Liberal Studies Introduction

The Liberal Studies program is offered through the College of Arts & Sciences and the School of Education's Curriculum & Instruction department. The program includes English literature, fine arts, humanities, math and science, social sciences, and education courses.

Program Offered

Liberal Studies
Bachelor of Arts

  • Quick Facts

  • Level

    Undergraduate

  • Location

    La Sierra Campus

  • Duration

    75.5-76 Units

  • Accreditation

    WASC

  • Curriculum Sheet

Description:

The Liberal Studies/Elementary Bachelor of Arts program is offered through the College of Arts & Sciences and the School of Education's Curriculum & Instruction department. The program includes English literature, fine arts, humanities, math and science, social sciences, and education courses.

HPSC274 American Government 4
HLSC214 Dimensions of Health 4
EDFO305 Psychological Foundations of Education 4
EDCI204 Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom 3
EDCI413 Teaching in Education 3

Career Outlook

 


1% Job Market Growth

$64,290 Median Salary

 

The median annual wage for middle school teachers was $64,290 in May 2023. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $47,490, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $104,410.

In May 2023, the median annual wages for middle school teachers in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:

  • Elementary and secondary schools; local $64,890

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Program Stats

Our Alumni Work in these Occupations

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  • Medical and Health Services Managers
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  • Licensed Practical and Vocational Nurses
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  • Photographers
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  • Social and Community Service Managers
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  • Special Education Teaching Assistants
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    3
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Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Critical Analysis: Students will learn strategies in critical reading, thinking, and writing, demonstrating proficiency in areas that facilitate engagement with complex ideas and problems, the questioning of bias and/or assumption, the exploration of perspectives, and the acknowledgment of complexity.
  2. Oral Presentation Skills: students will transmit their own critical work verbally with clarity, accuracy, & conviction.
  3. Engagement with Diversity: students will become familiar with and sensitive to issues of diversity by engaging issues of race, ethnicity, class, and gender.
  4. Disciplinary Proficiency: students will develop disciplinary proficiency through required departmental academic assignments and projects.
  5. Research Methodology: students will demonstrate a grasp of disciplinary-based research methodologies – both quantitative and qualitative.
  6. Religious/Moral/Ethical Values: students will develop an awareness of and engagement with the important religious, moral, and ethical issues of the past and present.

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Partial information in this page was retrieved from Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Middle School Teachers, at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/middle-school-teachers.htm (visited April 17, 2024).