UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

  • 2025 Geography and Environmental Studies, B.S./Honors Option

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
GEOG 101A and GEOG 101AL or GEOG 103A and GEOG 103AL (meets GE Area 5A Physical Science & GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) 3
GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning 3
CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
GEOG 107* or GEOG 108 or GEOG 112/GEOG 112L or GEOG 150* or GEOG 170* 3-4
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Elective 2-3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
GE Area 5B Biological Science 3
GE Area 3A Arts 3
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
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
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
GEOG 300 3
GEOG 404A-Z 3
Content Course 3
Upper Division Geography Elective 3
Elective 2-3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Application Course 3
Method Course 3
Regional Course 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Upper Division Geography Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
Application Course 3
Content Course 3
GEOG 460/L 3
GEOG 499C (Upper Division GEOG Elective) 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 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Method Course 3
Upper Division Geography Elective 3
GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Elective 6
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

Application Courses

GEOG 402/L, GEOG 406/L, GEOG 408A/L, GEOG 408B/L, GEOG 408C/L, GEOG 408D/L, GEOG 408E/L, GEOG 408F/L, GEOG 408G/L, GEOG 408H/L, GEOG 408I/L, GEOG 409/L, GEOG 411, GEOG 412, GEOG 413, GEOG 414, GEOG 415, GEOG 416, GEOG 444, GEOG 451, GEOG 452, GEOG 453, GEOG 459, GEOG 462/L, GEOG 465/L, GEOG 466/L, GEOG 467/L, GEOG 468/L, GEOG 470, GEOG 472, GEOG 473, GEOG 474, GEOG 476, GEOG 482, GEOG 483, GEOG 486, GEOG 487, GEOG 494, GEOG 497A-F, GEOG 550F

Content Courses

GEOG 301*, GEOG 311*, GEOG 316*, GEOG 340, GEOG 351*, GEOG 364/L, GEOG 365* and GEOG 365L, GEOG 366*, GEOG 370*, GEOG 375

Method Courses

GEOG 206/L*, GEOG 304/L, GEOG 305/L, GEOG 306/L, GEOG 449

Regional Courses

GEOG 318*, GEOG 321*, GEOG 322*, GEOG 323, GEOG 324*, GEOG 326*, GEOG 328, GEOG 330*, GEOG 334*, GEOG 350

*GEOG 311, GEOG 316, GEOG 365 or GEOG 366 may count for GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science. GEOG 107, GEOG 150, GEOG 170, GEOG 301, GEOG 321, GEOG 330, GEOG 351 and/or GEOG 370 may count for 3-6 units of GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences. GEOG 206/L may count for CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement. GEOG 318, GEOG 322, GEOG 324, GEOG 326 or GEOG 334 may satisfy 3 units of upper division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies. (GEOG 206/L or GEOG 365 also fulfills the Information Competence requirement.)