.