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DEPARTMENT OFFICE
Engineering and Technology A405
Phone: (323) 343-4100
Website: www.calstatela.edu/dept/libstudies/

Liberal Studies is an interdisciplinary program that offers students the opportunity to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree grounded in the humanities and qualitative social sciences. The Liberal Studies major provides an appropriate foundation for professional training in education, librarianship, law, medicine, various fields of public service, and business and industry. In addition, with careful selection of electives, students may prepare for graduate study in such areas as education, American studies, communications, English, cultural studies, history, film and television studies, and the social sciences.

The Faculty

Professors: D. Robert DeChaine, Dionne Espinoza, Alejandra Marchevsky, Patrick B. Sharp (Chair).
Associate Professors: R. Benjamin Bateman, Victor Viesca, Michael Willard.
Assistant Professor: Lucian Gomoll.

Programs for this Department

Undergraduate Major

• Liberal Studies, B.A. 
Undergraduate Minor

• Minor in Science Fiction   
• Science, Technology, and Medicine Studies Minor 
• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor  

Post Baccalaureate Certificate
• Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies  

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