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
Elective* 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 258 (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 3
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 259 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement 3
Elective 2
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 275 3
Literatures of Cultural Diversity course selected from: AAS 321, AFRS 344, AFRS 346, AIS 318/ENGL 318, CHS 380, CHS 381, ENGL 311, ENGL 368, ENGL 369, ENGL 371, ENGL 431, ENGL 433, ENGL 434, ENGL 487 3
One course selected from: AAS 347, AFRS 161, CHS 260, POLS 155 or POLS 355 (meets 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
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 301 3
ENGL 355 3
TH 473/L (meets GE Area 3A Arts) 3
Extended Study** 3
GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
COMS 309 3
ENGL 302 or ENGL 400 or ENGL 405 3
ENGL 406 3
ENGL 436 3
Extended Study** 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 416 or ENGL 417 3
ENGL 429 3
Extended Study** 3
GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 495ESM 3
Extended Study** 3
Electives 9
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

*Enroll in ENGL 208 for the Creative Writing Extended Study. Enroll in TH 111 for the Theatre Extended Study.
**See catalog for Extended Study areas. Courses taken for the core program may not be double-counted in the chosen Extended Study.