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
DEAF 160 (prerequisite to DEAF 161) 4
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning 3
GE C1 Arts 3
GE E Lifelong Learning (UNIV 100 recommended) 3
Total 16

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
DEAF 161 (prerequisite to DEAF 280) 4
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking 3
GE C2 Humanities 3
GE D1 Social Sciences 3
Total 16

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
DEAF 200 3
DEAF 280 4
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science 2
GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity 1
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals 3
Elective 3
Total 16

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
DEAF 281 4
DEAF 360 3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
GE F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 16

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
DEAF 300 (recommended core course) 3
Deaf Studies – Content Course Requirement 3
Deaf Studies – Special Option Approved Concentration Course 3
GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
DEAF 370 (recommended core course) 3
DEAF 484 3
GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 3
Electives 5
Total 14

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
Deaf Studies – Content Course Requirement 3
Deaf Studies – Special Option Approved Concentration Courses 9
Upper Division GE Section D1 Social Sciences 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
DEAF 497 3
Deaf Studies – Content Course Requirement 3
Deaf Studies – Special Option Approved Concentration Course 3
Upper Division GE Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 12
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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