UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2023-2024

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
SOC 424/L (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning) 3/1
Sociology Concentration Area* 3
Sociology Elective* 3
GE Upper Division from Section C or Section F 3
Electives 2
Total 15

Transfer Year 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
SOC 430 4
Sociology Elective* 3
Sociology Concentration Area* 3
GE Upper Division from Section D or Section F 3
Elective 2
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
SOC 468 4
Sociology Concentration Area* 3
Sociology Elective* 3
Electives 5
Total 15

Transfer Year 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
SOC 497/L 4
Sociology Elective* 3
Electives 8
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

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

A minimum of 40 units of upper division overall is required for the degree.

*21 units of electives selected from 200 to 400-level sociology courses, with no more than 3 units taken at the 200-level. Nine of the units may be selected from one of the concentration areas below; however, a concentration is not required for the degree.