UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
DEAF 160 (prerequisite to DEAF 161) 4
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 (UNIV 100 recommended) 3
Total 16

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
DEAF 161 (prerequisite to DEAF 280) 4
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
GE Area 3B Humanities 3
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Total 16

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
DEAF 200 3
DEAF 280 4
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science 3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
Elective 2
Total 16

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
DEAF 281 4
DEAF 360 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 16

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
DEAF 300 (recommended core course) 3
Deaf Studies – Content Course Requirement 6
GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
DEAF 370 (recommended core course) 3
DEAF 484 3
GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3
Electives 5
Total 14

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
DEAF 400 3
DEAF 401 3
DEAF 404 3
DEAF 407 3
GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
DEAF 415 (recommended concentration course) 3
DEAF 497 3
Deaf Studies – Content Course Requirement 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 12
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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