Map for Transfer: CSN AA Associate of Arts to UNLV BS Urban Studies

About this Academic Map

This academic map should be used by CSN students who are completing the Associate of Arts, AA at CSN and plan to transfer to UNLV to complete a BS Urban Studies Major upon graduating from CSN.
This 60-credit map, designed for students without transfer credits, represents the optimal pathway to completing this degree.
- Please note: UNLV requires completion of seven (7) credits of Natural Science, but the minimum needed for GE Natural Science on the CSN AA Associate of Arts is 6 credits. The additional credit of Natural Science may count toward completion of the Major Requirements Electives area.
Click on a course for more information (description, prerequisites, credit hours, etc.).

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CSN First Semester

Mathematics (General Education) - Credits 3-5: Options Include: MATH 120 or MATH 120E
English Composition (General Education) - Credits 3-5: Options Include: ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 110 or ENG 113
Humanities (General Education) - Credits 3: COM 101 - Public Speaking
Social Science Electives (Major Requirements) - Credits 6: Select two courses from the Social Science Electives list on the AA Associate of Arts degree sheet. One of the selected courses MUST also satisfy CSN’s Values and Diversity requirement.

English Composition (General Education) - Credits 3: Options Include: ENG 102 or ENG 114
Analytical Reasoning (General Education) - Credits 3: Options Include: PHIL 102 or PHIL 114
Natural Science No Lab Experience (General Education) - Credits 3: ENV 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science
U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (General Education) - Credits 4: Options Include: HIST 100 or PSC 101
Social Science Electives (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: Select a course from the Social Science Electives list on the AA Associate of Arts degree sheet.

Total Minimum Credits: 16
UNLV requires completion of URST 241 and recommends completion of ENV 206 and URST 210.

Literature (General Education) - Credits 3: Options Include: ENG 231 or above
Natural Science with Lab Experience (General Education) - Credits 4:

Four (4) Credit Options with Lab (No Prerequisites) include: ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L ; or AST 103 and AST 105 ; or AST 104 and AST 105 ; or BIOL 101 ; or CHEM 105 and CHEM 106 ; or CHEM 107 ; or GEOG 103 and GEOG 104 ; or GEOL 101 ; or PHYS 110

Electives (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: ENV 206 - Introduction to Climate Change
Electives (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: URST 210 - Introduction to Policy Analysis
Electives (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: URST 241 - Governance in the United States: An Urban Focus

Total Minimum Credits: 13
UNLV recommends completion of URST 250.
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Humanities (General Education) - Credits 3: Select a course from the GE Humanities list on the AA Associate of Arts degree sheet.
Fine Arts (General Education) - Credits 3: Select a course from the GE Fine Arts list on the AA Associate of Arts degree sheet.
Electives (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: URST 250 - Local Government Administration
Electives (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: See your CSN advising unit or the UNLV/CSN Transfer Program to select a four-credit course, or courses that total four credits, that transfer(s) to this UNLV program.