UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
BUS 104 3
FCS 160 3
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
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
FCS 171 (meets CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement) 3
FCS 253 (meets GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences) 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
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
FCS 256 3
FCS 257 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
Elective 2
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
FCS 271/L 2/1
GE Area 3B Humanities 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
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
FCS 350 3
FCS 356/L 2/1
FCS 357 (meets GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences) 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
FCS 380 3
FCS 451 3
GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
FCS 453/L 2/1
FCS 460/L 2/1
Option Elective 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
FCS 457 3
FCS 494 and FCS 494I 2/1
Electives 9
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

Fashion Merchandising Option Electives

FCS 250/L; FCS 260; FCS 277/L; FCS 324*; FCS 352; FCS 354; FCS 360/L; FCS 361; FCS 371/L; FCS 377; FCS 461; FCS 463; FCS 471/L; FCS 472/L; FCS 475/L; FCS 476; MKT 440

*FCS 324 may double count for GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning.