Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies Roadmap – Quantitative Reasoning Category III/IV and ENG 114
120 Total Units Required
Minimum Number of Units in the Major: 42
This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult an advisor in your major program for further guidance.
| First Semester | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 114 | Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (A2) 1 | 3 |
| GE Area A 2 | 3 | |
| GE Area B: Quantitative Reasoning (B4) 3 | 3 | |
| B4 Support Course 3 | 2-3 | |
| GE Area C | 3 | |
| Units | 14-15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| GE Area A | 3 | |
| GE Area B: Physical Science (B1) and Laboratory Science (B3) 4 | 3-4 | |
| GE Area C | 3 | |
| GE Area E | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective 5 | 3 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| GE Area B: Life Science (B2) and Laboratory Science (B3) 4 | 3-4 | |
| GE Area C | 3 | |
| GE Area D | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 5 | 6 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| BIOL 100 | Human Biology (Hidden Prerequisite for BIOL 326, B2, SJ) | 3 |
or College-Level Biology Course (Hidden Prerequisite for many Life and Physical Sciences Courses) |
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| GE Area D | 3 | |
| GE Area F ± | 3 | |
| U.S. and California Government | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective 5 | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Fifth Semester | ||
| LS 300GW | Perspectives on Liberal Studies - GWAR (Major Core) | 3 |
| Literature (3 units) 6 | 3 | |
| Communication Studies (3-4 units) 7 | 3-4 | |
| Electives (15 units) - Take Two 8 | 6 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| Sixth Semester | ||
| Life and Physical Science (3 units) 9 | 3 | |
| Integrated Social Sciences (6 units) - Select Two 10 | 6 | |
| Interdisciplinary Humanities - Select One: | 3 | |
| Contemporary Culture (UD-C, GP) | ||
| Thought and Image: Humanities | ||
| GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences (Consider SF State Studies Course) | 3 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Seventh Semester | ||
| Visual Studies - Select One: | 3 | |
| Comics and Culture | ||
| Thought and Image: Creative Arts | ||
| Electives (15 units) - Take One 8 | 3 | |
| GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities (Consider SF State Studies Course) | 3 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 5 | 6 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Eighth Semester | ||
| LS 690 | Liberal Studies Senior Seminar (Major Capstone) | 3 |
| Electives (15 units) - Take Two 8 | 6 | |
| SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 5 | 7 | |
| Units | 16 | |
| Total Units | 120-124 | |
| 1 | ENG 114 can only be taken if you complete Directed Self-Placement (DSP) and select ENG 114; if you choose ENG 104/ENG 105 through DSP you will satisfy A2 upon successful completion of ENG 105 in the second semester; multilingual students may be advised into alternative English courses. |
| 2 | To avoid taking additional units, it is recommended that you meet the SF State Studies (AERM, GP, ES, SJ) requirements within your GE or major. |
| 3 | To determine the best B4 course option, students should complete the online advising activity at mathadvising.sfsu.edu. Questions? Contact Gator Smart Start. |
| 4 | Consider taking a class combined with a laboratory or a separate lab to fulfill B3 if not already satisfied. |
| 5 | Complementary Studies All students completing a B.A. degree must satisfy the 12 unit Complementary Studies requirement. Students who complete the Liberal Studies major will automatically satisfy Complementary Studies with 12 units of courses outside of the Liberal Studies prefix (LS) and not cross-listed with LS. Students must consult with an advisor to identify the courses that will be used to satisfy the requirement. Students who have earned AA-T or AS-T degrees and are pursuing a similar B.A. degree at SF State are required to fulfill the Complementary Studies requirement as defined by the major department. Students should consult with a major advisor about how transfer units and/or SF State units can best be applied to this requirement in order to ensure degree completion within 60 units. |
| 6 | 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) |
| 7 | 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) |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | 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 Science and Culture 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) |
| 10 | 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. |
| ± | Given catalog rights, fall 2022 transfer students do not need to complete an Area F course. |