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Minor

The Hutchins School of Liberal Studies Integrative Studies Minor is designed to help students develop interdisciplinary knowledge and integrative ways of thinking and learning. The LIBS Minor consists of 20 units. Students may select from among courses that fulfill a range of SSU general education and Seawolf Studies graduation requirements.

Required courses (7 units)

  1. LIBS 302: Introduction to Liberal Studies - 3 units (students continuing from the LIBS lower division are exempt)
  2. LIBS 402 or 403: Senior Synthesis - 4 units

Choose courses from the following list (13 units)

  • LIBS 204 (3 units) -- fulfills GE F Ethnic Studies
  • LIBS 209 (3 units) – fulfills GE C1 Visual Arts
  • LIBS 304 (3 units)
  • LIBS 308 (3 units) – fulfills GE UD D Social Science
  • LIBS 312 (3 units) – fulfills a prerequisite for SSU credential programs
  • LIBS 320 A, B, C, or D (3 units) Hutchins core seminars
  • LIBS 321A (3 units)
  •  LIBS 321B (3 units) – fulfills GE UD B Science & Quantitative Reasoning
  •  LIBS 321C (3 units) – fulfills GE UD C Arts & Humanities
  •  LIBS 321D (3 units) – fulfills WIC graduation requirement
  •  LIBS 327 (3 units) – fulfills WIC graduation requirement
  •  LIBS 330 (3 units) – fulfills GE UD D Social Science

​ ​Total units: 20

Students in the LIBS Minor must enroll in LIBS 302 Introduction to Liberal Studies before taking LIBS 320/321 A, B, C, or D. They complete LIBS 402 Senior Synthesis during their final semester at Sonoma State.

Minor forms: 

Document: Hutchins minor worksheet (83.38 KB)