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Aug 31, 2024
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2021-2022 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]
General Education Program
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General Education Requirements
A. Communication Skills
(9 units minimum)
Include one course from each subarea (A1, A2, and A3).
B. Natural Sciences and Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
(13 units minimum)
Include one course from each subarea (B1, B2, B3, B4, and UD‐B).
2. Biological/Life Sciences
3. Laboratory Requirement
B3 may also be satisfied by completing a B1 or B2 course that includes a laboratory component.
4. Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
UD‐B: Upper Division B
(3 units minimum)
Complete 3 units. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained. In order to receive GE credit, students must have completed 45 units at the time of registration, and have completed the following by the start of the Upper Division G.E. course: General Education oral communication (A1), written communication (A2), critical thinking (A3), and mathematics/quantitative reasoning (B4) courses (the “Golden Four” courses).
g. Other Natural Sciences
h. Physics and Physical Sciences
C. Arts and Humanities
(12 units minimum)
Complete 3 units in each subarea (C1, C2, UD‐C), and any additional 3 lower-division units from C1 or C2.
2. Literature/Philosophy/World Languages
UD‐C: Upper Division C
(3 units minimum)
Complete 3 units. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained. In order to receive GE credit, students must have completed 45 units at the time of registration, and have completed the following by the start of the Upper Division G.E. course: General Education oral communication (A1), written communication (A2), critical thinking (A3), and mathematics/quantitative reasoning (B4) courses (the “Golden Four” courses).
D. Social, Economic, and Political Institutions and Human Behavior
(9 units minimum)
Include 3 units from D1, 3 units from D2, and 3 units from UD‐D. Courses shall be completed from at least two different disciplines.
1. United States History
The California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 40404, requires “…comprehensive study of American history and American government including the historical development of American institutions and ideals, the Constitution of the United States and the operation of representative democratic government under that Constitution, and the processes of state and local government…”
2. Human Institutions, Societies, and Cultures
UD‐D: Upper-Division D
(3 units minimum)
Complete 3 units. Upper Division G.E. courses are designed to be taken after upper-division status (completion of 60 semester units) is attained. In order to receive GE credit, students must have completed 45 units at the time of registration, and have completed the following by the start of the Upper Division G.E. course: General Education oral communication (A1), written communication (A2), critical thinking (A3), and mathematics/quantitative reasoning (B4) courses (the “Golden Four” courses).
d. Business Administration
p. Politics and Public Administration
E. Lifelong Learning and Self‐Development
(3 units minimum)
Complete 3 units. Requirement may not be satisfied entirely through Physical Education Activities courses (KINS 1010-1999 ).
F. Ethnic Studies
(3 units minimum)
Commencing with the 2021-22 catalog year, the California State University shall require, as an undergraduate graduation requirement, the completion of, at minimum, one three- unit course in ethnic studies. Courses listed below fulfill this requirement.
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