Liberal Studies Major

The Liberal Studies Major is the Elementary Subject Matter Preparation Program approved by the state of California for students preparing to be elementary or multiple subject teachers. The course work is aligned to the California Content Specifications and is the best preparation for the California Subject Examination for Teachers (CSET) that ALL students pursuing an elementary teaching credential must pass.  To qualify for admittance into the Teacher Education Program, Liberal Studies Majors must earn a minimum grade of B- in EduC 101 and EduC 201, maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 2.7 with no course grade below C- in the major and pass the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST)