UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027

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

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
GE Basic Skills: Area 1A English Composition (Written Communication) 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 1C Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning 3
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
URBS 220 (meets GE Basic Skills Area 1B Critical Thinking) 3
GE Area 3A Arts 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science 3
GE Area 5C Science Laboratory Activity 1
GE CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 2
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
URBS 206 3
URBS 251 3
GE Area 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences 3
GE Area 5A Physical Science or GE Area 5B Biological Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
CARQ Lifelong Learning Campus Requirement 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
URBS 300 3
CARQ American History Campus Requirement 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
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
URBS 340A (meets GE Upper Division Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning) 3
URBS 345 3
URBS 440 3
GE Area 3B Humanities 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
URBS 340B 3
URBS 450 3
URBS 480 3
Urban Studies and Planning Elective* (URBS 310 satisfies 3 units of GE Upper Division Area 4 Social & Behavioral Sciences – All UDGE courses in Area 4 excluding Area 4A/B) 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
URBS 440 3
URBS 460 3
URBS 494C (Internship Requirement) 3
Urban Studies and Planning Elective* (URBS 310 satisfies 3 units of GE Upper Division Area 4 Social & Behavioral Sciences – All UDGE courses in Area 4 excluding Area 4A/B) 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
URBS 490C (Fieldwork Requirement) 4
Urban Studies and Planning Elective* (URBS 310 satisfies 3 units of GE Upper Division Area 4 Social & Behavioral Sciences – All UDGE courses in Area 4 excluding Area 4A/B) 3
GE Upper Division CSUN Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Electives 5
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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