UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
AAS 100 or AAS 345 (meets GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) (AAS 115 recommended) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AAS 201 (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking) 3
AAS 220* or AAS 230 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
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
Elective 2
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
AAS 210 (meets GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences) 3
Literary and Cultural Studies Requirement 3
GE Area 3A Arts 3
GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AAS 311 3
Gender and Sexuality Studies Requirement 3
Social Relations and Family Studies Requirement 3
GE Upper Division Area 3B Humanities (AAS 321 recommended) 3
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
AAS 360 (meets GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
Ethnic and Comparative Experience Requirement 3
Asian American Studies Area Elective Requirement 3
GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AAS 390/F (meets GE CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement) 3
Law, Policy and Institutions Requirement 3
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
Electives (Asian American Studies Area Elective Recommended) 6
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Asian American Studies Advanced Seminar/Special Topics Requirement 3
Elective (Asian American Studies Area Elective Recommended) 3
Electives 9
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

*GE Area 3B Humanities.

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