Academic Programs

Undergraduate Programs

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Liberal Studies B.A. (LIBA)

This major is an option for students whose educational or career goals or academic interests are not met by any of Stockton’s existing degree programs. The Liberal B.A. permits students to design a complete 128-credit interdisciplinary program suited to their individual needs and plans.

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Liberal Studies B.A.
with concentration in Community Leadership and Civic Engagement (LIBA/CLCE)

This LIBA major with a concentration in Community Leadership and Civic Engagement is an option for students to concentrate their individualized learning plans in community-engaged ways, and learn the knowledge, skills and values to participate meaningfully in their social environments.

Graduate Programs

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Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies

The MAHG curriculum provides outstanding preparation for teachers, human rights professionals, museum curators, librarians, clergy, students planning to go on to PhD study, and others interested in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

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Genocide Prevention Certificate

This online program offers rigorous instruction in frameworks of and strategies for genocide prevention based on ethical insights of liberal arts study. It is the first graduate Certificate program of its kind of both in the USA globally. 

 

Minors

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Community Leadership and Social Change

This minor is grounded in understanding how social change works through building community power (including outside of official institutional channels of decision-making) and will allow students to refine skills to solidify and amplify community engagement work in the city, region, country and world.

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Disability Studies

Disability Studies (DS) is an interdisciplinary field of study that examines the meaning, nature, and consequences of disability, as a social, cultural and political construct. 

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Global Studies

This minor provides students with the knowledge and skills to be able to function culturally, politically, and economically in a global society.

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Holocaust and Genocide Studies

This minor provides a broad interdisciplinary study of the Holocaust and other genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries. 

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Jewish Studies

The minor in Jewish Studies provides an investigation and understanding of the cultural traditions of Judaism which has had a major impact on the literature, art, music, philosophy, science and social science of Western civilization.

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Latin American and Caribbean Studies

This minor provides students with an understanding of the shared historical experience, languages, artistic traditions and cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies

This minor facilitates critical thinking, student and faculty engagement, and awareness and appreciation of diverse cultures and experiences by developing competency in intersectional feminist and LGBTQIA+ activism, theories, and methods.

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Writing

This minor provides students opportunities to learn about and to practice diverse forms of writing, such as expository writing, creative nonfiction, poetry, research writing, and digital writing.

Centers & Services

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First-Year Studies (FRST)

This program serves as an introduction to university work by offering small class sections taught by select faculty who are committed to helping students improve their academic skills.

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First-Year Seminars

First-Year Seminars are an integral part of the first-semester experience at Stockton. Students can take a variety of classes while working on the essential elements of critical reading, writing, speaking and listening, and information literacy. 

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High School Dual Credit

This program provides college-bound high school students the opportunity to earn college credits and complete high school course requirements simultaneously.

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Holocaust Resource Center

This HRC helps future generations by sponsoring awareness programs and exhibits, providing workshops and seminars to train those teaching the Holocaust, and by making available printed and audio-visual material to students, educators, and scholars.

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International Education

The mission of the Office of Global Engagement is to prepare our students for changing circumstances in a multicultural and interdependent world.  By serving as the gateway for cross-cultural learning we enrich the Stockton community and educational environment.

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Quantitative Reasoning Across the Disciplines (QUAD)

The Quantitative-Reasoning-across-the-Disciplines (QUAD) program serves to encourage the infusion of quantitative reasoning throughout the curriculum and to assure that all students enhance their mathematical skills.

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The Honors College

Stockton Honors is an academic program that combines challenging courses with service to foster a warm, supportive intellectual community.