UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2024-2025

This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
MATH 150A (meets GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning) 5
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication 3
GE B2 Life Science 3
GE C1 Arts 3
Total 14

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
MATH 150B 5
PHYS 225 and PHYS 220AL (meets GE B1 Physical Science & GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity) 5
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals 3
GE D1 Social Sciences 3
Total 16

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
COMP 110/L* (meets GE E Lifelong Learning) 3/1
MATH 250 3
PHYS 226 and PHYS 220BL 5
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
MATH 280 3
PHYS 227 and PHYS 227L 5
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking 3
GE F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 1
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
PHYS 301 (Fall Only) (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning) 3
PHYS 311 (Fall Only) 3
PHYS 366 (Fall Only) 2
PHYS 389 (Fall Only) 3
GE C2 Humanities 3
Elective 1
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ASTR 300 3
PHYS 365 (Spring Only) 2
PHYS 375 (Spring Only) 3
PHYS 402 (Spring Only) 3
PHYS 410 (Spring Only) 3
Elective 1
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
ASTR 301 (Fall Only) 3
PHYS 431 4
PHYS 465 (Fall Only) 2
Physics Upper Division Elective: PHYS 420, PHYS 421, PHYS 451, PHYS 470, PHYS 480, PHYS 489, PHYS 490 3
GE Upper Division Section D1 Social Sciences 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ASTR 401 (Spring Only) 3
PHYS 493 1
PHYS 497 (Spring Only) 3
GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government 3
GE Upper Division Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 2
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

*Alternatively, students may take COMP 111A/L and COMP 111B/L.