17 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

Political Science offered by the California State University San Marcos is the study of government, individual, and institutional behavior in the public sector; relations among nation-states; and theories of politics. Political science addresses the fundamental issues confronting modern society and seeks to evaluate the processes, policies, and theories that have been devised to deal with them.

California State University San Marcos - Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program offers a Bachelor of Arts in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Psychological Science offered by the California State University San Marcos is the scientific study of behavior. In order to discover more about behavior, psychologists study both humans and animals.

Anthropology offered by the California State University San Marcos is the study of humans and what they think and do. Anthropology embraces a holistic perspective—the big picture—when examining human phenomena, seeking to understand human ideas and behavior as they are influenced by biological, ecological, economic, social, political, cultural, and religious factors and realities.

The mission of the Sociology department at California State University San Marcos is to provide undergraduate and graduate students with the knowledge, critical thinking, research, and communication skills necessary to explore, understand, and improve their social worlds. 

The Human Development (Counseling Services Option) Major offered by the California State University San Marcos is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on human growth and development throughout the life-span, and on the familial, social, cultural, and political networks in which individuals develop.

The Criminology and Justice Studies major at the California State University San Marcos is offered through the Sociology Department. This major draws on the intellectual traditions of sociology and critical criminology to understand the social correlates of crime and justice.

The Social Sciences Major offered by the California State University San Marcos is a multidisciplinary program that aims to provide students with a broad understanding and appreciation of the social sciences.

Geography students develop a solid understanding of how natural and human systems function both independently and through their interaction.  California State University San Marcos is offering Bachelor of Arts in Geography. 

Ethnic Studies is the study of the histories, experiences, cultures, and issues of racial-ethnic groups in the United States. As an interdisciplinary major, the B.A. in Ethnic Studies emphasizes the social and historical study of race and racism in the United States. This programme is offered at California State University San Marcos.

The Child and Adolescent Development major offered by the California State University San Marcos focuses on the developmental processes that occur from conception through the end of adolescence.

The Bachelor of Arts in Communication degree program offered by the California State University San Marcos provides students with a comprehensive knowledge of the nature of communication, its varied forms and uses, and its multiple social, cultural, and cognitive effects.

The student majoring in Economics at the California State University San Marcos will acquire a set of analytical tools and a way of thinking that will help him or her to better understand and predict the behavior of individuals, groups, and societies. 

As its primary objective, the Spanish (General Major Concentration) major offered by the California State University San Marcos promotes the study of the language and culture of Spanish-speaking people.

Sociology (Aging and the Life Course Concentration) offered by the California State University San Marcos is the study of human societies, of the institutions, organizations, and groups that compose them, and of the way individuals and groups relate to one another.

The Global Studies Program offered by the California State University San Marcos provides students with the opportunity to study international affairs from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

The major in American Indian Studies offered at California State University San Marcos provides a critical academic field of study, intellectual engagement with, and place-based understanding of, American Indian epistemologies.