UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

Please note that placement in Clinical Courses is not guaranteed (HSCI 280/HSCI 281/HSCI 282/HSCI 283/HSCI 284/HSCI 386/HSCI 387). A separate Professional RS Program Application is required for this major. Refer to the CSUN Catalog for additional information. Completion of this degree will take 4 1/2 years.

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
BIOL 101 and BIOL 101L (meets GE Area 5B Biological Science & GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity) 4
MATH 106 (meets Lower Division Core Area B and GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning) 5
GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) 3
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
BIOL 211 and BIOL 212 3
PHYS 100A 3
PSY 150 (meets GE 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
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
PHYS 100B and PHYS 100BL 4
SOC 150 (meets GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
GE Area 3A Arts 3
Total 16

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
BIOL 281 3
CHEM 100 (meets GE Area 5A Physical Science) 3
HSCI 488 3
GE Upper Division Area 3B Humanities 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester (For Students selected for the Professional RT Program)

Course Units
HSCI 181* 3
HSCI 280* 2
HSCI 285* 4
PHYS 376 (meets GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences) 3
Total 12

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
HSCI 182* (Spring Only) 3
HSCI 281* 2
HSCI 286* 4
HSCI 385* 2
HSCI 390/L 4
HSCI 486A* 1
Total 16

YEAR 3: Summer Session

Course Units
HSCI 282* 3
Total 3

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
HSCI 287 3
HSCI 283* 3
HSCI 380* 2
HSCI 480* 2
HSCI 482* 3
Total 13

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
HSCI 284* 3
HSCI 302* 3
HSCI 485* 3
HSCI 487* 3
Total 12

YEAR 4: Summer Session

Course Units
HSCI 386* 3
Total 3

YEAR 5: 1st Semester

Course Units
HSCI 387* 3
HSCI 388 2
HSCI 486B (meets CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement) 1
Total 6
MINIMUM OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 126

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

*Only available for students in the Professional RS program.