UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
CADV 150 (meets GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences and IC) 3
CADV 180 or MATH 140 (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning) 3-4
CADV 250 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) 3
CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement 3
Total 15-16

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science 3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
GE Area 3A Arts 3
Elective 2
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
CADV 311 3
Child and Adolescent Development Elective 3
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CADV 350 (meets GE Area 5B Biological Science) 3
Professional Development Course selected from: CADV 310, CADV 320, CADV 327, CADV 335, CADV 361, CADV 373, CADV 394, CADV 406/L or RTM 406/L, CADV 450, CADV 451, CADV 452, CADV 453, CADV 455, CADV 456, CADV 494, CADV 495A, CADV 495B, CADV 497AA-ZZ, CADV 499C 3
GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government 3
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
CADV 352 3
CADV 380/L (meets GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning) 4
Professional Development Course selected from: CADV 310, CADV 320, CADV 327, CADV 335, CADV 361, CADV 373, CADV 394, CADV 406/L or RTM 406/L, CADV 450, CADV 451, CADV 452, CADV 453, CADV 455, CADV 456, CADV 494, CADV 495A, CADV 495B, CADV 497AA-ZZ, CADV 499C 3
Electives 5
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CADV 381/L 4
CADV 460 3
Professional Development Course selected from: CADV 310, CADV 320, CADV 327, CADV 335, CADV 361, CADV 373, CADV 394, CADV 406/L or RTM 406/L, CADV 450, CADV 451, CADV 452, CADV 453, CADV 455, CADV 456, CADV 494, CADV 495A, CADV 495B, CADV 497AA-ZZ, CADV 499C 3
Child and Adolescent Development Elective* 3
Elective 2
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
CADV 470 3
Professional Development Course selected from: CADV 310, CADV 320, CADV 327, CADV 335, CADV 361, CADV 373, CADV 394, CADV 406/L or RTM 406/L, CADV 450, CADV 451, CADV 452, CADV 453, CADV 455, CADV 456, CADV 494, CADV 495A, CADV 495B, CADV 497AA-ZZ, CADV 499C 3
Child and Adolescent Development Elective* 3
GE Upper Division Area 3B Humanities 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Professional Development Course selected from: CADV 310, CADV 320, CADV 327, CADV 335, CADV 361, CADV 373, CADV 394, CADV 406/L or RTM 406/L, CADV 450, CADV 451, CADV 452, CADV 453, CADV 455, CADV 456, CADV 494, CADV 495A, CADV 495B, CADV 497AA-ZZ, CADV 499C 3
Child and Adolescent Development Elective* 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 15
MINIMUM OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120-121

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