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
CHS 100 (meets GE F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication (CHS 115 recommended) 3
GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning 3
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals (CHS 245 recommended) 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CHS 201 3
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication (CHS 151 recommended) 3
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking (CHS 202 recommended) 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
CHS 246 3
CHS 270SOC/F (meets GE E Lifelong Learning) 1/2
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science 2
GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity 1
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CHS 365 (meets Upper Division GE Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
GE D1 Social Sciences 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
CHS 331 (meets Upper Division GE Section D1 Social Sciences) 3
CHS 345 or CHS 351 3
CHS 380 or CHS 381 (meets Upper Division GE Section C2 Humanities) 3
GE C1 Arts 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CHS 401 3
CHS 445 (meets GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government) 3
Chicana/o Studies Upper Division Elective 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
CHS 453 or CHS 460 3
Chicana/o Studies Upper Division Elective 3
GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CHS 497 3
Chicana/o Studies Upper Division Elective 3
Electives 9
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

Preapproved Chicana/o Studies Upper Division Electives

Social Science

CHS 346, CHS 347, CHS 360, CHS 361, CHS 362, CHS 364, CHS 366, CHS 420, CHS 470, CHS 473

Humanities and the Arts

CHS 306, CHS 308D/DL, CHS 310, CHS 350, CHS 382, CHS 390, CHS 405, CHS 409, CHS 414/L, CHS 415/L, CHS 476/F, CHS 486A, CHS 486B

Education

CHS 333, CHS 416, CHS 417, CHS 430, CHS 431, CHS 432, CHS 433, CHS 434, CHS 480/F, CHS 482

Environmental Justice and Public History

CHS 467, CHS 448