UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
COMS 151 (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication) 3
ENGL 115 (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication)) 3
HIST 110 3
MATH 131 (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning) 3
UNIV 100 (meets CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement) 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
HIST 111 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science 3
GE Area 3A Arts 3
AFRS 161 or POLS 155 (meets GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government) 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
GEOG 107 or GEOG 150 3
HIST 145 or HIST 161 or HIST 185 or HIST 192 3
HIST 270 3
GE Area 5B Biological Science 2
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 18

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
EPC 420 3
GEOG 321 3
HIST 271 3
HIST 301 3
GE Area 3B Humanities 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 18

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
HIST 478 or HIST 479A or HIST 479B or POLS 310 3
HIST 497A-Z 3
SED 511 3
Upper Division Asian, African, Middle Eastern, or Latin American History 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
HIST 417 or HIST 488 3
HIST 498 3
SED 529 3
SED 525SS 3
Upper Division European History 3
Upper Division U.S. or Canadian History 3
Total 18

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
HIST 389 3
SED 514 3
SED 521 3
SED 554/S Early Field Experience for the Single Subject Credential 4
SED 554/S Early Field Experience Seminar for the Single Subject Credential 2
Upper Division HIST any area 3
Total 18

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AAS 417 or AFRS 417 or ARMN 417 or CHS 417 or ELPS 417 3
HSCI 466ADO 1
SED 555 4
SED 555S 2
SPED 420 3
Upper Division HIST any area 3
Total 16
MINIMUM OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 133

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