UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
JS 100 (meets GE Upper Division Area 3B Humanities) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking (JS 220 recommended) 3
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
HIST 210 or JS 210 (meets GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science 3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
Electives 5
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
GE Upper Division Area 3A Arts 3
GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
JS 318 (meets GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences) 3
Select one course from: HIST 427/JS 427; JS 306/SOC 306; JS 320/RS 320 or RS 101; JS 335/SOC 335 or JS 378/RS 378 3
Jewish Studies Elective 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Select one course from: HIST 427/JS 427; JS 306/SOC 306; JS 320/RS 320 or RS 101; JS 335/SOC 335 or JS 378/RS 378 3
Jewish Studies Elective 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
Jewish Studies Elective 3
GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
JS 390CS (meets CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement) 3
Jewish Studies Elective 3
Electives 9
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

Jewish Studies Electives

ENGL 371, HEBR 101, HEBR 102, HIST 357/JS 357, HIST 409/JS 409, HIST 427/JS 427, JS 151 and RTM 151F, JS 220, JS 255, JS 300, JS 306/SOC 306, JS 320/RS 320, JS 330, JS 333, JS 335/SOC 335, JS 378/RS 378, JS 495A-Z, JS 496A-Z, JS 499C, RS 357