UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2024-2025

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

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 GE Upper Division 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 GE Upper Division 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.