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Cal Poly Pomona

About the Liberal Studies Department

Congratulations Dr. Christina Chavez-Reyes

Dr. Christina Chavez-Reyes has been accepted to the HERS Institute this summer, with expenses paid by the Provost's Office. "...the HERS Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration at the University of Denver has offered women faculty and administrators the opportunity to participate in an intensive program to prepare them to be leaders in higher education. Starting in 2011, we are pleased to offer the HERS Denver Summer Institute in a new two week concentrated immersion format. "

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The major in Liberal Studies offers a diversified curriculum for those who are attracted to an interdisciplinary program of study. The purposes of Liberal Studies are two fold:

  1. To prepare students for graduate work in such fields as law and ministry; or for work in business, human services, government, and public relations; or to pursue intellectual fulfillment for its own sake.
  2. To provide the undergraduate preparation for students to teach in the public schools of California. Liberal Studies is approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing as a baccalaureate waiver program for entry into a multiple subject credential program. This credential licenses a person to teach in a self-contained classroom, primarily in elementary schools.

Degree Options - Options of study include:

  1. A flexible program of study which assures a breadth of education and provides opportunity for concentration in an area of one's choice.
  2. The recommended baccalaureate curriculum preparation for the teaching credential program (monolingual).
  3. The baccalaureate curriculum preparation for teaching with a bilingual, cross-cultural Chicano focus.

Location

The Liberal Studies Department Is located in building 94 room 321. The department coordinator is Rebecca Briseno and she can be reached at 909-869-3567 or by email.

Careers in teaching

For Information on the teaching programs offered by Cal Poly Pomona, visit the Department of Education Website.