Sonoma State University Hutchins School of Liberal Studies
 

Courses taught by Professor Shaw
in the Fall of 2012

LIBS 201  Exploring the Unknown

 

 

  

Class breakfast Fall '12

 

Chinatown Fieldtrip Spring '06

In Search of Self In Chinatown_3.jpg (804206 bytes)

 

Academic Programs

The Hutchins School is an interdisciplinary school within Sonoma State University offering lower-division students an alternative General Education program that integrates material from the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences; and upper division students a similarly integrated major in Liberal Studies leading to a B.A. degree. A minor in integrative studies is also offered.

The Hutchins School has several distinctive features:

  • An emphasis on active participation in one's own education, on self motivation and on learning to learn.
  • Small, seminar-type classes.
  • Close cooperation and a feeling of community among students and professors.
  • A diverse faculty, each member trained in more than one field of study, to help students learn how to approach a problem from several points of view.
  • Courses organized around themes or questions, rather than according to the traditional division of subject matter into disciplines.
  • Encouragement to engage in independent study projects.
    Internship/field study to bridge academic studies with career placements and community service.
  • An opportunity for student-instructed courses.