Africana Studies Freshman Pathway

Pathway View

This pathway is one example of how you might complete all the requirements for your degree in an order that makes sense given prerequisites. It is meant to give you a general sense of what your education will look like.
 
Your own unique situation and a number of other factors may mean your actual pathway is different. Perhaps you'll need an extra math or language class, or one of the courses we've listed isn't offered in a particular semester. Not to worry - there is flexibility built into the curriculum. You'll want to work closely with an advisor and use the academic advisement report to take all that into account and develop a pathway that's customized for you.
 
In the meantime, use this example as a starting point for choosing classes or discussing your plans with an advisor. Your advisor is your best resource when it comes to figuring out how to fit all the courses you need, in the right sequence, into your personal academic plan.

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
FYS: First Year Seminar FYS 183: Eat, Love, Learn4
Total:4

General Education

RequirementCourseUnits
A1: Oral & Written CommunicationAny approved course4
A2: Oral&WrtnCom/CritThink/EthicsAny approved course4
A3: Oral&WrtnCom/CritThink/EthicsAny approved course4
B1: Physical ScienceAny approved course4
B2: Life Science ENVS 201: Intro to Environmental Science4
B4: MathAny approved course4
C1: ArtsAny approved course4
C2: HumanitiesAny approved course4
C3: World LanguageAny approved course16
D1: Social SciencesAny approved course6
D2: U.S. Histories & Democratic PartAny approved course4
D3: Lower Division Service LearningAny approved course6
D4: Upper Division Service Learning HCOM 307S: Soc Impct Of Mass Media SL6
E: Health & Well Being FYS 183: Eat, Love, Learn4
Total:74

Major Learning Requirements

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

RequirementUnits
MLO 1 Critical communication skills6
MLO 2 Media, narrative and ethnographic skills6
MLO 3 Relational communication skills4
MLO 4 Philosophical analysis4
MLO 5 Critical cultural analysis4
MLO 6 Comparative literary analysis4
MLO 7 Historical analysis4
MLO 8 Creative writing and social action4
Total:36

Major Core Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
Major Core Course HCOM 300: Major ProSeminar2
Major Core Course HCOM 475: Senior Capstone4
Major Core CourseComplete the following Africana Studies Concentration Course: HCOM 445: Slavery & Race in the Americas (Meets Research/Theory Intensive Requirement)4
Total:10

Major Concentration Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
Concentration courseComplete one of the following Africana Studies Concentration Courses: HCOM 324; HCOM 346; HCOM 4434
Concentration courseComplete one of the following Africana Studies Concentration Courses: HCOM 324; HCOM 346; HCOM 4434
Concentration courseComplete the following Africana Studies Concentration Course: HCOM 445: Slavery & Race in the Americas (Meets Research/Theory Intensive Requirement)4
Total:12

Additional Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
Any approved course
Complete one of the following: HCOM 322; HCOM 325; HCOM 327; HCOM 3354
Elective Course4
Total:8