Courses for Fields in Liberal Studies

MyPlan for Fields in Liberal Studies

Liberal Studies students may focus their Concentration (20 hours) and/or Complementary Field (12 hours) coursework in one of the more traditional disciplines within the College of Arts and Sciences, or they can choose to work in one of the three interdisciplinary concentrations:Child and Family Studies, Global and Multicultural Issues, Popular Culture, and Ways of Seeing and Knowing.

This course guide serves as an outline for you as you work towards degree completion at Texas A&M-Commerce. For official degree information and guidance, please see your assigned advisor.

Child and Family Studies
The Child and Family Studies concentration encourages investigation into the many facets of contemporary domestic living. Courses offered within this area explore such topics as home and family welfare, parental dynamics, community involvement, and childhood development. Courses for this concentration include:
Course	Semester Credit Hours (SCH)	Completed?
AgEd 371 – Agricultural and Youth Leadership	3
CJ 326 – Juvenile Delinquency	3
Coun 316 – Parent and Family Dynamics	3
Coun 414 – Home and Family Living	3
ECE 313 – Child Development: Early Years	3
ECE 358 - Language Acquisition Development in Early Childhood Education Field-Based Settings	3
ECE 364 – Survey of Theories Influencing Childhood Development	3
ECE 366 – Learning Environments	3
ECE 460 – Early Childhood Curriculum	3
Eng 305 – Children’s Literature	3
ENG 406 – Adolescent Literature	3
HHPH 211 – First Aid and Safety	3
HHPH 331 – Nutrition	3
HHPH 332 – Nutrition in the School and Community	3
HHPH 362 - Human Diseases	3
HHPK 324 - Health and Kinesiology for Children	3
Psy 300 - Learning Processes and Development	3
PSY 319 – Child Growth and Development	3
PSY 321 – Psychology of Adolescence	3
PSY 322 – Understanding Human Development	3
PSY 443 – Psychology of Death and Dying	3
SOC 316 – Courtship, Mate Selection, Marriage and Family Patterns	3
SOC 317 – Contemporary Issues in Marriage and Family	3
SpEd 346 - Introduction to Exceptional Children	3
SWK 361 – Issues in Family Treatment	3
SWk 362 - Child Welfare	3


Global and Multicultural Issues Concentration
The Global and Multicultural Issues concentration emphasizes the diverse ways of looking at world cultures today. Its courses reflect the varying ways we understand communal and individual identity through the lenses of race, ethnicity, gender, economics, politics, and culture, both in the United States and abroad. Students in this concentration are not only encouraged to enroll in courses that approach scholarship in a global context, but are also provided with an opportunity to apply that knowledge in a hands-on manner through practicum and field studies. Courses for this concentration include:
Course	Semester Credit Hours (SCH)	Completed?
Ag 392 – Applied Ethics: U.S. and World Agriculture	3
ANTH 2351 – World Cultures	3
Anth 450 – Gender in Cross Cultural Perspective	3
Art 405 – History of Modern Art	3
BAAS 345 - Organizational Leadership	3
BAAS 409 - Global Technology and Society	3
Eng 202 – Multi-Ethnic American Literature	3
Eng 323 – Mythology	3
Eng 355 – Women Writers	3
Eng 432 – History and Aesthetics of Film	3
Eng 444 – African American Literature	3
Hist 303 - Historical Geography	3
Hist 360 – Themes in World History	3
Hist 365 – History of Modern East Asia	3
Hist 497 – Special Topics in US History	3
PSci 333 – Non-European Political Systems	3
PSci 438 – International Relations	3
PSci 488 – Contemporary Ideas	3
Soc 310 – Psychology and Sociology of Diverse Populations	3
Soc 335 – Global Social Issues	3
Soc 370 – Minority Groups	3


Popular Culture Studies
Popular Culture Studies focuses on the many ways in which mass culture and media both reflect and inform our daily lives. The courses that make up this interdisciplinary concentration examine the ways we work, define leisure, and become consumers. They cover a wide variety of topics such as movies, television, sports, music, comics, magazines, museums, folk art, memorabilia and collecting, celebratory events, as well as the cultural ramifications of technology and advertising. Students are encouraged to engage these popular subject matters not only within their personal lives, but in light of cultural and political contexts as well. Courses for this concentration include:
Course	Semester Credit Hours (SCH)	Completed?
ART 1301 - Art, Technology and Civilization	3
ART 304 – American Art and Architecture	3
ART 404 – Contemporary Issues	3
CJ 360 – Mass Media and Crime	3
BAAS 409 - Global Technology and Society	3
ENG 200 – Popular Literature	3
ENG 406 – Adolescent Literature	3
Eng 432 – History and Aesthetics of Film	3
Eng 444 – African American Literature	3
HIST 264 - A Nation Divided: Anglo-American Rock	3
JOUR 1307 – Mass Communication in Society	3
JOUR 260 – Advertising Principles	3
JOUR 335 – Media History	3
JOUR 445 – Ethics in the Media	3
MKT 386 – Channels of Distribution	3
MUS 1310 – Jazz; New Orleans to Jazz/Rock	3
PSCI 488 – Contemporary Ideas	3
SPC 418 – Communication and Social Change	3


Way of Seeing and Knowing
The Ways of Seeing and Knowing concentration is designed to enable the individual to look upon the world from multiple perspectives so as to appreciate its richness and diversity. We may be limited to our own two eyes in perceiving the world (our egocentric predicament), but by exploring ways of seeing and knowing, we can break out of our culturally-determined egocentric, ethnocentric and aristocentric limitations to understand and appreciate the world in all its complexity.
Course	Semester Credit Hours (SCH)	Completed?
ART 1303 – History of Art I	3
ART 301 – History of Art II	3
ART 307 – Art in Context I	3
ART 404 – Contemporary Issues	3
ART 405 – History of Modern Art	3
BAAS 345 - Organizational Leadership	3
BAAS 350 - Knowledge Management	3
BAAS 444 - Strategies for Decision Making	3
CJ 488 – Ethics in Criminal Justice	3
ENG 323 – Mythology	3
ENG 432 – History and Aesthetics of Film	3
ENG 474 – World Literature	3
HIST 253 – Reading and Writing History	3
MUS 323 – Music History I	3
MUS 324 – Music History II	3
PHIL 1301 – Introduction to Philosophy	3
PHIL 2303 - Logic	3
PHIL 331 – History of Philosophy (Thales to Renaissance)	3
PHIL 332 – History of Philosophy (Descartes to Wittgenstein)	3
PHIL 360 – General Ethics	3
PHIL 362 – Aesthetics	3
PHIL 497 – Special Topics	3
PSCI 330 – Introduction to Political Science	3
PSCI 345 – Public Opinion	3
PSCI 410 - European Political Theory I	3
PSCI 411 - European Political Theory II	3
PSCI 412 – European Political Theory III	3
PSCI 414 – American Political Thought	3
Psy 2301 – Introduction to Psychology	3
PSY 310 – Psychology and Sociology of Diverse Populations	3
PSY 317 – Theories of Personality	3
PSY 327 – Social Cognition	3
PSY 350 – Cognition and Learning	3
PSY 443 – Death and Dying	3

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