Programs

Our programs prepare you for a variety of careers, including preparation for teaching, graduate school and careers in government and public service, business, counseling, law, libraries, medicine and health, nonprofit service, management and the arts.

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Information for Liberal Studies Students

Liberal Studies (LS) and Liberal Studies Integrated Teacher Preparation (LS-ITEP) are currently in transition. Beginning Spring 2027, LS and LS-ITEP will be suspended and will not admit new students while the university completes its review and discontinuation of these programs.

Current LS and LS-ITEP students will continue to be supported. Courses and advising will remain available so that students currently in the programs have a clear path to complete their degrees.

Students who are interested in interdisciplinary study are encouraged to explore the many other majors at San Francisco State University. Students interested in becoming elementary school teachers may wish to consider the Child and Adolescent Development (CAD) major and its planned Multiple Subject Integrated Teacher Education Program pathway.

Current LS and LS-ITEP students with advising questions should contact Andrea Olson at ayo@sfsu.edu. Questions about the Liberal Studies transition may also be directed to Acacio de Barros at barros@sfsu.edu.

 

Undergraduate Programs

Minor in Comic Studies

This unique 12-unit minor program will help you understand yourself better as a visual communicator, thinker and maker. You’ll see how comics allow you to say things that can’t easily be said in other media.  

In this program, you will create your own comics while learning about the history and modern-day styles of the medium, analyzing and expressing how comics uniquely convey meaning distinctly.

Certificate in Creative Nonfiction Comics Making

This certificate program provides training in all aspects of the creation of nonfiction comics for professional publication. This cohort-driven program, is built around two intensives: the first a deep exploration of the practices and methods of nonfiction comics, and the second a production lab in which the cohort produces comics for publication in collaboration with campus partners.