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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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College of Alameda |
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 |
| COMM 5; ENGL C1001. |
1C: Oral Communication |
| COMM 1A, 4, 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; SOCSC 125; 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) |
| ART 1, 2, 3, 4, 8A, 8B, 122; DANCE 2; M/LAT 30A, 30B; MUSIC 9, 10, 12A, 12B, 15A, 15B. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| CHIN 10B, 11A, 11B, 12A, 12B; ENGL 1B, 16, 27A, 27B, 30A, 30B, 31, 32A, 79; GERM 1B; HIST 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 12, 17, 18, 19, 53A, 53B; HUMAN 1, 2, 3, 13A, 15, 40; M/LAT 2A, 2B, 2C, 3, 18A, 18B; PHIL 1, 2, 4, 5, 20A, 20B; POSCI 4; SPAN 1B, 2A, 2B; VIET 2A, 2B. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 |
| AFRAM 5, 8, 10, 18, 30, 31, 32; ANTHR 2, 3, 7, 19; ASAME 45A, 45B; COMM 6; ECON 1, 2, 3, 5, 6; ETHST 1; GEOG 2, 3; HIST 2A, 2B, 5, 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 11, 12, 17, 19, 50, 51, 52, 53A, 53B, 56; HUMAN 13A, 60; M/LAT 18A, 18B, 40; POLS C1000; POSCI 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 26, 31, 37, 38; PSYC C1000; PSYCH 1B, 3, 7A, 7B, 9A, 9B, 12, 18, 24, 28, 29, 32; SOC 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, 120. |
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 1, 10; BIOL 102; CHEM 1A, 1B, 30A, 30B, 50; GEOG 1, 1L, 15, 18; GEOL 1, 2, 3, 3L, 10, 18, 22; PHYS 4A, 4B, 4C. |
5B: Life Science |
| ANTHR 1, 1L, 21; BIOL 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4, 10, 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 |
| ETHST 1. |
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 |
| HIST 7A - US 1 & US 2 |
| HIST 7B - US 1 |
| HIST 18 - US 1 |
| HIST 50 - US 1 |
| HIST 51 - US 1 |
| POSCI 1 - US 2 & US 3 |
| POSCI 26 - US 2 & US 3 |
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