UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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
AAS 100 or AAS 345 (meets GE F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication (AAS 115 recommended) 3
GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning 3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AAS 201 (meets GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking) 3
AAS 220* or AAS 230 3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 2
GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity 1
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
AAS 210 (meets GE D1 Social Sciences) 3
Literary and Cultural Studies Requirement 3
GE C1 Arts 3
GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AAS 311 3
Gender and Sexuality Studies Requirement 3
Social Relations and Family Studies Requirement 3
Upper Division GE C2 Humanities (AAS 321 recommended) 3
GE D1 Social Sciences 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
AAS 360 (meets Upper Division GE Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
Ethnic and Comparative Experience Requirement 3
Asian American Studies Area Elective Requirement 3
GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AAS 390/F (meets GE E Lifelong Learning) 3
Law, Policy and Institutions Requirement 3
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
Electives (Asian American Studies Area Elective Recommended) 6
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Asian American Studies Advanced Seminar/Special Topics Requirement 3
Elective (Asian American Studies Area Elective Recommended) 3
Electives 9
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

*Meets GE C2 Humanities.

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