2023-2024 Freshman Pathways
First-Year Pathways: Start Strong, Stay on Track
If you began your journey at Cal State Monterey Bay as a first-time freshman in the 2023-2024 academic year, these degree pathways are designed for you.
These recommended course sequences help you build a strong foundation, explore your interests and make steady progress toward graduation. Use your pathway to understand how your first year connects to your overall academic plan and to stay on track from your first semester forward.
2023-2024 Freshman Pathways
Lower-Division General Education courses can be taken in any order, except that all students should complete GE Areas A1, A2, A3, and B4 by the end of their third semester. Many major courses have prerequisites that must be taken in the order shown. Please meet with your academic advisor to update "My Learning Plan" in Oasis to create your personalized pathway.
Agricultural Plant & Soil Sciences B.S. (AGPS)
Biology B.S. (BIO)
Biology B.S, Ecology, Evolution and Organisms F23
Biology B.S Molecular Biology F2
Biology B.S. Teacher Preparation F23
Business Administration B.S. (BUS)
Business B.S. Accounting-Financial Planning Fall 2023
Business B.S. General Accounting Fall 2023
Business B.S. Professional Accounting Fall 2023
Business B.S. - Agribusiness Fall 2023
Business B.S. - Entrepreneurship Fall 2023
Business B.S. - Information Systems Fall 2023
Business B.S. Management & International Business Fall 2023
Business B.S. Marketing Fall 2023
Cinematic Arts & Technology BA (CART)
Cinematic Arts & Technology B.A. Fall 2023
Collaborative Health & Human Services B.S. (CHHS)
CHHS B.S. Interdisciplinary concentration Fall 2023
CHHS B.S. Public Administration & Nonprofit Management Fall 2023
CHHS B.S. Public Health concentration Fall 2023
CHHS B.S. Social Work concentration Fall 2023
Communication Design B.S. (CD)
Communication Design B.S. Game Design & Interactive Media F23
Communication Design B.S. Visual Design F23
Computer Science B.S. (CS)
Computer Science B.S. Data Science F23
Computer Science B.S. Game Development F23
Computer Science B.S. Networks and Security F23
Computer Science B.S. Software Engineering F23
Environmental Science, Technology, & Policy B.S. (ESTP)
ESTP B.S. - Applied Ecology F23
ESTP B.S. Environmental Data Analysis F23
ESTP B.S. Watershed Systems F23
Environmental Studies B.A. (ENSTU)
ENSTU B.A. Education and Community Outreach Fall 2023
ENSTU B.A. Sustainable Communities Fall 2023
Ethnic and Gender Studies B.A. (EGS)
AA-T Social Justice Studies to Ethnic and Gender Studies B.A. F23
Global Studies B.A. (GS)
Human Development & Family Science B.S. (HDFS)
Human Development and Family Science B.S. Fall 2023
Humanities and Communication B.A. (HCOM)
Use the HCOM General Pathway to get a general plan for your first two years while you are selecting a concentration, and then refer to the transfer pathway for your last two years.
Humanities and Communication B.A. Freshman/Sophomore Path Fall 2023
Japanese Language & Culture B.A. (JLC)
Japanese Language & Culture B.A. Fall 2023
Kinesiology B.S. (KIN)
Kinesiology B.S. Exercise Science concentration Fall 2023
Kinesiology B.S. Wellness concentration Fall 2023
Liberal Studies B.A. (LS)
Liberal Studies B.A. Traditional Pathway Fall 2023
Liberal Studies B.A. + Credential - Bilingual Elementary Education Fall 2023
Liberal Studies B.A. + Credential - Integrated Elementary Education Fall 2023
Liberal Studies B.A. + Credential - Special Education Fall 2023
Marine Science B.S. (MSCI)
Mathematics B.S. (no concentration) Fall 2023
Mathematics B.S. Subject Matter Preparation Fall 2023
Music B.A. (MPA
Psychology B.A. (PSY)
Social & Behavioral Sciences B.A. (SBS)
Social and Behavioral Sciences B.A. Freshman/Sophomore path Fall 2023
Spanish Language & Hispanic Cultures B.A. (SPAN)
Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures B.A. Fall 2023
Statistics B.S. (STAT)
Sustainable Hospitality Management (SHM or HOSP)
Sustainable Hospitality Management B.S. - Hotel, Resort & Event Mgmt Fall 2023
Sustainable Hospitality Management B.S. - Sustainable Ecotourism Mgmt Fall 2023
Visual and Public Art B.A. (VPA)