UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning 3
GE Area 3A Arts 3
CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
HIST 270 (meets CARQ American History Campus Requirement) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
ECON 101 (meets GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences) 3
GEOG 150 3
POLS 155 (meets GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government) 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science 3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
Elective 2
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AFRS 272 3
CHS 245 3
HIST 110 3
HIST 271 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
CHS 260 3
CHS 417 3
CHS 431 3
HIST 111 3
GE Area 3B Humanities 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AIS 304* or CHS 361 or CHS 364* or CHS 460 3
CHS 345 or CHS 346 or CHS 365* or CHS 401 3
GEOG 321 (meets GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 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 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
CHS 445 3
GEOG 330 3
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CHS 497 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Electives 9
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

*Meets GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies.

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