This pathway, intended as a reference, models graduation after earning 60 credits at CSUMB. It is unlikely that your actual pathway will look exactly like the model due to several factors:

  • The number of credits you transfer into CSUMB with, and how those credits articulate with CSUMB requirements
  • Whether or not you need to take additional courses to meet the CSUMB Language ULR as a Graduation Learning Outcome (This pathway assumes you have met the language requirement prior to your first semester at CSUMB. If not, you will need to add additional courses in consultation with your major advisors.)
  • Whether or not you need to take additional coursework to meet the Technology and Information ULR as a Graduation Learning Outcome (This pathway assumes you have met this requirement prior to your first semester at CSUMB. If not, you will need to add additional courses in consultation with your major advisors.)
  • Actual availability of courses during a given semester
  • Personal choices you make to your Individual Learning Plan – in consultation with your major advisors – including the decision to pursue more than the minimal learning requirements

You must earn nine upper-division General Education credits after you have reached upper-division status. Upper-division GE courses taken when you are a lower-division student do not count toward this requirement.

For additional information, please check the Advising Information page of the Liberal Studies Department website.

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.

University Learning Requirements

RequirementCourseUnits
Democratic Participation SBS 386 or SBS 385/L4
Literature and Popular Culture LS 394S: Multi Lit Chld & Yng Adults3
Total:7

Graduation Learning Outcomes

RequirementCourseUnits
Culture & Equity LS 391 or LS 3623
GWAR HCOM 311: LS only:GWAR Pract Reason&Comm3
Upper Division Service Learning LS 398S: Soc Found of Multicult Ed S6
Total:12

Major Learning Requirements

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

RequirementUnits
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 Competency28
MLO 14 Advanced Inquiry into Education28
MLO 2 Social Foundations of Education3
MLO 3 Cross-Cultural Competence0
MLO 4 Advanced English Communication0
MLO 5 Literary Analysis and Criticism0
MLO 6 Linguistics and Language Development3
MLO 7 Histories and Social Sciences 0
MLO 8 Quantitative Literacy6
MLO 9 Physical Development and Health3
Total:89