UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2023-2024

This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (MATH 131 recommended) 3
GE E Lifelong Learning 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication* 3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science 3
GE D1 Social Sciences 3
GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking 3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 2
GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity 1
GE C1 Arts 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
GE C2 Humanities 3
GE F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Electives 9
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
COMS 301 or COMS 327 or COMS 351 3
COMS 301 or COMS 327 or COMS 351 3
COMS 321 3
COMS 356 (meets GE Upper Division Section F Comparative Cultural Studies and IC) 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
COMS 301 or COMS 327 or COMS 351 3
Divisional Requirement 3
Community Involvement Requirement 3
GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 3
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
Divisional Requirement 6
Communication Studies Upper Division Elective 3
Communication Methods Requirement 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
Communication Studies Upper Division Electives 12
GE Upper Division Section D1 Social Sciences 3
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

*COMS 309 meets GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication.