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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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Pasadena City 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 001AS, C1000, C1000H. |
1B: Critical Thinking and Writing |
| ENGL 001B, 001BH, C1001, C1001H; PHIL 025, 025H; PHSC 002. |
1C: Oral Communication |
| COMM C1000, C1000H. |
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 |
| BUS 014A, 014B; MATH 003, 005A, 005AH, 005B, 005BH, 005C, 005CH, 006A, 009, 010, 010H, 015, 022, 055, 055H; STAT 015, 018, C1000, C1000H. |
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) |
| ARCH 024A, 024B; ART 001A, 001B, 001C, 003A, 003B, 004A, 004B, 004C, 004D, 005, 007, 008, 009, 014; CHIN 022, 050; CINE 007A, 007B, 025; DANC 021A, 021B; DMA 002; FRNC 050; ITAL 050; JAPN 050; MUSC 007A, 007B, 021, 022, 023, 024A, 024B, 025, 027, 028; MUSP 007; PHOT 010; SPAN 050; THRT 001, 005A, 005B. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| CHIN 003, 004, 005, 010, 012; ENGL 010, 011, 024, 025A, 025C, 025D, 025E, 025F, 025G, 025H, 025I, 025J, 026, 030A, 030B, 030C, 044A, 044B, 044C, 045A, 045B, 046A, 046B, 048, 049A, 049B, 053, 054, 055, 057, 058, 059, 060, 061, 065, 075, 078A, 078B, 082A, 082B, 085; ETH 051, 055, 061A, 061B, 065, 071, 075, 081, 085; FRNC 003, 004, 006, 010, 012, 016; GRMN 003, 004, 005, 010, 012; HIST 001A, 001B, 002A, 002B, 005A, 005B, 007A, 007AH, 007B, 007BH, 008, 009A, 009B, 016, 018, 019, 025B, 025D, 025F, 025I, 027A, 027B, 030, 051, 061A, 061B, 071, 081; HUM 001, 002, 003, 004; ITAL 003, 004, 010, 012; JAPN 003, 004, 005, 010, 011, 012; LING 010, 011, 015; PHIL 001, 001H, 003, 007, 008, 020A, 020B, 031, 037; PORT 003, 004; RELG 001, 002, 003; RUSS 011; SPAN 003, 004, 005, 006A, 006B, 012, 025, 031, 042A, 042B, 044A, 044B. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| ANTH 001, 001H, 002, 002H, 003, 004, 005, 006, 009, 012, 086; ASL 015; COMM 001; ECON 001A, 001AH, 001B, 001BH; ENGL 012; ENVS 002; ETH 014, 014H, 051, 061A, 061B, 062, 063, 071, 072, 073, 081, 082, 083, 086; GEOG 002, 003; GLBL 001, 002; HED 051; HIST 001A, 001B, 002A, 002B, 005A, 005B, 007A, 007AH, 007B, 007BH, 008, 009A, 009B, 016, 018, 019, 025B, 025D, 025F, 025I, 027, 027A, 027B, 030, 051, 061A, 061B, 071, 081; LING 012, 014, 016, 017; POLS 002, 006, 007, 021, 022, C1000; PSYC 002, 003, 005, 021, 021H, 022, 023, 024, 025, 062, 072, 082, C1000, C1000H; SOC 001, 001H, 002, 014, 014H, 015, 016, 022, 024, 030, 035, 063, 073, 083; SOSC 017; SPCH 013. |
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 |
| AGPS 004, 012; ASTR 001, 012; CHEM 001A, 001B, 002A, 002B, 008A, 008B, 022; ENVS 001, 003; GEOG 001, 001L, 004; GEOL 001, 001F, 002, 002F, 003, 003F, 004, 006, 012, 012F, 012L, 021, 021L, 022, 023; PHSC 003, 003L; PHYS 002A, 002B, 008A, 008B, 008C, 010, 010L, 031A, 031B. |
5B: Life Science |
| AGPS 004; ANAT 025; ANTH 001, 001H, 001L; BIOL 002, 003, 004, 010A, 010B, 010C, 011, 011H, 014, 016, 038, 039; MICR 002; NUTR 011; PSYC 002; PYSO 001. |
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 |
| ANTH 086; ENGL 055, 065, 075, 085; ETH 014, 014H, 051, 055, 061A, 061B, 062, 063, 065, 071, 073, 075, 081, 082, 083, 085, 086; HIST 051, 061A, 061B, 071, 081; PSYC 062, 082; SOC 014, 014H, 063, 073, 083. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| ETH 061A - US 1 |
| ETH 061B - US 1 |
| ETH 071 - US 1 |
| ETH 081 - US 1 |
| HIST 007A - US 1 |
| HIST 007AH - US 1 |
| HIST 007B - US 1 |
| HIST 007BH - US 1 |
| HIST 025B - US 1 |
| HIST 071 - US 1 |
| HIST 081 - US 1 |
| POLS 1 - US 2 & US 3 |
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