Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies
Napa Valley

Napa Valley College
2277 Napa-Vallejo Highway
Napa California 94558

Information Meetings:

Wednesdays: Feb 3, Mar 3, Apr 21 and May 5
at the Napa Valley College Transfer Center

Click HERE to see Spring 2010 Classes!

Sonoma State University offers an upper-division program in Napa Valley leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies. The program offers a wide variety of courses from the social sciences, humanities and natural sciences. Four to five courses taught by regular SSU faculty are offered each semester, scheduled evenings and weekends for the benefit of the working student. The Liberal Studies major is excellent preparation for students interested in careers in teaching, counseling, social work, public service, law or business as well as graduate work in the social sciences and humanities.

Registrations for Spring, 2010 are now being accepted (if you are in the program).
Applications for Spring, 2010 are now being accepted.

Scholarships

 

Osher Scholarship Applications (including criteria for applicants) are now available. Deadline for applications for 2009-2010 is Sept. 18, 2009.

 

Welcome Letter

DEAR LIBERAL STUDIES NAPA VALLEY STUDENTS:

Please email Dr. Bob Karlsrud (karlsrud@comcast.net) or Sandra Feldman (sandra.feldman@sonoma.edu) if you have questions or need online advising.

NEW STUDENTS and RETURNING STUDENTS, please set up an EARLY BIRD appointment with your advisor, Sandra Feldman, or Bob Karlsrud. YOU MUST seek advising AT LEAST ONCE per semester. Check your SSU email account for updates, deadlines, changes, and important announcements. Barbara.brooks@sonoma.edu , our Administrative Coordinator can also assist you if you have questions or she can direct you to SSU departments on the campus and on the SSU site.

WATCH FOR DEADLINES to file for DECEMBER 09 and MAY 10 GRADUATION. SEE advisor.

BE SURE to sign up for the WEPT in your JUNIOR YEAR. Get that requirement out of the way early. Check out the WEPT pages on the SSU SITE.

Sincerely,
Sandra Harrison Feldman, Libs Napa Valley Coordinator.

 

Major Requirements

(All upper division)

• Sonoma State University requires passing theWritten English Proficiency Test (WEPT) by the second semester of the junior year and completion of 9 units of upper division GE classes. A total of 120 units (including transfer units) are needed to complete the Bachelor of.Arts degree (54 Upper Division Units).
  
• Arts & Humanities 16 Units
  Art, Art History, American Multicultural studies, English, Chicano and Latino Studies, Native American Studies, Philosophy
  
• Behavioral Sciences 16 Units
  Anthropology, Environmental Studies and Planning, Geography, Gerontology, History, Human Development, Linguistics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Women's and Gender Studies
  
• Physical Sciences 6 Units
  Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Physics
  
• Electives 16 Units
  These courses can be taken from the listed disciplines or in consultation with the program advisor.
• GE Patterns

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Application

Students can obtain an application for admission to the Napa B.A. program by calling Barbara Brooks in Extended Education at 707/664-2691, email barbara.brooks@sonoma.edu It is also available on the SSU website at www.sonoma.edu/exed/applyenroll/napa_reg.html.

Send the completed application, with your $55 application fee, along with two sets of official transcripts from all colleges and universities you have attended to:

Sonoma State University, Extended Education
Stevenson Hall Rm. 1012
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA.  94928

 

Napa Faculty Coordinator:
Sandra Feldman

Extended Education Program Coordinator:
Barbara Brooks

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Information/Advising Sessions—Fall 2009

Information Meetings (Wednesdays: 2/3, 3/3, 4/21, and 5/5) 4-6pm, NVC Transfer Center
Individual Advising at 3-4pm on the same dates above, NVC Library
Professor Sandra Feldman
707-664-2437
sandra.feldman@sonoma.edu

STUDENTS MUST MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
for individual advising by contacting sandra.feldman@sonoma.edu

FORMS:
Advising Check List
Advising Questionnaire
Napa Major Worksheet

For Dates, Deadlines, and the SSU Calendar see
http://www.sonoma.edu/ar/calendars/index.shtml

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Forms

GRADUATION
Graduation Application (Req'd)
Major/Minor Requirements (Req'd)
Graduation/Major-Minor Addendum
(Addendum is only if you make changes after submitting the application and major/minor requirements)

INTERNSHIPS
Internship Agreement
General Internship Information
Special Study Form

MAJOR WORKSHEET
Napa Major Worksheet (doc)
Napa Major Worksheet (pdf)

GE PETITION
Petition for General Education Course Substitution
GE Sub - Page 1
GE Sub - Page 2

FIELD TRIPS (Req'd)
Medical Release
Volunteer Driver

CHANGE MAJOR
Change of Major

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