BACHELOR'S DEGREE
COMPLETION
PROGRAMS
Applied Studies Degrees
BA in Applied Arts and Media
BS in Applied Technology
and Business Leadership
Bachelor of Applied Arts in
Urban Communities and Justice
BA in Applied Studies
BA in Liberal Studies
COMPLETE YOUR
DEGREE, TRANSFORM
YOUR CAREER
Students at AULA describe their experience here as transformative and
life-changing. What does that really mean? We believe it has to do with
how we commit to advancing social justice, engaging our communities
in meaningful ways, and learning through experience in addition to
lectures and classroom activities. The Undergraduate degree programs
integrate these facets with individualized degree planning and
one-on-one mentoring. This is what makes AULA unique.
For more than 40 years, AULA has helped people complete their
undergraduate degrees while staying true to our unique mission.
Whether you want to advance your education, your career, or both, we
strive to make your experience as enriching and energizing as learning
can be.
INDIVIDUALIZED AND FLEXIBLE
No two student journeys are alike. That’s why the powerful combination of individualized advising and flexible learning formats is tailored to the strengths and goals of each student. Learn on your own terms and on your own schedule.
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PERSONAL ATTENTION:
You’ll be recognized as an individual through small, intimate classes and an advising model that is geared toward helping you find your direction and fulfill your goals.• MULTIPLE TRANSFER OPTIONS:
You can transfer in as few as 36 units without having to finish the general education requirements expected for UC and CSU transfers.• FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING:
Create a schedule that fits your lifestyle with morning, afternoon, evening and weekend classes, as well as experiential learning opportunities that take place outside of the classroom.• NO WAITING:
Applications are accepted throughout the year, so you can start classes in the summer, fall, winter or spring quarters based on what works for you.• CLASS AVAILABILITY:
Because of our unique combination of quarterly offerings and multiple flexible learning options, classes and other learning opportunities are always available to fit your schedule.BA in Applied Arts and Media
The BA in Applied Arts and Media contextualizes arts and media for those with a vocational background in culinary arts, fashion design, and media-focused fields such as makeup design, film editing, and set design.
BS in Applied Technology and
Business Leadership
The BS in Applied Technology and Business Leadership merges business concepts with leadership strategies for students from a variety of fields ranging from auto mechanics to medical technology.
BACHELOR'S DEGREE
COMPLETION PROGRAMS
Antioch University Los Angeles has helped students just like you complete bachelor’s degrees that blend academic rigor, experiential learning, and social justice and engagement. The five degree programs we offer will prepare you for the next step in your current career—or give you the tools you need to launch a new one.
Bachelor of Applied Arts in Urban
Communities and Justice
The Bachelor of Applied Arts in Urban Communities and Justice targets the needs of students from criminal justice, public safety, and other civic-related backgrounds.
BA in Applied Studies
The BA in Applied Studies complements and builds upon technical and occupational skills with new perspectives and ways of defining success.
APPLIED STUDIES DEGREES
BA in LIBERAL STUDIES DEGREE
In the words of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, “liberal education is a philosophy of education that empowers individuals, liberates the mind from ignorance and cultivates social responsibility.”
BA in Liberal Studies students may select a specialized major or minor area of concentration in Addiction Studies, Business and Social Entrepreneurship, Child Studies, Creative Writing, Liberal Studies, Psychology, Queer Studies, and Urban Community and Environment. In some cases, a student may design an individualized area of concentration tailored to specific interests and academic preparation.
APPLIED STUDIES and
LIBERAL STUDIES DEGREES
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Which is right for you?
AULA’s Applied Studies programs recognize your technical and vocational skills in a specific area—such as auto mechanics, sound editing or culinary arts—and allow you to transfer in your coursework and experience as units toward your degree. This is a key difference between Applied Studies and Liberal Studies, which does not accept technical and vocational units for transfer.
As a student seeking an Applied Studies degree, you will have a specific professional area of focus that unifies your previous training and work experience with your program of study at Antioch University. Development of critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and communication skills is directly linked to your major discipline. All of AULA’s undergraduate degrees use an interdisciplinary approach toward learning and emphasize critical thinking, creative problem solving, awareness of multiple perspectives, social and intercultural awareness, civic and community engagement, and an ability to connect learning to one’s lived experience.
As a Liberal Studies student you can transfer in units from a wide range of general education subjects without needing to follow a standard pattern of requirements. At AULA you can choose an area of concentration and focus your studies with relevant coursework and internship opportunities.
This degree is designed for people with technical skills in art, design and media-focused fields such as makeup design, film editing, and set design, who want to more fully understand the context and business side of their industry.
Students in this program acquire strategies and training to amplify their creativity to start a business of their own, advance in their current organization, or discover innovative ways to create new opportunities through forward-thinking courses such as:
• Performance Art
• Art, Recycling, and Consumption • Portfolio Development
• Principles of Marketing • Interpersonal Communications • Social Media Marketing • Participatory Media
BA in Applied Arts and Media
Antioch University prides itself on being an environment for a community of learners. And what that means is that we are all able to bring our ideas, our values, and our entire humanity to the table. And we share that with each other.
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- Russell Thornhill BA in Liberal Studies '13“
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We offer fast-track options into most of our innovative master’s programs. By taking fast track classes that count toward both an undergraduate and graduate degree, students can significantly reduce the time and cost of earning a master's degree.
BS in Applied Technology
and Business Leadership
Technology-related fields are growing at an exponential rate, opening doors for people with specific and precise skills to lead the next generation of innovation. The BS in Applied Technology and Business Leadership degree builds upon a student's technical training and offers new perspectives, planning, and business tools—and how to use them in a socially conscious context.
You’ll also gain the interpersonal skills needed to advance yourself effectively within technologically-focused industries. This degree is ideal for people in professions such as auto mechanics and medical technology
who want to learn the business,
leadership, and interpersonal skills central to advancement in an array of fields. Coursework includes:
• Business of Social Change • Principles of Finance • Principles of Marketing • Interpersonal Communications • Psychology of Leadership
• Social and Ethical Issues in Management • Foundations of Business Practice • Foundations of Business Practice II
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At Antioch University I feel as though I found my tribe. Not only has my experience at Antioch University changed my world view, but it has enabled me to contribute to it in a more meaningful way. It doesn’t get better than that.
- Theresa Daskalakis BA in Liberal Studies '13 MFA Creative Writing '16
Experiential, applied learning is the cornerstone of our educational approach. It fuses the curriculum with classes and workshops that take the learning experience into our community.
Bachelor of Applied Arts in
Urban Communities and Justice
The next step for people with training in law enforcement, criminal justice, public safety or paralegal skills is often helping communities advance and evolve. AULA’s Applied Arts degree in Urban Communities and Justice explores how oppression, privilege, discrimination, and social and economic disadvantage impact the justice system, and helps students to develop leadership strategies to work on social issues within a professional context.
Organizations require leaders who understand the complex connections between community, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic issues. They need future workers who can help bring these issues forward in honest, responsible and meaningful ways, through methods and training in:
• Interpersonal Communications • Management in the Multicultural
Workplace
• Psychology of Leadership
• Social Justice Leadership and Advocacy • Restorative Justice
• Performance Selection and Performance Appraisal
• Negotiation and Conflict Resolution • Urban Gangs: Cross Cultural Perspectives • Urban Youth
• Introduction to Urban Communities and Environment
• Sustainable Los Angeles: Vision, Practice and Promise
• Social Theory of the City
• Autonomy, Sustainability, Justice: Community Organizing in LA • Toolkit for Community Leaders • Immigrant Experiences in the
Our faculty truly love to teach and take pride in their students’ achievements. Instructors serve as mentors and advisors who make themselves available to students throughout the program and beyond.
This degree is ideal for those who want to advance their careers but lack a formal degree required by many organizations. Students completing the Applied Studies degree will have a liberal education perspective that will enhance and build upon their employable skills from their careers and technical learning experiences.
The Applied Studies bachelor's degree curriculum strengthens written and verbal communications, broadens an understanding of social and ethical issues, and offers strategies for solving problems that professionals encounter every day, through courses such as:
• Interpersonal Communications • Psychology of Leadership
• Social and Ethical Issues in Management • Public Speaking
• Critical Thinking about Contemporary Issues • Project Management
• Systems and Systems Thinking • Toolkit for Community Leaders
BA in Applied Studies
At Antioch University, we live and learn about the value of a community of learners. Everyone contributes, every voice matters, and together we push the discourse forward.
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- Wendy Chen BA in Liberal Studies '15“
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Independent study affords students the opportunity to pursue subjects not offered in our scheduled classes and to explore topics in depth under the supervision of a faculty mentor.
Successful college graduates need critical thinking, analytical skills, a broad base of world knowledge, and the ability to integrate their knowledge to real-world problems. These are the useful, practical outcomes of a liberal education. They’re more critical today than ever before, considering projected workforce demands and the need for citizens who can contribute effectively to both local and worldwide communities.
The BA curriculum and courses cultivate these values with a focus on the following learning objectives:
• Critical and analytical thinking • Understanding issues from multiple
perspectives
• Connecting learning to life experience • Social and intercultural awareness • Civic and community engagement • Foundational skills including writing,
quantitative reasoning, information literacy, technological literacy, oral communication, and research
Students in the BA in Liberal Studies program can select a specialized major and/or minor area of concentration, or design an individualized concentration if interested in other fields.
BA in Liberal Studies
AULA underlines for me how
education impacts all areas of my life, not just one specific field of thought or study. This is by far the furthest-reaching, most fully encompassing education that I find I am making. I am taking this ship of learning by the wheel, and the school is supporting me in this journey.
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- Michael Gardner BA in Liberal Studies '13“
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ADDICTION STUDIES
This curriculum fulfills the educational requirements necessary for credentialing as a certified addiction treatment counselor in the state of California. Addiction Studies students learn to de-pathologize individuals struggling with addiction (and its co-occurring disorders), and to provide an in-depth understanding of the impact of diverse addictions on the individual, family, and community. Students learn to become advocates for healing and transformation, employing prevention, intervention, and treatment strategies that utilize the client’s own strengths.
CREATIVE WRITING
Explore the impact of writing in the world, navigate literature’s past and present, and dive into literary life in Los Angeles as readers and writers. At AULA, literature becomes interactive— an avenue for critical dialogue, reflection, and invention. Our exploration of writing extends beyond the classroom. Students earn credit as editors of AULA’s online literary journal and as mentors for emerging writers who have not previously enjoyed access to education. In these ways, our students explore the dynamic between reader and writer, between what happens on the page and what happens in our communities, while gaining real-world experience that prepares students for the workplace as well as for graduate study.
BUSINESS & SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
This concentration provides not only the fundamentals of knowledge for graduate study and a career path in business management, but also addresses social entrepreneurship, or forprofit enterprises that pursue a social mission. Interdisciplinary coursework in philosophy, psychology, and political theory is integrated with the theory and practice of socially responsible business management, making the curriculum relevant for traditional and social entrepreneurs, as well as for managers in small businesses and nonprofit organizations.
LIBERAL STUDIES
The Liberal Studies concentration offers the broadest education across all domains of knowledge, allowing the greatest flexibility in shaping a program of study. It is ideal for students who want a strong general foundation across disciplines, as well as for those who are interested in exploring with subjects within their personal passions. Unlike the specialized concentrations, there is no structured core curriculum for the Liberal Studies concentration. Students who do not declare a specialized major area of concentration are automatically included in the Liberal Studies area of concentration.
* Students who declare a specialized major must complete 40 or more units in that area of concentration.
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PSYCHOLOGY
Our dynamic curriculum educates students in the foundationsof the field of psychology, as well as specialized subjects such as industrial/organizational psychology, substance abuse treatment, gay and lesbian identity development, postmodern approaches to counseling, and community psychology, among others. The courses and internships prepare students for careers in related fields such as child advocacy, nonprofit work, community organizing, teaching, and social work.
URBAN COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT
Unlike more traditional urban policy or planning programs, students explore the dynamic interplay among the diverse forces that shape the urban setting: the arts, ecology, and environment; the sociopolitical and economic infrastructure; and the people who make up our urban world. The goal is to equip students with practical strategies to become socially conscious leaders working for social justice and equality. We prepare our students for careers in public service, nonprofit organizations, and teaching, as well as for graduate study in urban planning, history, American studies, public policy, and the law.
QUEER STUDIES
(Minor Concentration)
The Queer Studies concentration combines a range of interdisciplinary courses and independent studies with opportunities for internships at pioneering community-based organizations. Courses include Queer History of Los Angeles, LGBT Identity Issues, Queer Cinema, LGBT Counseling: Postmodern Skills and Collaboration, Queer Literature, Gay and Lesbian History in Documentary Film, and Queer Theory.
CHILD STUDIES
(Minor Concentration)
Prepare for graduate study and careers in the fields of education, psychology, human services, and child advocacy. With an emphasis on the social conditions that shape children’s lives, the curriculum blends clinical and developmental psychology with physiology, neurology, sociology, philosophy, economics, social policy, and the law.
* Students who declare a specialized minor must complete 20 or more units in that area of concentration.
Want to hear BA in Liberal Studies students describe the AULA experience in their own words? Check out our video at antioch.edu/BAStories.
Each year in spring, the Undergraduate Studies Department hosts a showcase to highlight outstanding faculty-nominated student work, which may include academic presentations, readings, multimedia and live performances, and poetry.
UNIQUE LEARNING FORMATS
One of the most unique features of an AULA undergraduate degree is the expectation that you will engage in significant learning outside of the classroom.
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INTERNSHIPS
Internships focus on real world flexible learning at either community organizations where you may network and find career opportunities, or at your own current job, where some of your work hours may be eligible for internship units.
• PRIOR LEARNING
Many of your past professional, vocational, and/or personal experiences are eligible for up to 44 units (22 upper division and 22 lower division) by demonstrating the evidence of your learning. This transfer of real-world experience to course credit can dramatically reduce tuition cost and degree completion time.
• SELF-DIRECTED INDEPENDENT STUDY
If eligible, you may propose upper and/or lower division level topics to explore and receive credit upon satisfactory demonstration of learning and self-reflection on the topic as assessed by an AULA approved content specialist.
• LEARNING ASSESSMENT
Our instructors evaluate your learning with narratives that address your strengths and challenges in meeting the program and course objectives.
Students demonstrate their learning not with exams and quizzes, but with reflective essays, reading journals, collaborative projects, research papers and oral presentations, and even works of art.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS AT A GLANCE:
LIBERAL STUDIES VS. APPLIED STUDIES
APPLIED STUDIES DEGREES REQUIRE:
• 75 upper division units• 8 units of non-classroom learning • Writing Applications course
• 54 units in required major, including 27 upper division units Applied Studies degrees have the same classroom and experiential learning options as the Liberal Studies degree. However, students in any Applied Studies major must complete the following:
• 8 units of practicum in the major area of study (internships, prior learning, or self-directed independent study)
• 10 units of professional seminars (hybrid-format courses— including a capstone experience—that give students an opportunity to connect their technical knowledge to a specific higher-level thinking skill or conceptual framework such as leadership, culture, social justice, or communication)
• 9 units of professional core coursework in major area of study Attainable, flexible and engaging, all of AULA’s degree programs
are specifically formulated to expose students to the ideal balance of topical content, experiential learning, and core skills. Here is how our five bachelor’s degree programs compare.
ALL DEGREES REQUIRE:
• 180 total quarter units (earned at AULA or transferred in) • 45 Antioch University units (earned at AULA)
• Successful completion of our gateway course, Educational Foundations, during the first quarter of enrollment. • 36 units of General Studies courses (6 units in each of the
following domains): Communications, Science, Humanities, Quantitative, Social Science, Fine Arts
LIBERAL STUDIES DEGREE REQUIRES:
• 90 upper division units • 6 units non-classroom learning
For those selecting a specialized degree concentration, a minimum of 40 units are required in the major area of concentration.
In order to promote the smooth transfer of students from community colleges and transfer schools, the bachelor's degree completion program has developed articulation agreements with many schools including:
• American Academy of Dramatic Arts • East Los Angeles College
• El Camino College
• Glendale Community College • Los Angeles City College • Los Angeles Harbor College • Los Angeles Pierce College • Los Angeles Southwest College • Los Angeles Valley College • Santa Monica College • Pasadena City College
• Theatre of Arts College for the Contemporary Actor
• West Los Angeles College
ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS
WITH LOCAL PARTNER SCHOOLS
Antioch University helped me find my path. Getting my BA here led to me getting my master’s degree here. I love my job; every day I’m thankful for it, and grateful to have gone to this school. The BA program was really a jumping off point for me that made my life so much bigger and richer than I ever knew it could be.
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- Khana Lacewell BA in Liberal Studies '08 MA in Clinical Psychology '10“
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FINANCIAL AID
Most AULA students take advantage of some form of financial aid. Numerous public, private, federal and state loans, scholarships, and grants are available, and we will help you find and apply for them. We also offer merit and need-based scholarships through AULA. Contact our admissions office at [email protected] to get started. Payment plans, borrowing assistance, and financial management guidance are just a few of the ways we can help you make your education dreams a reality. Taking the first step and applying is easy.
For more information, please visit antiochla.edu/financial.
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APPLICATION CHECKLIST
Online application form* Application fee or fee waiver Admissions dialogue essay
Proof of High School Graduation, GED or receipt of an associate degree Official transcripts
* Paper application available upon request
APPLY TODAY
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Applications are accepted every term, so there are multiple opportunities throughout the year for you to take that first step toward your goals. Please check upcoming application deadlines at antiochla.edu/deadlines.
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About 5,000 students across the United States and around the world are served by Antioch University’s undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs, including Antioch University Abroad and the PhD in Leadership and Change program. Antioch University has campuses in Keene, New Hampshire; Los Angeles; Santa Barbara; Seattle; Yellow Springs, Ohio; and online at AU Connected. The University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.
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