Africana Studies/African and African-American Social Sciences Option (2021-2024)

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

Refer to the Catalog Archives for General Education requirements.

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 100 (meets GE F Comparative Cultural Studies & GE Ethnic Studies)	3
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication	3
GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning	3
Electives	6
Total	15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 168	3
AFRS 271 (meets GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals)	3
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication	3
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking	3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science	2
GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity	1
Total	15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 201 (meets GE D1 Social Sciences)	3
AFRS 220 or AFRS 221	3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed)	3
GE C1 Arts	3
Elective	3
Total	15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 245* or AFRS 252	3
AFRS 272	3
Electives	9
Total	15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 320 or AFRS 322 (meets Upper Division GE Section F Comparative Cultural Studies)	3
AFRS 350	3
GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning	3
GE E Lifelong Learning	3
Elective	3
Total	15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 301	3
AFRS 361 (meets Upper Division GE Section D Social Sciences)	3
Electives	9
Total	15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 398	3
AFRS 486SOC or AFRS 392A-Z	3
GE C2 Humanities	3
Electives	6
Total	15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 498 (offered spring only)	3
Africana Studies Elective selected from: AFRS 161*, AFRS 165, AFRS 311, AFRS 367, AFRS 466A, AFRS 466B, AFRS 488, AFRS 490	3
GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government	3
Electives	6
Total	15

OVERALL TOTAL UNITS

120

One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation. AFRS 100 meets this requirement.

A minimum of 40 units of upper division overall is required for the degree.

*AFRS 245 may double count for GE C2 Humanities. AFRS 161 may double count for GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government.