The Saturday Hybrid Bachelor of Arts Liberal Studies Degree Completion at Sonoma State University is for busy, working adults who have finished lower-division transfer coursework and can benefit from a flexible class schedule.
About the Program
- Hybrid program combines 4-5 Saturday seminars per semester with weekly online seminars.
- Thematic readings on current issues allow students to share their understandings and work toward solutions.
- Integrated assignments can be completed in your home or work settings.
- Cohort model builds a strong learning community to support students throughout the program.
- Graduates of this program are eligible to apply for the CSET Multiple Subject Exam waiver.
It's Different
This two-year, 40-unit program is offered by SSU's Hutchins School of Liberal Studies in collaboration with the School of Extended and International Education. The Hutchins School does not believe that being educated consists of "knowing things." Rather, we believe that it consists of being able to think about the "things" that you know. And this involves being challenged, being confronted with other viewpoints, and being able to articulate your own changing understandings.
It's Marketable
A B.A. in Liberal Studies provides 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. For more information about the many things you can do with a Liberal Studies degree, see our Career Opportunities page.
Student Support
Throughout your program, you will be provided with the information and support you need to complete your Bachelor's degree. The program advisor provides individualized guidance from pre-admissions advising through navigating the graduation ceremony and beyond, as well as acting as your on-site liaison for those matters that can be challenging for students to handle from off campus.
Eric McGuckin, B.A., Ph.D.
Christina Nichol, M.F.A., attended Hutchins as an undergraduate and completed her MFA in creative writing from the University of Florida. She has taught in India, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Russia, and the republic of Georgia, where her debut novel, Waiting for the Electricity, is set. Christina’s primary interests include documentary filmmaking, oral histories, impacts of globalization, creative process, sacred traditions, and environmental issues.
Laurie Stuhlbarg, M.A., M.S., received her MA in English at Stanford University and her MS in Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies at Antioch University New England, where she is finishing her doctoral dissertation on communitive and rewilding experiences in the landscapes of Frederick Law Olmsted. She has taught writing and interdisciplinary courses in the Nonfiction Writing Program at Brown University, the Integrative Thinking and Writing Program at Keene State College, and the English Department at Bridgewater State University. Her journalism and interviews have appeared in national and local publications, including Scene 4, Intuition, and various regional newspapers in New England and the Bay Area. In addition to teaching and writing, Laurie has worked as an editor for individuals composing scholarly and creative projects, and done fundraising, community outreach, and media relations for nonprofit arts and social justice organizations.
Carlos Torres, B.A., Ph.D., received his doctorate at the University of Colorado at Boulder in the subject of social anthropology with an emphasis in media anthropology. For his graduate research, he concentrated on the ethnographic media produced in Chiapas, Mexico. He has researched Maya-produced media in diverse formats, comprehensively documenting aesthetics, narrative devices, and the sociopolitical context of this media. He is currently looking at citizens' media produced globally to understand how this media is contributing to the world-wide mediascape through independent reportage and to the production of textual and testimonial truth.
Barbara Widhalm, Ph.D., is a faculty member of the Saturday Hybrid B.A., Libs program. She currently also teaches at Peralta Community College District, St. Mary's College of California and John F. Kennedy University. Originally from Vienna, Austria, she has a Bachelors in languages with a minor in environmental economics, a Masters in Community and Regional Planning from the University of New Mexico and earned a Ph.D. in Transformative Learning and Change from the California Institute of Integral Studies. As a global citizen who has lived, studied, and worked in Russia, Austria, and the U.S. she has a passion for the wellbeing of the planet and all its inhabitants. Her dissertation research focused on designing dynamic learning experiences that congruently mimic living systems in learning content, process, and structure. She brings 20 years of experience working in social, environmental, and economic sustainability in various nonprofit and educational settings. She is also the owner of a small cottage food bakery making gluten-free low-and no-sugar treats derived from traditional Viennese recipes. She is also the proud mom of a recent high-school graduate who is about to embark on a global gap year.