UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
AFRS 100 (meets GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies & GE Ethnic Studies) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning 3
CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AFRS 168 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
AFRS 201 (meets GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences) 3
AFRS 220 or AFRS 221 (meets GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences) 3
AFRS 271 (meets CARQ American History Campus Requirement) 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
Elective 2
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AFRS 245* or AFRS 252 3
AFRS 272 3
GE Area 3A Arts 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
AFRS 350 3
Urban Education Option Elective selected from: AFRS 300*, AFRS 324*, AFRS 325*, AFRS 395, AFRS 488 3
GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3
GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AFRS 391 or AFRS 392 3
AFRS 420 or AFRS 421 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
AFRS 397 3
AFRS 417 3
GE Upper Division Area 3B Humanities 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AFRS 498 (offered spring only) 3
Urban Education Option Elective selected from: AFRS 300, AFRS 324, AFRS 325, AFRS 395, AFRS 488 3
Electives 9
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation. AFRS 100 meets this requirement.

A minimum of 40 units of upper division overall is required for the degree.

*AFRS 245 may double count for GE Area 3B Humanities; AFRS 300, AFRS 324 or AFRS 325 may double count for GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies.