Freshman Pathway

Pathway View

These pathways serve as tools, not prescribed programs of study. Before enrolling, you can use them to get a feel for what you can do in this program. After enrolling, you and your advisors can use them as a starting point for building your personalized outcomes-based ILP.

This pathway, intended as a reference, shows a productive route to graduation in four years.  Your actual pathway may not look exactly like the model due to several factors:

  • Any required remedial courses, such as MATH 098 and WRT 095
  • Actual availability of courses during a given semester
  • Personal choices you make in your Individual Learning Plan, in consultation with your advisors

Courses by Requirement

Degree requirements are considered a guideline for graduation, and cannot replace the feedback of an academic advisor. Learn more about degree requirements at CSUMB.

Course units may only be counted once, when a course meets multiple requirements, the letter 'C' means that the completed course units were counted elsewhere.

First Year Seminar

RequirementCourseUnits
First Year Seminar FYS 100: First Year Seminar3
Total:3

University Learning Requirements

RequirementCourseUnits
Community ParticipationAny approved course4
Creative/Artistic ExpressionAny approved course4
Democratic Participation GS 200: Politics of Everyday Life4
Engcom A SBS 200: Intro/Social/Behavioral/Scienc4
Engcom BAny approved course4
Ethics GS 330: World Views4Upper-division
Literature and Popular Culture GS 362: Global LiteraturesCUpper-division
MathcomAny approved course4
Science ContentAny approved course4
Science Methods LabC
Science Methods Lecture SBS 224S, SBS 260S4
U.S. Histories GS 200: Politics of Everyday LifeC
Vibrancy Activity SBS 231: Crime and Violence Lab2
Vibrancy Theory PSY 210: Psychobiology/Eating/Disorders3
Total:41

Upper-division General Education

RequirementCourseUnits
Ethics GS 330: World Views4Upper-division
Literature and Popular Culture GS 362: Global LiteraturesCUpper-division
Total:4

Graduation Learning Outcomes

RequirementCourseUnits
Culture & Equity GS 310: Genealogy of Globalization4
GWAR GS 362: Global Literatures4
Language 1Any approved course4
Language 2Any approved course
Language 3Any approved course4
Language 4Any approved course4
Tech/Info CST 101: Technology Tools4
Upper Division Service Learning GS 380S: Int'l Organizations & SL4
Total:28

Major Learning Requirements

RequirementCourseUnits
MLO 1 Planning for global learning and careers GS 300: Major ProSeminar4
MLO 10 Synthesis and evaluation of Global Studies learning GS 400: Senior Capstone4
MLO 11 ElectivesAny approved course4
MLO 12 ElectivesAny approved course4
MLO 2 Understanding of globalization GS 310: Genealogy of GlobalizationC
MLO 3 Understanding of major worldviews GS 330: World ViewsC
MLO 4 Understanding of gender and violence in global life GS 350: Gender/Violence in Global Life4
MLO 5 Language competencyAny approved courseC
MLO 6 Understanding of global political economy GS 370: Global Political Economy4
MLO 7 International Organizations and Service Learning GS 380S: Int'l Organizations & SLC
MLO 8 Global politics GS 390: Global Politics4
MLO 9 Understanding of earth, social systems and global life GS 385: Global Ecology or approved alternative4
Total:32

Major Core Courses

Major Concentration Courses

Additional Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
Additional Elective3
Total:3

Total: 120 units

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