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 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 258 or ENGL 259 or ENGL 275 (meets GE Area 3B Humanities) 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 2
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 208 (meets GE Area 3A Arts) 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 355 3
GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government 3
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 436 3
Creative Writing course selected from: ENGL 308, ENGL 309, ENGL 310, ENGL 408, ENGL 409, ENGL 410, ENGL 457A-Z
(ENGL 308, ENGL 309, ENGL 310 recommended)
3
Literatures of Cultural Diversity course selected from: AIS 318/ENGL 318, ENGL 311, ENGL 368, ENGL 369, ENGL 371, ENGL 431, ENGL 433, ENGL 434, ENGL 487 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
ENGL 464 or ENGL 465 3
British Literature course selected from: ENGL 414, ENGL 416, ENGL 417, ENGL 418, ENGL 419, ENGL 420, ENGL 443, ENGL 449, ENGL 452, ENGL 456, ENGL 458, ENGL 460, ENGL 466, ENGL 467 3
Creative Writing course selected from: ENGL 308, ENGL 309, ENGL 310, ENGL 408, ENGL 409, ENGL 410, ENGL 457A-Z 3
GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 473 or ENGL 474 or ENGL 477 3
Creative Writing course selected from: ENGL 308, ENGL 309, ENGL 310, ENGL 408, ENGL 409, ENGL 410, ENGL 457A-Z 3
Upper Division English Elective* 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 457A-Z or ENGL 490 or ENGL 491 or ENGL 512 3
20th Century Literature course selected from: ENGL 427, ENGL 461, ENGL 462, ENGL 463A, ENGL 463B, ENGL 468, ENGL 475, ENGL 476, ENGL 478 3
Upper Division English Elective* 3
Electives 6
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

*Select any upper division courses except for ENGL 305.