UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2024-2025

This Transfer Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

The Transfer Degree Road Map on this page presumes the completion of lower division General Education, the United States History and Government requirements, and lower division core requirements for this major. See General Education Rules for more information. Lower division major requirements can be found by looking at the 4-Year Degree Road Map for this major. Refer to ASSIST for transfer information and articulation of courses taken at California Community Colleges. Verified Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) STAR Act students should use the ADT/STAR Act Degree Road Map for their major.

Once transfer coursework is evaluated, applicants and admitted students can use the Degree Progress Report/Planner to learn which requirements need to be completed.

To meet residency requirements, students must complete a minimum of 30 units at CSUN: 24 units must be upper division, 12 units in the major, and 9 units in General Education.

Transfer Year 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
ANTH 303 3
People and Places. One course from: ANTH 306, ANTH 307, ANTH 338, ANTH 345, ANTH 351, ANTH 352, ANTH 353, ANTH 356 3
Breadth Electives* 3
GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 3
Anthropology Upper Division Elective* 3
Total 15

Transfer Year 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Method and Theory. One course from: ANTH 473, ANTH 474, ANTH 475, ANTH 519, ANTH 574, ANTH 575 3
Breadth Electives* 3
GE Upper Division from Section C or Section F 3
Anthropology Upper Division Elective** 3
Elective 3
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
Breadth Electives* 3
GE Upper Division from Section D or Section F 3
Anthropology Upper Division Elective** 3
Electives 6
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Breadth Electives* 3
Seminar. One course from: ANTH 490A-E, ANTH 516, ANTH 521, ANTH 560 3
Anthropology Upper Division Elective** 3
Electives 6
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

*Breadth Electives. In consultation with the undergraduate advisor for the Anthropology department, choose one course from each of the following subdisciplines:

  1. Cultural Anthropology: ANTH 310, ANTH 326, ANTH 404, ANTH 405, ANTH 424, ANTH 430, ANTH 450, ANTH 451, ANTH 462
  2. Biological Anthropology: ANTH 311, ANTH 341, ANTH 421, ANTH 423, ANTH 440, ANTH 445/L, ANTH 453
  3. Archaeology: ANTH 426, ANTH 427, ANTH 428, ANTH 429, ANTH 449, ANTH 460
  4. Applied Anthropology: ANTH 302, ANTH 346, ANTH 425, ANTH 432, ANTH 468, ANTH 486

**In consultation with the undergraduate advisor for the Anthropology department, choose four additional 3-unit upper division courses in Anthropology (12 units). Any one section of ANTH 494AA-ZZ will count as one elective course.