Adult Degree Completion Program in Literary and Intercultural Studies (BA)

Literary and Intercultural Studies nurtures the mind and spirit through an analysis of global cultures while allowing you to choose an area of concentration that best aligns with your personal and/or professional goals. Joining the truth of the human experience to the beauty of art provides an academic program rich with intellectual wonder, creativity, and compassion.

Areas of Concentration

1. Liberal Arts: a broad interdisciplinary investigation of culture across humanistic fields.
2. Creative Writing: training in multiple genres of writing, providing multiple pathways to becoming a writer.
3. Teacher Preparation: includes courses in Dominican’s teacher preparation program, thereby reducing the number of units needed to obtain a teaching credential post BA.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Critically analyze texts in a cultural context in order to facilitate inquiry into the enduring questions of humankind.
2. Understand multiple cultural perspectives and employ knowledge of cultural diversity to assess and evaluate worldviews.
3. Synthesize and contextualize (inter-)disciplinary knowledge and apply to a sustained research inquiry.

Required Courses:

No transfer courses permitted

HCS 4932	Interdisciplinary Thinking	4.00 units
HCS 4930	Humanities Seminar I	4.00 units
	or
HCS 4931	Humanities Seminar II	4.00 units

Students also must select from:

The Global Literatures and Cultures or Literatures of the Americas course list.

AND

The Critical Theory course list.

	Upper Division Elective	4.00 units
	Upper Division Elective	4.00 units

General Elective Courses:

Students may select upper division courses from Art History, Education, Humanities and Cultural Studies, History, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Language, or relevant humanities discipline.

	Upper Division Elective	4.00 units
	Upper Division Elective	4.00 units

Courses in the Area of Concentration

Liberal Arts Concentration:

Students select coursework offered in Art History, Education, Humanities and Cultural Studies, History, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Language, or relevant humanities discipline. One lower division transfer course in any of these disciplines allowed.

	Elective	4.00 units
	Upper Division Elective	4.00 units
	Upper Division Elective	4.00 units

Creative Writing Concentration:

Students select Creative Writing electives including at least two creative writing courses. The third course may be a literature course. One lower division transfer course in creative writing or literature allowed.

	Elective	4.00 units
	Upper Division Elective	4.00 units
	Upper Division Elective	4.00 units

Teacher Preparation Concentration:

Teacher Preparation track students may choose to take courses in the teaching credential program. One lower division transfer course in literature or history allowed.

	Elective	4.00 units
	Upper Division Elective	4.00 units
	Upper Division Elective	4.00 units

Capstone Project and Courses:

Students undertake a capstone project on a topic of their choosing resulting from an extended research-based inquiry. Formats vary and may include academic writing, films, websites, photo-journalistic essays, etc., depending on the student’s training in a particular modality. Projects with a civic engagement component are most welcome. Creative writing students will devise original work within a chosen genre such as a collection of poems, a novella, or historical fiction.

HCS 4201	Capstone 1: Thesis	2.00 units
HCS 4202	Capstone 2: Thesis	2.00 units

Total Credit Hours: 40