(Cal-GETC) California General Education Transfer Curriculum Certificate of Achievement

Completion of the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) will permit a student to transfer from a California Community College (CCC) to a California State University (CSU) campus or a University of California(UC) campus or program generally without the need, after transfer, to take additional lower-division general education courses. All courses must be completed with a "C" or better. ("C-" grades are not acceptable.)

Major/Program Requirements

AREA 1 - ENGLISH COMMUNICATION

3 courses: one (1) from each group; 9 semester or 12 quarter units.

A. English Composition:

One (1) course; 3 semester/4 quarter units.

ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H

Academic Reading and Writing

4.00

B. Critical Thinking and Composition:

One (1) course; 3 semester/4 quarter units.

ENGL C1001 or ENGL C1001H	Critical Thinking and Writing	4.00
PHIL 103 or PHIL 103H	Critical Thinking and Argumentation	4.00

C. Oral Communication:

One (1) course, 3 semester/4 quarter units.

COMM C1000 or COMM C1000H

Introduction to Public Speaking

3.00

AREA 2 - MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING

1 course: 3 semester/4 quarter units

CSCI 200 or MATH 200	Discrete Structures	4.00
MATH 102	College Algebra for STEM	5.00
MATH 107	College Algebra for non-STEM Majors	4.00
MATH 115	The Ideas of Mathematics	3.00
MATH 141	Calculus for Business	4.00
MATH 160	Precalculus	4.00
MATH 250	Single Variable Calculus I	4.00
MATH 251	Single Variable Calculus II	4.00
MATH 252	Multivariable Calculus	5.00
MATH 265	Linear Algebra	4.00
MATH 266	Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations	4.00
STAT C1000 or STAT C1000H	Introduction to Statistics	4.00
PSYC 120	Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences	4.00

AREA 3 - ARTS AND HUMANITIES

2 courses: one (1) from each group; 6 semester or 8 quarter units

A. Arts:

ART 100 or ART 100H	Art History I: Prehistoric Art to Medieval Art	3.00
ART 102 or ART 102H	Art History II: Renaissance Art to Contemporary Art	3.00
ART 103	Art Appreciation	3.00
ART 105	History of Modern Art	3.00
ART 113	Survey of Asian Art	3.00
DANCE 200 or DANCE 200H	Dance History and Appreciation	3.00
ENGL 108 or THART 108	World Drama I	3.00
ENGL 109 or THART 109	World Drama II	3.00
ENGL 226 or THART 226	Play and Screenplay Analysis	3.00
MUSIC 100	Fundamental Skills in Music	3.00
MUSIC 103 or MUSIC 103H	Appreciation of American Popular Music	3.00
MUSIC 120 or MUSIC 120H	Appreciation of Musical Literature	3.00
MUSIC 134	Jazz History	3.00
THART 100 or THART 100H	Introduction to Theatre	3.00

B. Humanities

ANTHRO 107 or ETHS 107 or HIST 107	Native Peoples of North America	3.00
ANTHRO 110 or RELIG 110	Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion	3.00
ANTHRO 125	Language and Culture	3.00
ASL 102	American Sign Language II	4.00
ASL 103	American Sign Language III	4.00
ASL 104	American Sign Language IV	4.00
ASL 105	American Sign Language V	3.00
ASL 115	The American Deaf Experience: Introduction to Deaf Studies	3.00
ENGL 150 or RELIG 150	Classical Mythology	3.00
ENGL 152 or ENGL 152H	Intermediate Composition and Literature	4.00
ENGL 155 or ENGL 155H	Children's Literature	3.00
ENGL 160 or ENGL 160H	Literature by Women	3.00
ENGL 162 or ETHS 162	Asian American Literature	3.00
ENGL 163 or ETHS 163	Chicano/Latino Literature	3.00
ENGL 164 or ETHS 164	Native American Literature	3.00
ENGL 165 or ETHS 165	African-American Literature	3.00
ENGL 170	The Film Experience	3.00
ENGL 250	Prose	3.00
ENGL 260	Survey of American Literature I	3.00
ENGL 261	Survey of American Literature II	3.00
ENGL 270	Survey of British Literature I	3.00
ENGL 271	Survey of British Literature II	3.00
ENGL 275	Shakespeare	3.00
ENGL 280	World Literature to the 17th Century	3.00
ENGL 281	World literature from the 17th Century to the Present	3.00
HEALTH 104	Introduction to Public Health	3.00
HIST 100 or HIST 100H	History of the United States to 1877	3.00
HIST 101 or HIST 101H	History of the United States 1865 to Present	3.00
HIST 145	California History	3.00
HIST 150	Survey of Latin American History	3.00
HIST 170 or HIST 170H	World Civilizations (3500BCE - 1500CE)	3.00
HIST 171 or HIST 171H	World Civilizations (1500CE to the Present)	3.00
HUM 101	The Humanities I: Prehistoric to Medieval	3.00
HUM 102	The Humanities II: Renaissance to Post Modern	3.00
HUM 140	Humanities Through the Arts	3.00
JAPN 103	College Japanese III	5.00
JAPN 104	College Japanese IV	5.00
PHIL 101 or PHIL 101H	Introduction to Philosophy	3.00
PHIL 105 or PHIL 105H	Intro to Ethics: Contemporary Moral Problems	3.00
PHIL 107	Social and Political Philosophy	3.00
PHIL 109	Philosophy of Religion	3.00
RELIG 100 or RELIG 100H	Introduction to Religious Studies	3.00
RELIG 101 or RELIG 101H	Introduction to World Religions	3.00
RELIG 113	Introduction to Eastern Religions	3.00
RELIG 120	Introduction to Islam	3.00
RELIG 135 or HIST 135	Religion in America	3.00
RELIG 175 or ENGL 175	Literature and Religion of the Bible	3.00
RELIG 176	Jesus and His Interpreters	3.00
SPAN 103	College Spanish III	5.00
SPAN 104	College Spanish IV	5.00

AREA 4 - SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

2 courses: In two (2) disciplines; 6 semester/8 quarter units

ANTHRO 100	Introduction to Archaeology	3.00
ANTHRO 102 or ANTHRO 102H	Cultural Anthropology	3.00
ANTHRO 106 or ANTHRO 106H	Biological Anthropology	3.00
ANTHRO 107 or ETHS 107 or HIST 107	Native Peoples of North America	3.00
ANTHRO 110 or RELIG 110	Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion	3.00
ANTHRO 125	Language and Culture	3.00
ASL 115	The American Deaf Experience: Introduction to Deaf Studies	3.00
CD 105 or CD 105H	Child Growth and Development	3.00
CD 126	Child, Family and Community	3.00
CD 182	Diversity & Child Development	3.00
COMM 135 or JOUR 135	Mass Communication in Society	3.00
COMM 174	Intercultural Communication in a Diverse World	3.00
ECON 100	Introduction to Economics	3.00
ECON 200 or ECON 200H	Principles of Macroeconomics	3.00
ECON 201 or ECON 201H	Principles of Microeconomics	3.00
ETHS 106 or SOC 106	Introduction to Women's Studies Through an Ethnic Studies Lens	3.00
ETHS 132 or SOC 132	Identity and Ideology: Introduction to Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies	3.00
ETHS 141 or SOC 141 or SOC 141H or ETHS 141H	Race, Ethnicity and Diversity	3.00
GEOG 102 or GEOG 102H	Human Geography	3.00
GEOG 120	World Regional Geography	3.00
HIST 100 or HIST 100H	History of the United States to 1877	3.00
HIST 101 or HIST 101H	History of the United States 1865 to Present	3.00
HIST 135 or RELIG 135	Religion in America	3.00
HIST 145	California History	3.00
HIST 150	Survey of Latin American History	3.00
HIST 170 or HIST 170H	World Civilizations (3500BCE - 1500CE)	3.00
HIST 171 or HIST 171H	World Civilizations (1500CE to the Present)	3.00
POLS C1000 or POLS C1000H	American Government and Politics	3.00
POLS 102	California Politics and Culture	3.00
POLS 104	Introduction to Comparative Politics	3.00
POLS 106	Introduction to World Politics	3.00
POLS 110	Introduction to Political Theory	3.00
PSYC C1000 or PSYC C1000H	Introduction to Psychology	3.00
PSYC 102	Personal and Social Adjustment	3.00
PSYC 103	Theories of Personality	3.00
PSYC 110	Abnormal Psychology	3.00
PSYC 111	Developmental Psychology: Lifespan	3.00
PSYC 118	Human Sexual Behavior	3.00
RELIG 120	Introduction to Islam	3.00
SOC 100 or SOC 100H	Introduction to Sociology	3.00
SOC 105	Social Problems	3.00
SOC 130	Marriage, Family and Intimate Relationships	3.00
SOC 145	Sex, Gender and Society	3.00
SOC 150	Gerontology	3.00

AREA 5 - PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

2 courses: One (1) Physical Science course and one (1) Biological Science course; 7 semester/9 quarter units. At least one (1) course must include a laboratory. Courses with a laboratory component are designated in 5C and underlined in lists 5A and 5B.

A. Physical Science

ASTRON 150 or ASTRON 150H	Introduction to Astronomy	3.00
CHEM 101	Introduction to Chemistry	4.00
CHEM 102	Introduction to Organic Chemistry	4.00
CHEM 123	Chemistry for Everyone	3.00
CHEM 150	General Chemistry I	5.00
CHEM 151	General Chemistry II	5.00
CHEM 212	Organic Chemistry I	5.00
CHEM 213	Organic Chemistry II	5.00
GEOG 110 or GEOG 110H	Physical Geography	3.00
GEOG 114	Investigations in Weather and Climate	4.00
GEOG 115	Elements of Weather and Climate	3.00
GEOG 126	Geography of California	3.00
GEOL 100 or GEOL 100H	Physical Geology	4.00
GEOL 101 or GEOL 101H	Introduction to Geology	3.00
GEOL 112	Historical Geology	4.00
GEOL 113	Earth and Life History	3.00
GEOL 140	Earth Science	3.00
GEOL 150 or GEOL 150H	Contemporary Geology: Hazards, Resources and Environmental Concerns	3.00
GEOL 250	Geology of California	3.00
OCEAN 100	Investigations in Oceanography	4.00
OCEAN 101 or OCEAN 101H	Elements of Oceanography	3.00
PHYSIC 100	Introduction to Physics	4.00
PHYSIC 110	General Physics I	4.00
PHYSIC 111	General Physics II	4.00
PHYSIC 250	College Physics I	4.00
PHYSIC 251	College Physics II	4.00
PHYSIC 252	College Physics III	4.00

B. Biological Science

ANAT 101	Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology	4.00
ANAT 150	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	4.00
ANAT 151	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	4.00
ANTHRO 106 or ANTHRO 106H	Biological Anthropology	3.00
BIOL 100	General Biology	4.00
BIOL 123	Ecology and Environment	3.00
BIOL 130 or BIOL 130H	Cell and Molecular Biology	4.00
BIOL 131 or BIOL 131H	Populations and Organisms	4.00
MICRO 100	Microbes and Society	3.00
MICRO 102	Introductory Microbiology	4.00
MICRO 150	Medical Microbiology	5.00

C. Laboratory

ANTHRO 116	Biological Anthropology Laboratory	1.00
ASTRON 160	Astronomy Laboratory	1.00
CHEM 101	Introduction to Chemistry	4.00
CHEM 102	Introduction to Organic Chemistry	4.00
CHEM 150	General Chemistry I	5.00
CHEM 151	General Chemistry II	5.00
CHEM 212	Organic Chemistry I	5.00
CHEM 213	Organic Chemistry II	5.00
GEOG 111 or GEOG 111H	Physical Geography Laboratory	1.00
GEOG 114	Investigations in Weather and Climate	4.00
GEOL 100 or GEOL 100H	Physical Geology	4.00
GEOL 112	Historical Geology	4.00
GEOL 141	Earth Science Laboratory	1.00
GEOL 160	Geology Laboratory	1.00
OCEAN 100	Investigations in Oceanography	4.00
PHYSIC 100	Introduction to Physics	4.00
PHYSIC 110	General Physics I	4.00
PHYSIC 111	General Physics II	4.00
PHYSIC 250	College Physics I	4.00
PHYSIC 251	College Physics II	4.00
PHYSIC 252	College Physics III	4.00

AREA 6 - ETHNIC STUDIES

1 course; 3 semester or 4 quarter units

ENGL 163 or ETHS 163	Chicano/Latino Literature	3.00
ENGL 164 or ETHS 164	Native American Literature	3.00
ETHS 132 or SOC 132	Identity and Ideology: Introduction to Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies	3.00
ETHS 141 or SOC 141 or SOC 141H or ETHS 141H	Race, Ethnicity and Diversity	3.00

Optional Requirements Outside of CAL-GETC:

CSU GRADUATION REQUIREMENT- U.S. History, Constitution and American Ideals (American Institutions)

This area is not part of Cal-GETC. Courses MAY be used to partially satisfy areas 3B or 4 per current Cal-GETC Standards.

6 semester units, one course from Group 1 and one course from Group 2

Group 1 - POLS C1000, POLS C1000H;

Group 2 - HIST 100, HIST 100H, HIST 101, HIST 101H

* Courses may be listed in more than one area, but may not be applied in more than one. The only exceptions to this are courses listed in 3B.

** Indicates that transfer credit may be limited by UC or CSU or both. Please see the catalog or consult a counselor.

Additional Cal-GETC Information

* Indicates courses may be listed in more than one area but shall not be certified in a second area except for Language Other Than English and American Institutions.

** Indicates that UC, CSU, or both may limit transfer credit. Please consult with a Counselor.

Previously completed CCC courses can only be used for Cal-GETC if they were included on IGETC in 2024-2025 and on Cal-GETC in 2025-2026.

Advanced Placement (AP) Exam scores of 3, 4, and 5 may be used to satisfy Cal-GETC subject areas except Critical Thinking and Composition (1B) and Oral Communication (1C). Please see the CHC Catalog AP Chart.
International Baccalaureate (IB) Exam scores of 5, 6, and 7 on Higher Level exams may be used to satisfy many Cal-GETC area requirements. Please see the CHC Catalog IB Chart.
Cal-GETC is meant for new California Community College students, starting in Fall 2025 or later. Continuing students who started before Fall 2025 may choose this pattern.
CSU: Students who have maintained continuous enrollment at a California Community College or CSU or combination of the two that started before Fall 2025 may use the previous pattern, (CSUGE). Please see www.assist.org and talk with a Counselor.
UC: Entering UC transfer students may follow the IGETC Standards version current to when they began at a CCC, any subsequent version, or Cal-GETC. This policy applies to any CCC transfer student regardless of continuous enrollment. Please see www.assist.org and talk with a Counselor.

2025-2026 Catalog