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
PHYS 301 (Fall Only) (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning) 3
PHYS 311 (Fall Only) 3
PHYS 389 (Fall Only) 3
GE Upper Division from Section C or Section F 3
Electives 3
Total 15

Transfer Year 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
PHYS 365 (Spring Only) 2
PHYS 375 (Spring Only) 3
Upper Division Physics Elective (PHYS 402 recommended) 3
Upper Division Physics Elective (PHYS 410 recommended) 3
Electives 4
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
PHYS 431 4
GE Upper Division from Section D or Section F 3
Electives 8
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
PHYS 493 1
PHYS 497 (Spring Only) 3
Electives 11
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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