Liberal Studies Requirements – Students who entered '25-'26 

The requirements below apply to Liberal Studies degree students who started at Antioch in the Academic Year '25-'26 (all concentrations): Summer '25, Fall '25, Winter '26, or Spring '26.

General overview:

• A minimum of 24 semester/36 quarter units in transfer. 

• 180 – 200 quarter units total, earned at AULA and transferred in. Most students aim to complete with 180 units to save time and tuition costs.

• 45 units minimum of residency at Antioch. Note that Prior Learning does not count toward the residency requirement. 

• 60 units minimum of upper division units (3000- and 4000-level courses). Students can take more than 60 upper division units, but not less. All AULA courses are upper division with a few exceptions.

Antioch core requirements – 15 quarter units minimum

• EDU 3600 Transformative Education (3 quarter units)

• Two Antioch academic writing courses: one 3000-level and one 4000-level, with the possible addition of WRT-2510 Academic Writing mentorship (6 quarter units, or 7 units if you take WRT-2510)

• Two Mission Core electives (6 quarter units). See below for a list of options for meeting this requirement. Each quarter's schedule will include 2 or 3 Mission Core options.

Mission Core options:

BUS 3990APS: Culture in Professional & Community Contexts

BUS 4410: Community Problem-Solving

ENV-4201 Environmental Health & Justice

ENV 3010: Environmental Justice & Advocacy

HIS 3060 Standing for Justice: History of the Civil Rights Movement

HUM 4040: Queer Theory

PSY-4910 Sex Positivity and Social Justice

SOJ 3010: Confronting Inequality

SOJ 3012: Sexualities, Genders & Identities

SOJ 3014: Freedoms & Unfreedoms in US History

SOJ 3016: Narrating Change

SOJ 3020: Power, Privilege & Oppression

SOJ 3130: Radical Economies

SOJ 3310 The Rise of Black Power Movement & the Black Panther Party

SOJ 4340: Activism, Art & Social Justice

Domains of knowledge (i.e. general education) requirement – 30 quarter units minimum

30 quarter units with the minimums described below. These units can be transferred in, taken at Antioch, or both.

•         Communications - 3 units

•         Fine Arts - 6 units

•         Humanities - 6 units

•         Physical Sciences - 6 units

•         Quantitative Methods - 3 units

•         Social Sciences - 6 units

Capstone requirement – 3 quarter units minimum

• Capstone: Take a Capstone Service Learning course (LIB-4600) or a Capstone internship (LIB-4610 or any 4000-level internship in consultation with your advisor).

Major/Minor Area of Concentration requirements (not applicable to General Liberal Studies concentrators)

• Major Area of Concentration: 40 units (earned or transferred in; 20 units minimum of upper division are recommended)

•  Minor Area of Concentration: 20 units (earned or transferred in; 10 units minimum of upper division are recommended)

For detailed descriptions of all UGS program requirements, visit the UGS catalog page. For individual guidance, work with your individual faculty advisor.