Course Work Map
Bachelors of Arts in Liberal Arts
The undergraduate program consists of 120 semester units, with courses from ten strands. The following table illustrates the number of semester units required from each strand over four years. Each course is designated by a 4-letter program code, followed by a 3-digit course code. The LIBA program code indicates courses offered in the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts program. The first digit of the 3-digit course code indicates the year in which the course is taken, the second digit indicates the strand to which the course belongs, and the third digit indicates the sequence in which the course is taken.
Freshman Year
| Units Per Semester | 15 units | 15 units | 30 units |
| Strand | Fall | Spring | Total |
| Buddhist Classics |
LIBA 111 (4 units) | 4 units | |
| Western Classics |
LIBA 121 (4 units) | 4 units | |
| Chinese Classics |
LIBA 131 (4 units) | LIBA 132 (4 units) | 8 units |
| Rhetoric and Writing |
LIBA 141 (3 units) | LIBA 142 (3 units) | 6 units |
| Language | LIBA 151 (4 units) or LIBA 161 (4 units) | LIBA 152 (4 units) or LIBA 162 (4 units) | 8 units |
Sophomore Year
| Mathematics | LIBA 271 (4 units) | LIBA 272 (4 units) | 8 units |
| Units Per Semester | 16 units | 16 units | 32 units |
| Strand | Fall | Spring | Total |
| Buddhist Classics |
LIBA 211 (4 units) | 4 units | |
| Western Classics |
LIBA 221 (4 units) | 4 units | |
| Indian Classics | LIBA 231 (4 units) | LIBA 232 (4 units) | 8 units |
| Language | LIBA 251 (4 units) or LIBA 261 (4 units) | LIBA 252 (4 units) or LIBA 262 (4 units) | 8 units |
Junior Year
| Units Per Semester | 16 units | 15 units | 31 units |
| Strand | Fall | Spring | Total |
| Buddhist Classics |
LIBA 311 (4 units) | 4 units | |
| Western Classics |
LIBA 321 (4 units) | 4 units | |
| Chinese Classics |
LIBA 331(4 units) | 4 units | |
| Language | LIBA 351 (4 units) or LIBA 361 (4 units) | 4 units | |
| Mathematics | LIBA 371 (4 units) | 4 units | |
| Natural Science | LIBA 372 (4 units) | LIBA 373 (4 units) | 8 units |
| Music | LIBA 381 (3 units) | 3 units |
Senior Year
| Units Per Semester | 15 units | 12 units | 27 units |
| Strand | Fall | Spring | Total |
| Buddhist Classics |
LIBA 411 (4 units) | 4 units | |
| Western Classics |
LIBA 421 (4 units) | 4 units | |
| Indian Classics |
LIBA 431 (4 units) | 4 units | |
| Rhetoric and Writing |
LIBA 441 (1 unit) | LIBA 442 (3 units) | 4 units |
| Natural Science | LIBA 471 (4 units) | 4 units | |
| Music | LIBA 481 (3 units) | 3 units | |
| Capstone | LIBA 491 (2 units) | LIBA 492 (2 units) | 4 units |
*Students have the option to choose either Sanskrit and/or Classical Chinese to fulfill 20 units of Language.