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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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Laney College |
2025 - 2026 |
| To verify historical GE course approvals visit: www.assist.org. |
Area 1: English Communication and Critical Thinking |
| 9 semester units or 12 quarter units required with at least one course from each area 1A, 1B and 1C. All courses must be completed with a grade of "C-" or better. |
| 9 units minimum |
1A: Written Communication |
| ENGL C1000, C1000E. |
1B: Critical Thinking and Writing |
| ENGL C1001. |
1C: Oral Communication |
| COMM 1A, C1000. |
Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning |
| 3 semester units or 4 quarter units. Course must be completed with a grade of "C-" or better. |
| 3 units minimum |
| MATH 1, 2, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3E, 3F, 11, 15, 16A, 16B; STAT C1000. |
Area 3: Arts and Humanities |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units with at least one course in 3A-Arts and 3B-Humanities. |
| 6 units minimum |
3A: Arts (Visual Arts, Architecture, Music, Dance, Theater, and Film) |
| AFRAM 26; ARCH 107; ART 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7; ASAME 10; DANCE 1; M/LAT 37; MUSIC 10, 14A, 15A, 15B, 51A, 51B, 53A, 53B, 100, 101; PHOTO 25; THART 2. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| AFRAM 18, 29; ASAME 30; CHIN 2, 3, 4, 22B; ENGL 1B, 17A, 17B, 30A, 30B, 31, 43; FREN 1B, 2A; HUMAN 6, 7, 16, 30A, 30B, 31A, 40; JAPAN 1B, 2A; M/LAT 30A, 30B, 32, 36, 38; PHIL 1, 2, 4, 6, 14, 20A, 20B, 37; SPAN 1B, 2A, 2B, 22B, 36B, 40, 53B, 53C. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| AFRAM 1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14A, 16, 18, 23, 30, 31, 32, 35, 38, 45; ANTHR 2, 3, 7, 14, 19, 20; ASAME 2, 21, 26, 32, 35, 42; BIOL 27; COMM 19; CULIN 88; ECON 1, 2; ETHST 1, 3, 14, 30, 50; GEOG 2, 3, 18; HIST 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 7A, 7B, 19; JOURN 62; LABST 10; M/LAT 12, 19, 23, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35; NATAM 1, 2, 35; POLS C1000; POSCI 2, 3, 4, 6, 16; PSYC C1000; PSYCH 6, 7A, 12, 21, 24, 26, 28; SOC 1, 2, 5, 8, 13, 120; SOCSC 19, 20. |
Area 5: Physical/Biological Sciences |
| 7 semester units or 9 quarter units required with at least one course from Physical Science and one course from Biological Science. One Physical or Biological Science course must include a laboratory (underlined). |
| 7 units minimum |
5A: Physical Science |
| ASTR 10; CHEM 1A, 1B, 10, 12A, 12B, 30A, 30B, 32; GEOG 1, 1L, 19; GEOL 10; PHYS 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 10. |
5B: Life Science |
| ANTHR 1, 1L; BIOL 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 20A, 20B, 24. |
5C: Science Lab |
| Students must select at least one laboratory (see underlined courses in areas 5A and 5B). |
Area 6: Ethnic Studies |
| 3 semester units or 4 quarter units required. |
| 3 units minimum |
| AFRAM 1; ETHST 30; M/LAT 31, 33. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| AFRAM 30 - US 1 |
| AFRAM 31 - US 1 |
| ASAME 2 - US 1 |
| ETHST 1 - US 1 |
| HIST 7A - US 1 & US 2 |
| HIST 7B - US 1 |
| M/LAT 34 - US 1 |
| POSCI 1 - US 2 & US 3 |
| POSCI 6 - US 2 |
| POSCI 16 - US 3 |
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