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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 social sciences and the humanities. 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, art history, communications, English, cultural studies, history, film and television studies, and the social sciences.

The Faculty

Professor: Patrick Sharp (Chair).
Associate Professors: D. Robert DeChaine, Alejandra Marchevsky, Dionne Espinoza.
Assistant Professors: Victor Viesca, Michael Willard.

Programs for this Department

Undergraduate Major

• Liberal Studies, B.A. 
Undergraduate Minor

• Science, Technology, and Medicine Studies Minor 
• Women’s and Gender Studies Minor 
Undergraduate Certificate

• Undergraduate Certificate Program in Women, Genders, and Sexualities 
 

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