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, Title 5 (United States History and Government), 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
FCS 315 3
FCS 320 3
FCS 324 3
GE Upper Division from Section C or Section F 3
GE Upper Division from Section D or Section F (FCS 340 or FCS 357 recommended for Option Elective) 3
Total 15

Transfer Year 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
FCS 323 (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning) 3
FCS 380 3
Electives* 9
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
FCS 330 3
FCS 429 3
Electives* 9
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
FCS 494 and FCS 494I 2/1
Family and Consumer Sciences Option Electives 3
Elective* 9
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

Family and Consumer Sciences Option Electives

FCS 321/L, FCS 322/L, FCS 340, FCS 357, FCS 436, FCS 480

*If not taken previously, electives will all need to be comprised of lower division FCS core and FCS Education requirements.