Liberal Studies Program
General Education Plan “R”
UPPER DIVISION GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
• Select 9 units from the courses listed below.
• Upper Division General Education (UDGE) courses (300-level and above) MUST be
taken no sooner than in the semester in which Junior standing (60 units) is
achieved.
• Note that completion of the Lower Division writing requirement is a prerequisite for
enrollment in Upper Division General Education courses.
• Courses taken to satisfy General Education requirements may NOT be used to
satisfy requirements in the Liberal Studies major.
• Students are required to take Information Competence (IC) designated courses. At
least two IC designated courses are required; one course in Basic Skills (usually met
through Analytical Reading and Expository Writing) and one course in the Subject
Explorations section. IC designated courses are listed below in bold.
BASIC SKILLS – ORAL COMMUNICATION AND MATH
COMS 309; MATH 331
SUBJECT EXPLORATIONS: NATURAL SCIENCES
ASTR 352/L; BIOL 317/L, 323/392E, 325/L, 362/L; GEOG 311/L, 316/L,
GEOG 365/L, 366/L; GEOL 300/301; PHYS 305/L
SUBJECT EXPLORATIONS: ARTS AND HUMANITIES
AAS 321; AFRS 344, 346, 382; ANTH 326; ART 305; CHS 310, 350, 351,
CHS 380, 381; CLAS 315; CTVA 309; ENGL 300, 316, 333, 364; FLIT 331,
FLIT 381, 383, 384; GWS 360; HIST 303, 304; JS 300; KIN 380/L;
MUS 306; PHIL 310, 325, 330, 349; RS 304, 307, 310, 356, 361, 370;
TH 310, 315
SUBJECT EXPLORATIONS: SOCIAL SCIENCES
AAS 350; AFRS 361; ANTH 305, 319, 341; CAS 309, 310, 368, 369; CHS 345,
CHS 346, 361, 366; ECON 300, 310, 311, 360; GEOG 301, 321, 330, 350, 351;
GWS 320, GWS 340, 370; HIST 305, 341, 342, 350, 380; HSCI 345; JS 318;
POLS 310, 350, 380; PSY 312, 352, 365; SOC 305, 324; SUST 300; URBS 310,
URBS 380
SUBJECT EXPLORATIONS: LIFELONG LEARNING
AAS 390/F; AFRS 337; AIS 301; BIOL 327, 375; BLAW 368; BUS 480;
CADV 310; CD 361; CHS 360, 390; CMT 336/L; COMP 300; COMS 323,
COMS 360; ENGL 306, 313; EOH 353; FCS 315, 323, 324, 330, 340;
FIN 302; GWS 305CS; HIST 366; HSCI 336, 337; JOUR 390; JS 390CS;
LING 310; ME 322; MSE 303; PHIL 305; QS 302; RTM 310/L, 352, 353/L;
SUST 310
SUBJECT EXPLORATIONS: COMPARATIVE CULTURAL STUDIES / GENDER, RACE, CLASS,
ETHNICITY STUDIES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES
AAS 340, 345, 360; AFRS 300, 320, 322, 324, 325, 366; AIS 304; ANTH 308,
ANTH 310, 315, 339, 344, 345; ARMN 310, 360; ART 315; BLAW 391;
CAS 311, 365; CHS 333, 364, 365; COMS 356; ENGL 311, 371; FLIT 320,
FLIT 321, 322, 350, 370, 371, 380; GEOG 318, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 328,
GEOG 334, 335; GWS 300, 310, 330; HIST 302, 349A, 349B, 369; JOUR 371,
JOUR 372; JS 330; KIN 385; LING 325; MSE 302; MUS 309, 310; PHIL 343,
PHIL 344, 348; POLS 321, 332; QS 301; RS 306, 365, 378, 380, 385, 390;
RTM 330; SOC 306, 307, 333, 335; URBS 350
TITLE 5 REQUIREMENTS: AMERICAN HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
(T-1) American History, Institutions and Ideals
HIST 370, 371
(T-2) Constitution of the United States &
(T-3) State & Local Government
AAS 347; CHS 445;
POLS 355
(T-3) State & Local Government
POLS 403, 490CA*
*POLS 490CA – Supervised Individual Projects: a 1 unit course recommended for students
transferring to CSUN from outside of California who have met Title 5 requirement 1 and 2, but
still need requirement 3. Instructor consent required.
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