IMPORTANT NOTE

The requirements below apply to those students with a 2024-2025 catalog year. Students are required by college policy to follow the major (and minor) requirements found in the catalog in effect at the time they declared their first major. To find your catalog year, please visit your Grades and Academic Records found in myOxy and access the catalog that matches your catalog year.

Students interested in majoring in CTSJ are encouraged to take CTSJ 100 during their first year.  Most 100- and 200-level courses are open to first-year students and have no prerequisites. In addition to the six required courses, CTSJ majors must complete five additional elective CTSJ courses.

Placement Information

No placement exams are specifically required for the Critical Theory & Social Justice major. 

Sample 4-Year Plan



Fall

Spring

Year 1

  • Fall FYS course

  • Core Requirement

  • Core Requirement (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • Spring FYS course

  • CTSJ 101 (CPGC)

  • Core Requirement (4 units)

  • Foreign Language (4 or 5 units)

Year 2

  • CTSJ 102 (CPRF)

  • Core Requirement

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • CTSJ 398

  • Core Requirement

  • Core Requirement

  • General Elective (4 units)

Year 3

  • CTSJ 300

  • CTSJ Elective

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • CTSJ 390 (Junior Seminar)

  • CTSJ Elective

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

Year 4

  • CTSJ 490 (Senior Seminar)

  • CTSJ Elective

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • CTSJ Elective

  • CTSJ Elective

  • General Elective (4 units)

  • General Elective (4 units)

CTSJ Transfer Student Advice

Designated Transfer Adviser

Transfer students should contact the chair of the department prior to registration for transfer specific advising information.

Contact Critical Theory & Social Justice
Weingart Hall 102