UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2025-2026

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
MATH 141 and MATH 141L (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning) 4
SOC 150 (meets GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) 3
GE Area 3A Arts 3
Elective 2
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science 3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement 3
Elective 2
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

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

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* 3
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
SOC 424/L (meets GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences) 4
Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* 3
GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Electives 5
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
SOC 430 4
Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Electives 5
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
SOC 468 4
Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* 3
Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* 3
Electives 5
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
SOC 497/L 4
Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* 3
Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* 3
Electives 5
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

A minimum of 40 units of upper division overall is required for the degree.

*21 units of electives selected from 200 to 400-level sociology courses, with no more than 3 units taken at the 200-level. Nine of the units may be selected from one of the concentration areas below; however, a concentration is not required for the degree.

Social Welfare and Social Justice Concentration

SOC 357 and SOC 490S/F, plus one of the following: CJS 410CS, SOC 356, SOC 426, SOC 484, SOC 490S/F, SOC 492, SOC 493

Inequality and Diversity Concentration

SOC 401, plus two of the following: SOC 307, SOC 324, SOC 335, SOC 452, SOC 461

Social Movements and Political Sociology Concentration

SOC 370 or SOC 476, plus two of the following: SOC 370, SOC 433 or POLS 480, SOC 476, SOC 484