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
RS 395 Theory and Method 3
Religion in the United States Requirement 3
Religious Traditions Requirement 3
Religious Studies Upper Division Elective (RS 304 will meet GE Upper Division Section C2 Humanities and IC) 3
Elective 3
Total 15

Transfer Year 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Sacred Text of the World Requirement 3
Religion in the United States Requirement 3
Religious Traditions Requirement 3
Religious Studies Upper Division Elective 3
Elective 3
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
Religious Traditions Requirement 3
Religious Studies Upper Division Elective 3
GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 3
Electives 6
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
RS 497B 3
Religious Studies Upper Division Elective 3
GE Upper Division from Section D or Section F 3
Electives 6
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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