This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):
- 2021 Interdisciplinary Studies, B.A.
- 2022 Interdisciplinary Studies, B.A.
- 2023 Interdisciplinary Studies, B.A.
- 2024 Interdisciplinary Studies, B.A.
YEAR 1: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication | 3 |
| GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| GE C2 Humanities | 3 |
| GE E Lifelong Learning | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 1: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| INDS 250 | 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 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 2: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Cultural Approaches-Lower Division: AAS 100; AIS 222/GWS 222; CAS 100; CHS 202; FLIT 150; JS 100; LING 250; RS 256 (may double count in GE) | 3 |
| GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) | 3 |
| GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals | 3 |
| GE D1 Social Sciences | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 2: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| GE C1 Arts | 3 |
| GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government | 3 |
| GE F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 3: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| INDS 300 | 3 |
| Cultural Approaches-Upper Division: AFRS 300; AIS 333; CAS 311; CHS 351; ENGL 421A-Z; GWS 351; LING 325; QS 301 (may double count in GE) | 3 |
| Logic, Literacy, and Rhetoric: COMS 321; COMS 351; ENGL 436; ENGL 455; LING 408; PHIL 350*; PHIL 355* | 3 |
| Disciplinary Requirement A** | 3 |
| GE Upper Division Section D1 Social Sciences | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 3: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| INDS 350 | 3 |
| Quantitative Approaches: BIOL 330/L*; ECON 309*; GEOG 306/L*; LING 455; SBS 320; SOM 120*; URBS 340A | 3 |
| Disciplinary Requirement A** | 6 |
| GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 4: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| INDS 400 | 3 |
| Qualitative Approaches: AAS 331; AFRS 398; ART 313; GWS 302*; PHIL 380*; RS 395; URBS 340B* | 3 |
| Disciplinary Requirement B*** | 6 |
| GE Upper Division Section F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 4: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| INDS 490 | 3 |
| Disciplinary Requirement B*** | 3 |
| Electives | 9 |
| Total | 15 |
| OVERALL TOTAL UNITS | 120 |
One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.
*Course has additional prerequisites beyond the required courses shown above. Please refer to the course description for details.
**Units from an existing major or minor chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor.
***Units from an existing major or minor chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor and productively integrated with choices from Disciplinary Requirement A.