Bachelor of Arts in Humanities SF Scholars Roadmap

The San Francisco State Scholars program provides undergraduate students with an accelerated pathway to a graduate degree. Students in this program pursue a bachelor’s and master’s degree simultaneously. This program allows students to earn graduate credit while in their junior and/or senior year, reducing the number of semesters required for completion of a master’s degree.

This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult an advisor in your major program for further guidance.

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall SemesterUnits
ENG 114 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (A2) 1 3
GE Area A 2 3
GE Area B: Quantitative Reasoning (B4) 3 3
GE Area C (HUM 130, HUM 220, or HUM 225 Recommended) 3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 4 3
 Units15
Spring Semester
GE Area A 3
GE Area B: Physical Science (B1) and Laboratory Science (B3) 5 3-4
GE Area C (HUM 130, HUM 220, or HUM 225 Recommended) 3
GE Area E 3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 4 3
 Units15-16
Second Year
Summer Semester
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 4 3
 Units3
Fall Semester
GE Area B: Life Science (B2) and Laboratory Science (B3) 5 3-4
GE Area D 3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Three 4 9
 Units15-16
Spring Semester
GE Area C 3
GE Area D 3
GE Area F ± 3
U.S. and California Government 3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 4 3
 Units15
Third Year
Summer Semester
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 4 6
 Units6
Fall Semester
HUM 300GW Junior Seminar Humanities Writing - GWAR (Major Core) 3
HUM 301 Form and Culture (Major Core) 3
HUM 303 History and Culture (Major Core) 3
Cross-Cultural Studies (6 units) - Take One 6 3
GE Area UD-D: Upper-Division Social Sciences (Consider SF State Studies Course) 3
 Units15
Spring Semester
Select One (Major Core): 3
Thought and Image: Humanities  
Comparative Form and Culture  
Cross-Cultural Studies (6 units) - Take One 6 3
European Culture Studies (6 units) - Take One 7 3
American Culture Studies (6 units) - Take One 8 3
GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities (Consider Culture Studies Course) 6,7,8,9 3
 Units15
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
HUM 690 Senior Seminar in the Humanities (Major Core) 3
Select One (Graduate Core): 3
Introduction to Integrative Study  
Introduction to Graduate Study in Comparative Literature  
European Culture Studies (6 units) - Take One 7 3
American Culture Studies (6 units) - Take One 9 3
Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Culture Studies (6 units) - Take One 9 3
 Units15
Spring Semester
HUM 706 Image and Culture: Picturing the World (Graduate Core) 3
HUM 720 Current Topics in the Humanities (Graduate Core) 3
Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Culture Studies (6 units) - Take One 9 3
Additional Culture Study Course 10 3
GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences (Consider SF State Studies Course) 3
 Units15
Fifth Year
Fall Semester
HUM 705 Text and Context: The Word and the World (Graduate Core) 3
Graduate Electives - Take Three 11 9
 Units12
Spring Semester
Select One (Culminating Experience): 3
Directed Study of Humanistic Works
and Culminating Experience Examination
 
Master's Thesis  
Graduate Electives - Take Two 11 6
 Units9
 Total Units150-152