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 |
| MATH 150A (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning) | 5 |
| GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) | 3 |
| GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
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 150B | 5 |
| PHYS 225 | 4 |
| PHYS 220AL | 1 |
| Total | 15 |
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 250 | 3 |
| PHYS 226 | 4 |
| PHYS 220BL | 1 |
| Total | 16 |
YEAR 2: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| GEOL 303 | 2 |
| GEOL 309/L | 3/1 |
| GEOL 313 | 2 |
| PHYS 227 and PHYS 227L | 4/1 |
| GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
YEAR 3: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| COMP 110/L (meets CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement) | 3/1 |
| GEOL 464/L | 3/1 |
| MATH 280 | 3 |
| GE Area 3A Arts | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
YEAR 3: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Geophysics Elective* | 3-4 |
| GE Area 3B Humanities | 3 |
| CARQ American History Campus Requirement | 3 |
| GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3 |
| Total | 15-16 |
YEAR 4: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| GEOL 490 | 3 |
| Geophysics Elective* | 3-4 |
| 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 | 15-16 |
YEAR 4: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| GE Area 5B Biological Science | 3 |
| GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3 |
| Electives | 8 |
| Total | 14 |
| MINIMUM OVERALL TOTAL UNITS | 120 |
One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.
*Two additional upper division GEOL courses related to Geophysics or upper division courses in MATH or PHYS with approval of academic advisor. GEOL 300 and 301 cannot be used for major credit.