This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):
YEAR 1: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| COMS 150 (meets CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement) | 3 |
| Select two: COMS 104* or COMS 225* or COMS 251* | 6 |
| GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) | 3 |
| CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 1: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication* | 3 |
| GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science | 3 |
| GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies | 3 |
| Electives | 3 |
| 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 5C Science Laboratory Activity | 1 |
| GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
| GE Area 3A Arts | 3 |
| Electives | 5 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 2: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking | 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 3: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| COMS 301 or COMS 327 or COMS 351 | 3 |
| COMS 301 or COMS 327 or COMS 351 | 3 |
| COMS 321 | 3 |
| COMS 356 (meets GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies and IC) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 3: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| COMS 301 or COMS 327 or COMS 351 | 3 |
| Divisional Requirement | 3 |
| Community Involvement Requirement | 3 |
| GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences | 3 |
| CARQ American History Campus Requirement | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 4: 1st Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Divisional Requirement | 6 |
| Communication Studies Upper Division Elective | 3 |
| Communication Methods Requirement | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
YEAR 4: 2nd Semester
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Communication Studies Upper Division Electives | 12 |
| GE Upper Division Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| OVERALL TOTAL UNITS | 120 |
One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.
*If taken, COMS 104 meets GE Area 3A Arts. COMS 225 meets GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking. COMS 251 meets CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement. COMS 309 meets GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication. COMS 323 meets 3 units of GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences or CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement. COMS 360 meets CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement or 3 units of GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies.