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
FCS 113 3
FCS 120 (meets GE E Lifelong Learning and IC) 3
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (MATH 140 recommended) 3-4
GE F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
FCS 150/L 2/1
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking 3
GE C1 Arts 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
FCS 201/L 2/1
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science 2
GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity 1
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals 3
GE D1 Social Sciences 3
Electives 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
FCS 207 or HSCI 337 3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
GE C2 Humanities 3
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
FCS 315 3
FCS 320 3
FCS 324 3
Upper Division GE Section D1 Social Sciences (FCS 340 or FCS 357 recommended for Option Elective) 3
Upper Division GE Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
FCS 323 (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning) 3
FCS 380 3
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
FCS 330 3
FCS 429 3
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
FCS 494 and FCS 494I 2/1
Option Elective 3
Electives 9
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

Family and Consumer Sciences Option Electives

FCS 321/L, FCS 322/L, FCS 340, FCS 357, FCS 436, FCS 480