Liberal Studies Information | Liberal Studies Programs | Liberal Studies Courses
Courses (L/ST)
400. Evaluating Literacy (3)
Prerequisites: Limited to Liberal Studies majors, Track I, who have completed all AREA I Core requirements with a “C” or better grade and fulfilled the GWAR, or consent of Program Director.
Review, analysis, and assessment of K-8 California State Reading/Language Arts Content Standards and Curriculum Frameworks. Study of contemporary literacy theory and practice with focus on language, culture, literature, and development of literacy. Understanding of literacy assessment and its implications, determinations, and effects.
Letter grade only (A-F).
403. Civic Issues and Values (3)
Prerequisites: Limited to Liberal Studies majors, Track I, who have completed all Area IV Core requirements with a “C” or better grade.
Provides subject opportunities and experiential activities for students to learn to confront controversial issues, solve problems cooperatively, examine issues from multiple and dialogical points of view, and practice listening with understanding and empathy. Student literacy in the social sciences and ability to recognize and deal with the dynamics of a multicultural, multiethnic community will be assessed.
Letter grade only (A-F)
404. Arts and Values (3)
Prerequisite: Limited to Liberal Studies majors, Track 1, who have completed all Area V Core requirements with a "C" or better grade, or consent of Program Director.
Review, analysis, and assessment of K-8 California State Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards and Curriculum Frameworks. Exploration of the relationship between arts criticism and various broader values (historical, social, aesthetic, ethical). Impact of religion, Enlightenment philosophy, modernism, and multiculturalism on the arts.
Letter grade only (A-F).
471. History/Social Science Content and Standards for Elementary Classrooms (3)
Prerequisite: Limited to Liberal Studies majors in the Integrated Teacher Education Program (ITEP), who have completed all Area IV Core requirements with a “C” or better grade.
Review, analysis and assessment of K-8 California State History/Social Science Content Standards and Curriculum Frameworks. Inquiry and assessment of student literacy in the social sciences. Integrates geographical and historical analysis of California, Early American and Pre-Modern World history within a global context.
Letter grade only (A-F).