UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
Any 100-level GEOL course and any 100-level GEOL lab 3/1
GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) 3
GE Area 5B Biological Science 3
GE Area 3A Arts 3
Elective 3
Total 16

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CHEM 101 and CHEM 101D and CHEM 101L (meets GE Area 5A Physical Science & GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity) 3/1/1
MATH 150A (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning) 5
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
Total 16

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
GEOL 306/L 3/1
GEOL 314/L (meets GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences) 3/1
MATH 150B or MATH 140 4-5
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 15-16

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
GEOL 303 2
GEOL 309/L 3/1
GEOL 313 2
PHYS 220A or PHYS 225 3-4
PHYS 220AL 1
Elective 3
Total 15-16

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
GEOL 310/L 3/1
GEOL 341/L 3/1
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement 3
Total 14

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
GEOL 307/L 3/1
Upper Division Geology Elective* 3
GE Area 3B Humanities 3
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Total 13

YEAR 3: Summer Term

Course Units
GEOL 430A/B 2/2
Total 4

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
GEOL 490 3
Upper Division Geology Elective* 3
GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Upper Division Geology Electives* 6
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 12
MINIMUM OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

*Four additional upper division GEOL courses (exclusive of GEOL 300, GEOL 301, GEOL 324, GEOL 327 and GEOL 344) including required lab, if applicable. GEOG 365/GEOG 365L may be used as one of these four upper division elective courses.