Freshman Pathway Traditional Program

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 Major Requirements Graduation Check, 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 Participation LS 298S: Intro to Teaching & Learning S3
Creative/Artistic Expression MPA 233 and MPA 2955
Democratic Participation SBS 386 or SBS 385/L5
Engcom A HCOM 112 or HCOM 211 5
Engcom B HCOM 213 OR HCOM 2144
Ethics HCOM 213 OR HCOM 2144
Literature and Popular Culture LS 394S: Multi Lit Chld & Yng Adults3
Mathcom MATH 100: Quantitative Literacy4
Science Content GEOL 210: Introduction to Earth Science6
Science Methods Lab PHYS 121/L: Integrated Physical Science 4
Science Methods Lecture PHYS 121/L: Integrated Physical Science 4
U.S. Histories HCOM 251 or SBS 1113
Vibrancy Theory KIN 260: Fdn of Well: Fitness-Exercise2
Total:52

Upper-division General Education

RequirementCourseUnits
Culture & Equity LS 391 or LS 3623
Democratic Participation SBS 386 or SBS 385/L5
GWAR HCOM 311: LS only:GWAR Pract Reason&Comm3
Total:11

Graduation Learning Outcomes

RequirementCourseUnits
Culture & Equity LS 391 or LS 3623
GWAR HCOM 311: LS only:GWAR Pract Reason&Comm3
Language 2Any approved course4
Language 3Any approved course4
Tech/Info CST 104 or CST 1013
Upper Division Service Learning LS 398S: Soc Found of Multicult Ed S6
Total:23

Major Learning Requirements

Click on each MLO to see which courses fulfill that requirement.

RequirementUnits
LD MLO I Creative Arts3
LD MLO II Service Learning4
LD MLO III Natural Sciences15
LD MLO IV Human Development3
LD MLO V World History and Geography 6
MLO 1 Foundations and Perspectives in the Major3
MLO 10 Subject Area Emphasis12
MLO 12 Research and Synthesis in the Major3
MLO 13 Advanced Arts, History and Science Competency8
MLO 14 Advanced Inquiry into Education6
MLO 2 Social Foundations of Education3
MLO 3 Cross-Cultural Competence3
MLO 4 Advanced English Communication3
MLO 5 Literary Analysis and Criticism0
MLO 6 Linguistics and Language Development3
MLO 7 Histories and Social Sciences 3
MLO 8 Quantitative Literacy6
MLO 9 Physical Development and Health3
Total:87