CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU) GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Students are required to complete a minimum of 39 units in areas A-E for full certification of lower division general education requirements. Upon request to the Admissions and Records Office, CHC will certify completion of the following pattern to be applied toward the total general education requirement at any CSU.

This pattern of general education IS NOT applicable to any campus of the University of California (UC). Please refer to the specific UC catalog of your choice, and/or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) for transfer to CSU and UC.

Completed courses MAY NOT be applied in more than one area.

COURSES IN BOLD PRINT ARE RETROACTIVELY APPROVED FOR FALL 2017 AND THEREAFTER.

Acceptable scores on Advanced Placement tests as listed on the College Credit for Advanced Placement (AP) Chart and the College Level Examination Program tests as listed on the CLEP Chart may be used for CSUGE certification.
 
A. ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION AND CRITICAL THINKING
9 semester units or 12 quarter units required. Students MUST complete one course in each of the three areas listed with a "C" or better prior to transfer.

1. COMMST 100, COMMST 100H, COMMST 111, COMMST 111H, COMMST 140
2. ENGL 101, ENGL 101H
3. COMMST 125, COMMST 125H, ENGL 102, 102H, PHIL 103


B. SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING
9 semester units or 12 quarter units required. Choose at least one course from each area. At least one of the science courses must have a
laboratory. Laboratory courses are underlined.

1. Physical Science

2. Life Science

3. Laboratory Activity
This requirement is satisfied by completion of any laboratory course in B1 or B2.
Laboratory courses are underlined.

4. Mathematics
CSCI 200; MATH 102, MATH 103, MATH 110, MATH 110H, MATH 115, MATH 141, MATH 160, MATH 200, MATH 250, MATH  251, MATH 252, MATH 265, MATH 266; PSYCH 120


C. ARTS AND HUMANITIES
9 semester units or 12 quarter units required. MUST include at least one course from area 1 AND area 2. Two courses maximum per discipline may be applied.

1.  ART 100, ART 100H, ART 102, ART 102H, ART 103, ART 105, ART 113
DANCE 200, DANCE 200H
ENGL 108, ENGL 109, ENGL 226
HUM 140
MUSIC 100, MUS 103, MUS 103H, MUS 120, MUS 120H, MUS 134; THART 100, THART 100H, THART 108, THART 109, THART 226



D. SOCIAL SCIENCES
9 semester units or 12 quarter units required. Two courses maximum per discipline may be applied.
POLIT 100 or POLIT 100H PLUS HIST 100, HIST 100H, HIST 101 or 101H fulfill the U S History, Constitution & American Ideals requirements for CSU graduation.
ANTHRO 100, ANTHRO 102, ANTHRO 102H, ANTHRO 106, ANTHRO 106H, ANTHRO 107, ANTHRO 110, ANTHRO 125, ANTHRO 136; ASL 115; CD 105, CD 126; COMMST 135, COMMST 174; ECON 100, ECON 200, ECON 200H, ECON 201, ECON 201H; GEOG 102, GEOG 102H, GEOG 120


E. LIFELONG LEARNING AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT
3 semester units or 4 quarter units required.
BUSAD 155
CD 101, CD 105
COUN 100, COUN 110, COUN 111, COUN 120, COUN 130
COMMST 155, COMMST 178
DANCE 101, DANCE 102, DANCE 103, DANCE 104 (one unit maximum)
HEALTH 102, HEALTH 263, HEALTH 263H
KIN 200
KIN/D, KIN/F (other than 049 and 970ABCD), KIN/S, KIN/X and any DANCE courses cross-listed with these KIN courses (one unit maximum)
PSYCH 103, PSYCH 111, PSYCH 118
SOC 150



If your goal is to complete an AS-T in Biology or Chemistry, please see a counselor and the CHC catalog for information on CSUGE for STEM.
When a course is approved for CSUGE, it applies for certification starting with the year of approval and ending when it is removed.
At least 30 units of the 60 units required for upper division transfer must be selected from the general education courses in areas A through E. Each of the courses within these 30 units must be completed with a grade of "C" or better.  Additionally, at least one course from each of areas A1, A2, A3, AND B4 must be completed with a grade of "C" or better prior to upper division transfer.  "C-" or better is required for courses passed along from other colleges.