UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
ANTH 151* (meets GE Area 5B Biological Science) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning (MATH 141 and MATH 141L recommended) 3
GE Area 3A Arts 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ANTH 152* (meets GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
ANTH 153* (GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences) 3
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
GE Area 5A Physical Science 3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government 3
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Electives 5
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
ANTH 303 3
People and Places Requirement selected from: ANTH 306, ANTH 307, ANTH 338, ANTH 345, ANTH 351, ANTH 352, ANTH 353, ANTH 356 3
Cultural Anthropology Breadth Elective** selected from: ANTH 310, ANTH 326, ANTH 404, ANTH 405, ANTH 424, ANTH 430, ANTH 450, ANTH 451, ANTH 462 3
Anthropology Upper Division Elective 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Biological Anthropology Breadth Elective** selected from: ANTH 311, ANTH 341, ANTH 421, ANTH 423, ANTH 440, ANTH 445/L, ANTH 453 3
Anthropology Upper Division Elective 3
GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
Archaeology Breadth Elective** selected from: ANTH 426, ANTH 427, ANTH 428, ANTH 429, ANTH 449, ANTH 460 3
Method and Theory Requirement selected from: ANTH 473, ANTH 474, ANTH 475, ANTH 519, ANTH 574, ANTH 575 3
Anthropology Upper Division Elective 3
GE Upper Division Area 3B Humanities 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Applied Anthropology Breadth Elective** selected from: ANTH 302, ANTH 346, ANTH 425, ANTH 432, ANTH 468, ANTH 486 3
Seminar Requirement selected from: ANTH 490A-E, ANTH 516, ANTH 521, ANTH 560 3
Anthropology Upper Division Elective 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.

*ANTH 151, ANTH 152 and ANTH 153 may be taken in any order.

**Breadth elective subdiscipline courses may be taken in any order.