UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
COMS 151 (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication) 3
ENGL 115 (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication)) 3
MATH 131 (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning) 3
UNIV 100 (meets CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement) 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 250FE 3
ENGL 258 (meets GE Area 3B Humanities) 3
ENGL 275 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 2
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
AFRS 161 or CHS 260 or POLS 155 (meets GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government) 3
ENGL 259 3
ENGL 355 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 18

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
COMS 309 3
ENGL 311 or ENGL 371 (meets GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
ENGL 363 or ENGL 463A or ENGL 463B 3
EPC 420 3
GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
Total 18

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
AAS 417 or AFRS 417 or ARMN 417 or CHS 417 or ELPS 417 3
ENGL 416 or ENGL 417 3
HSCI 466ADO 1
SED 511 3
TH 473/L (meets GE Upper Division Area 3A Arts) 3
British Literature course selected from: ENGL 443, ENGL 449, ENGL 452, ENGL 456, ENGL 458, ENGL 460, ENGL 461, ENGL 462, ENGL 466, ENGL 467, ENGL 468 3
Total 16

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 301 3
ENGL 406 3
ENGL 436 or ENGL 438 3
SED 525EN 3
American Literature course selected from: ENGL 473, ENGL 474, ENGL 475, ENGL 476, ENGL 477, ENGL 478 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 302 3
ENGL 429 3
SED 529 3
SED 554/S 4/2
SPED 420 3
Total 18

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 495ESM 3
SED 514 3
SED 521 3
SED 555 4
SED 555S 2
Total 15
MINIMUM OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 130

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