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 3
GE Area 3A Arts 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
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
AFRS 320 or AFRS 322 (meets GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) 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 301 3
AFRS 361 (meets GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences) 3
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
AFRS 398 3
AFRS 486SOC or AFRS 392A-Z 3
GE Area 3B Humanities 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AFRS 498 (offered spring only) 3
Africana Studies Elective selected from: AFRS 161*, AFRS 165, AFRS 311, AFRS 367, AFRS 466A, AFRS 466B, AFRS 488, AFRS 490 3
GE 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 and AFRS 311 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 161 may double count for GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government.