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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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Foothill 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, C1000H; ESLL 26. |
1B: Critical Thinking and Writing |
| ENGL 1B, 1BH, C1001, C1001H; PHIL 1. |
1C: Oral Communication |
| COMM 3, 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 |
| C S 18; MATH 1A, 1AH, 1B, 1BH, 1C, 1D, 2A, 2B, 12, 17, 22, 40A, 47, 48C; PSYC 7; SOC 7; 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, 2A, 2AH, 2B, 2BH, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, 2J, 3; DANC 10; ENGL 34C; HUMN 10, 10H; KINS 5; MDIA 1, 1H, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3, 5, 8B; MUS 1, 2A, 2AH, 2B, 2BH, 2C, 2CH, 2D, 2F, 3A, 3B, 3C, 8, 8H, 9B, 10, 11B, 11D, 11E; PHIL 11; PHOT 5, 8, 8H, 10, 10H, 11, 11H; THTR 1, 2A, 2F, 8, 26. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| CRWR 25A; ENGL 5, 7, 8, 10A, 11, 11H, 12, 12A, 14, 16, 16H, 17, 18B, 22, 24, 27G, 31, 34C, 37, 38, 40, 43A, 43AH, 43B, 43BH, 45A, 45AH, 45B, 45BH, 49; HIST 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C; HUMN 1, 1H, 2, 2H, 3, 3H, 4, 4H, 5, 5H, 6, 6H, 7, 7H, 8, 9, 10, 10H, 11, 11H, 12, 12H, 14, 15; JAPN 4, 5, 6; MDIA 11, 11H, 12, 12H; PHIL 2, 4, 8, 15, 20A, 20B, 24, 25; SPAN 4, 5, 6; THTR 2A. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| ANTH 2A, 2AH, 2B, 3, 4, 5, 5H, 6, 8, 8H, 12, 14, 15, 20, 22; ART 2E; CHLD 1, 2, 8; CNSL 3, 3H; COMM 5, 10, 12; ECON 1A, 1B, 9, 9H, 25, 25H; EDUC 2; ETHN 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8; GEOG 2, 10; GLST 1, 1H, 2; HIST |
| 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C, 8, 10, 17A, 17B, 17C, 18, 20; HLTH 20, 22; HUMN 13; KINS 2, 10; MDIA 8A, 8B, 13; PHOT 8, 8H; POLI 2, 2H, 3, 3H, 4, 9, 9H, 15, 15H; POLS C1000; PSYC 2, 4, 9, 10, 14, 21, 22, 25, 30, 33, 39, 40, 49, C1000, C1000H; SOC 1, 1H, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 20, 23, 28, 30, 40, 45; SOSC 20; WMN 5, 11, 21. |
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 10A, 10B, 10BH, 10L; CHEM 1A, 1B, 1C, 12A, 12AL, 12B, 12BL, 12C, 12CL, 25, 30A, 30B; GEOG 1, 20; PHYS 2A, 2B, 2C, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 6, 12; PSE 20. |
5B: Life Science |
| ANTH 1, 1H, 1HL, 1L, 13, 13L; BIOL 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 9, 9L, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 40A, 40B, 40C, 41, 45. |
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 |
| ETHN 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| HIST 17A - US 1 |
| HIST 17B - US 1 |
| HIST 17C - US 1 |
| HIST 17CH - US 1 |
| POLI 1 - US 2 & US 3 |
| POLI 4 - US 3 |
(page last modified: 02/11/2026)
