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
CTVA 100 (meets GE E Lifelong Learning and IC) 3
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication 3
GE C2 Humanities 3
GE D1 Social Sciences 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CTVA 210 (meets GE C1 Arts) 3
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication 3
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals 3
GE F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
CTVA 220 3
GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning 3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CTVA 240 or CTVA 250 or CTVA 260 3
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking 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 D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
CTVA 301 3
CTVA 305 or CTVA 310 3
CTVA 319 3
Upper Division GE Section D1 Social Sciences 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CTVA 311 3
CTVA 351 or CTVA 480 or CTVA 482 or CTVA 487 3
Media Theory and Criticism Option Elective: CTVA 305*, CTVA 309, CTVA 315, CTVA 400, CTVA 411A-Z, CTVA 412, CTVA 413, CTVA 415A-Z, CTVA 416 3
GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
CTVA 410 3
Media Theory and Criticism Option Elective: CTVA 305*, CTVA 309, CTVA 315, CTVA 400, CTVA 411A-Z, CTVA 412, CTVA 413, CTVA 415A-Z, CTVA 416 3
Upper Division GE Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Media Theory and Criticism Option Elective: CTVA 305*, CTVA 309, CTVA 315, CTVA 400, CTVA 411A-Z, CTVA 412, CTVA 413, CTVA 415A-Z, CTVA 416 3
Media Theory and Criticism Option Elective: CTVA 305*, CTVA 309, CTVA 315, CTVA 400, CTVA 411A-Z, CTVA 412, CTVA 413, CTVA 415A-Z, CTVA 416 3
Professional Preparation Core Requirement: CTVA 329A/B or CTVA 329C or CTVA 494A/B 3
Electives 6
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

*If not taken to satisfy the CTVA History requirement.