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Dec 04, 2024
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2015-2016 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
General Education-Course Lists
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Certain professional programs include GE course patterns not listed here. Students should consult the curriculum of the specific major to identify the exact GE requirement for the major. The symbol (+) indicates that a course may be taken on a credit/no credit basis. Please refer to the corresponding major section in this catalog for prerequisites and a detailed description of general education courses listed below.
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AREA A-Communication and Critical Thinking: 12 units:
Students must take one course from each sub-area. 2. Written Communication:
AREA B-Mathematics and Natural Science: 16 units
To fulfill all B area requirements, students must take at least one course from each sub-area, for a total of 16 units. 3. Laboratory Activity:
Laboratory courses are marked with an “L” following the course number. At least one laboratory course from GE Sub-areas B1 or B2 must be taken to fulfill the GE Sub-area B3 requirement. Activity courses, which are marked with an “A” following the course number, do not fulfill the GE Sub-area B3 requirement.
4. Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning:
Students must meet all course prerequisites before enrolling in any mathematics or statistics course. Note(s):
*Recommended for students who plan to meet state requirements for elementary school teachers. Students must complete MAT 194 , MAT 394 , MAT 395 , and MAT 494 to meet the GE Sub-area B4 requirement.
5. Science and Technology Synthesis (upper division):
Students must complete all GE lower-division requirements in Areas A and B before they take any GE B5 Synthesis course. Select at least 4 units of coursework from the following list:
Note(s):
*These interdisciplinary courses fulfill units in more than one of the three required GE Synthesis areas. All students are required to complete three different Synthesis courses that cover the three required GE Synthesis areas. For Liberal Studies and Gender, Ethnicity, and Multicultural Studies Majors with Pre-Credential and BA/Credential Subplans only:
Required for students who plan to meet state requirements for elementary school teachers and for Pre-Credential and BA/Credential subplans in Liberal Studies and Gender, Ethnicity, and Multicultural Studies. The following courses are to be taken in sequence. Students must take all courses listed in order to meet General Education requirements. See departmental advisor for more information.
AREA C-Humanities: 16 units
Students are required to take at least one course from each sub-area. A minimum of 16 units must be completed. See also the Interdisciplinary General Education Program (IGE) Section, which is the pattern recommended for students in Engineering and Architecture. 1. Visual and Performing Arts:
2. Philosophy and Civilization:
3. Literature and Foreign Languages:
4. Humanities Synthesis (upper division):
Students must complete all GE lower-division requirements in Areas A and C before they take any GE C4 Synthesis course. Select one course from the following list:
Note(s):
*These interdisciplinary courses fulfill units in only one of the three required GE Synthesis areas. All students are required to complete three different Synthesis courses that cover the three required GE Synthesis areas. AREA D-Social Sciences: 20 units
Students must take two courses in GE Sub-area 1, and at least one course from each of GE Sub-areas 2, 3, and 4. See also the Interdisciplinary General Education Program (IGE) section, which is the recommended pattern for most students in engineering and architecture.
1. U.S. History, Constitution, and American Ideals (8 units):
2. History, Economics, and Political Science:
3. Sociology, Anthropology, Ethnic and Gender Studies:
4. Social Science Synthesis (upper division):
Students must complete all GE lower-division requirements in Areas A and D before they take any GE D4 Synthesis course. Select one course from the following list:
- * AG 401 - Ethical Issues in Food, Agricultural, and Apparel Industries (4)
- ANT 320 - Native Peoples of California (4)
- * ANT 350 - Environment, Technology and Culture (4)
- * ANT 360 - Magic, Shamanism, and Religion (4)
- ANT 379 - Cultural Areas of the World (4)
- * ANT 405 - The Anthropology of Gender (4)
- BUS 452 - Politics, Economics and Business Practice in International Destinations (4)
- * CLS 482 - International Destination and the United States: Cross-Cultural Analysis (4)
- * COM 314 - Organizational Communication Theory (4)
- COM 327 - Intercultural Communication (4)
- COM 413 - Public Opinion, Propaganda and the Mass Media (4)
- COM 423 - Political Economy of Mass Communication (4)
- * CS 375 - Computers and Society (4)
- * DAN 449 - Dance in Contemporary Culture (4)
- * EC 417 - Socioeconomics of War and Peace (4)
- * EC 441 - Industry Studies (4)
- EC 442 - Economywide Country Studies (4)
- EC 480 - Policies of Need and Greed (4) or
- PLS 480 - Policies of Need and Greed (4)
- EGR 322 - California Land and Boundaries Law (4)
- EGR 445 - Role of Design Professionals in Society (4)
- EWS 370 - Women and Law (4)
- EWS 380 - Women in Global Perspective (4)
- EWS 401 - African American Contemporary Issues (4)
- EWS 402 - Chicano/Latino Contemporary Issues (4)
- * EWS 403 - Native American Contemporary Issues (4)
- EWS 404 - Asian American Contemporary Issues (4)
- * EWS 407 - Diverse Sexual and Gender Identities (4)
- * EWS 425 - Gender, Identity and Technology (4)
- EWS 431 - Ethnicity, Gender, and Religion (4)
- * EWS 441 - Women, Health, and Social Justice (4)
- EWS 445 - Multiethnic Heritage of California (4)
- * EWS 450 - Multiracial and Hybrid Identities (4)
- * EWS 451 - Ethnicity, Identity, and Diaspora (4)
- EWS 452 - Ethnicity, Race and Sexuality (4)
- * GEO 351 - Geography of California (4)
- HST 324 - Europe 1789-1850: Revolution and Reaction (4)
- HST 337 - Latin America Since 1900 (4)
- * HST 406 - Women in the United States (4)
- HST 407 - History of American Workers, 1877 to the Present (4)
- * HST 408 - History of American Science and Technology (4)
- * HST 421 - The Scientific Revolution (4)
- * HST 423 - Modern Science in World History (4)
- * HST 433 - Nonviolence in the Modern World (4)
- * IME 403 - Asset Allocation in Technical Decision Making (4)
- * KIN 370 - Stress Management for Healthy Living (4)
- * MU 310 - History of Technology in Music (4)
- * PHL 311 - Philosophical Issues in the Law (4)
- * PHL 481 - Race and Racism in Western Thought (4)
- PLS 382 - Politics, Policy, Pop Culture (4)
- PLS 481 - California Government (4)
- PSY 325 - Multicultural Psychology (4)
- * PSY 326 - Health Psychology (4)
- PSY 455 - Human Sexual Behavior: Relationships (4)
- RS 302 - Global Regenerative Systems (4)
- * RS 303 - Organization for Regenerative Practices (4)
- * RS 450 - Sustainable Communities (4)
- SOC 301 - Contemporary Social Problems (4)
- KIN 451 - Social Inequality and Sport (4)
- SOC 451 - Social Inequality and Sport (4)
- * TH 425/425A - Community-based Theatre (3/1)
- URP 475 - Cities in a Global Economy (4)
Note(s):
*These interdisciplinary courses fulfill units in only one of the three required GE Synthesis areas. All students are required to complete three different Synthesis courses that cover the three required GE Synthesis areas.
AREA E-Lifelong Understanding and Self Development: 4 units
Use of Completion of Basic Military Training Toward Satisfaction of Area E:
Students who completed basic military training, served one year of active-duty service, and passed ENG 107 , ENG 109 , ENG 110 , or a comparable transfer course will be granted 4 units of GE Area E credit. This credit is limited to students with an other than dishonorable discharge or still on active duty. Interdisciplinary Synthesis Courses:
These courses will satisfy the requirement in one of subareas: B5, C4, D4. Students must complete all lower-division courses in Area A and relevant subareas before they take an Interdisciplinary Synthesis course.
Select one course from the following list:
- AG 401 - Ethical Issues in Food, Agricultural, and Apparel Industries (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- ANT 350 - Environment, Technology and Culture (4) (fulfills Area B5 or D4)
- ANT 360 - Magic, Shamanism, and Religion (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- ANT 405 - The Anthropology of Gender (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- CLS 482 - International Destination and the United States: Cross-Cultural Analysis (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- COM 314 - Organizational Communication Theory (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- CS 375 - Computers and Society (4) (fulfills Area B5 or D4)
- DAN 449 - Dance in Contemporary Culture (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- EC 417 - Socioeconomics of War and Peace (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- EC 441 - Industry Studies (4) (fulfills Area B5 or D4)
- EWS 403 - Native American Contemporary Issues (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- EWS 407 - Diverse Sexual and Gender Identities (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- EWS 425 - Gender, Identity and Technology (4) (fulfills Area B5 or D4)
- EWS 441 - Women, Health, and Social Justice (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- EWS 450 - Multiracial and Hybrid Identities (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- EWS 451 - Ethnicity, Identity, and Diaspora (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- GEO 351 - Geography of California (4) (fulfills Area B5 or D4)
- HST 406 - Women in the United States (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- HST 408 - History of American Science and Technology (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- HST 421 - The Scientific Revolution (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- HST 423 - Modern Science in World History (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- HST 433 - Nonviolence in the Modern World (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- IME 402 - Ethical Considerations in Technology and Applied Science (4) (fulfills Area B5 or C4)
- IME 403 - Asset Allocation in Technical Decision Making (4) (fulfills Area B5 or D4)
- KIN 370 - Stress Management for Healthy Living (4) (fulfills Area B5 or D4)
- MU 310 - History of Technology in Music (4) (fulfills Area B5 or C4 or D4)
- PHL 311 - Philosophical Issues in the Law (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- PHL 433 - Bioethics (4) (fulfills Area B5 or C4)
- PHL 453 - Cognitive Science (4) (fulfills Area B5 or C4)
- PHL 481 - Race and Racism in Western Thought (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- PSY 326 - Health Psychology (4) (fulfills Area B5 or D4)
- RS 303 - Organization for Regenerative Practices (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- RS 450 - Sustainable Communities (4) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
- TH 425/425A - Community-based Theatre (3/1) (fulfills Area C4 or D4)
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