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

The Specific SSWE Concentration pathway and sequence of courses you follow will vary depending on the year you enter the program as some courses are only offered every other year. Regardless of when you enter the major, courses required for the SSWE concentration are consistently offered, and a pathway that will allow you to complete the degree within 120 will always be available. In order to determine your pathway, be sure to consult with the SSWE Concentration advisor when you enter the major.

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 ParticipationAny approved courseC
Engcom AAny approved course4
Engcom BAny approved course4
EthicsAny approved courseC
Literature and Popular CultureAny approved course4
MathcomAny approved course4
Science ContentAny approved course4
Science Methods LabAny approved courseC
Science Methods LectureAny approved course4
U.S. HistoriesAny approved course4
Vibrancy ActivityAny approved course1
Vibrancy TheoryAny approved course3
Total:40

Upper-division General Education

RequirementCourseUnits
GWAR HCOM 312: GWAR-Cooperative Argumentation4
Upper Division Service Learning HCOM 339S: Creative Writing for Teachers6
Total:10

Graduation Learning Outcomes

RequirementCourseUnits
Culture & Equity HCOM 327: Survey American Literature4
GWAR HCOM 312: GWAR-Cooperative Argumentation4
Language 2Any approved course4
Language 3Any approved course4
Language 4Any approved course4
Tech/Info HCOM 300L: Major ProSeminar Lab2
Upper Division Service Learning HCOM 339S: Creative Writing for Teachers6
Total:28

Major Learning Requirements

RequirementCourseUnits
MLO 1 Critical communication skills HCOM 312: GWAR-Cooperative ArgumentationC
MLO 2 Media, narrative and ethnographic skillsComplete one of the following course options: HCOM 328 or HCOM 350 or any MLO 2 course combined with HCOM 356 for MLO 7 credit.4
MLO 3 Relational communication skillsComplete one of the following: HCOM 304; HCOM 306; HCOM 309; HCOM 310; HCOM 403; HCOM 412 4
MLO 4 Philosophical analysis HCOM 301: Ways Of Knowing4
MLO 5 Critical cultural analysis HCOM 338: Multicultural Adolescent Lit4
MLO 6 Comparative literary analysis HCOM 327: Survey American LiteratureC
MLO 7 Historical analysisComplete one of the following course options: HCOM 356 or any MLO 7 course combined with HCOM 328 for MLO 2 credit.4
MLO 8 Creative writing and social action HCOM 339S: Creative Writing for TeachersC
Total:20

Major Core Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
Major Core Course HCOM 475: Senior Capstone4
Major Core Course HCOM 474: Research Methods2
Major Core Course HCOM 300: Major ProSeminar2
Total:8

Major Concentration Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
Concentration course HCOM 437: Shakespeare4
Concentration course HCOM 320: Grammar, Usage & Power4
Concentration course HCOM 429: BritLit& Engl Lang Perspective4
Total:12

Additional Courses

RequirementCourseUnits
Elective Course4
Elective course4
Total:8

Total: 120 units