UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
AFRS 161 or CHS 260 or POLS 155 (any of these courses meets GE Area 4A and Area 4B Constitution of the United States and California State and Local Government) 3
COMS 151 (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication) 3
ENGL 115 (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication)) 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
GE Area 5B Biological Science 3
Total 18

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
ENGL 250FE 3
ENGL 258 (meets GE Area 3B Humanities) 3
ENGL 275 3
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science 3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
Total 16

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 259 3
ENGL 355 3
ENGL 406 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1B Critical Thinking 3
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 18

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
COMS 309 3
ENGL 311 or ENGL 371 (meets GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies) 3
ENGL 463B 3
EPC 420 3
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 3
GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Upper Division Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences 3
Total 18

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 301 3
ENGL 416 or ENGL 417 3
HSCI 466ADO 1
SED 511 3
TH 473/L (meets GE Upper Division Area 3A Arts) 3
British Literature Extended Study* 3
Total 16

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
AAS 417 or AFRS 417 or ARMN 417 or CHS 417 or ELPS 417 3
ENGL 302 3
ENGL 429 3
ENGL 436 or ENGL 438 3
SED 525EN 3
American Literature Extended Study* 3
Total 18

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
ENGL 495ESM 3
SED 529 3
SED 554 4
SED 554S 2
SPED 420 3
Total 15
MINIMUM OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

*Refer to catalog for course list.

Remaining coursework completed as part of Postbaccalaureate Credential Program.