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
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AFRS 168 3
AFRS 271 (meets CARQ American History Campus Requirement) 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
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
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
GE Area 3A Arts 3
Elective 2
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AFRS 226 (meets GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
AFRS 245* or AFRS 252 3
AFRS 272 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
AFRS 332 or AFRS 346* 3
AFRS 350 3
GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3
CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AFRS 366* or AFRS 382 3
Humanities Track Elective or Cultural Studies Track Elective 3
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
AFRS 344* or AFRS 451 3
GE Upper Division Area 3B Humanities 3
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AFRS 498 (offered spring only) 3
Humanities Track Elective or Cultural Studies Track Elective 3
GE Upper Division Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government 3
Electives 6
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.

Humanities Track Electives

AFRS 244, AFRS 246*, AFRS 280*, AFRS 331/L, AFRS 333, AFRS 337*, AFRS 345, AFRS 447

Cultural Studies Track Electives

AFRS 171, AFRS 274, AFRS 282, AFRS 355, AFRS 368, AFRS 376

*AFRS 246 or AFRS 280 may double count for GE Area 3A Arts. AFRS 245, AFRS 344 or AFRS 346 may double count for GE Area 3B Humanities. AFRS 337 may double count for CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement. AFRS 366 may double count for GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies.