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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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City College of San Francisco |
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. |
1B: Critical Thinking and Writing |
| COMST 2; ENGL 1B, ENGL C1001. |
1C: Oral Communication |
| COMM 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 |
| ECON 5; LALS 5; MATH 70, 75, 90, 98, 100A, 100B, 108, 110A, 110B, 110C, 115, 120, 125, 130; PSYC 5; 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) |
| AFAM 55; ARCH 31A, 31B; ART 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 118, 123U, 123V, 123W; ASIA 11; CINE 18, 23A, 23B, 57; DANC 30; LALS 14; LGBT 20, 55; MAKR 100; MUS 3A, 3B, 21, 22B, 22C, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27A, 27B, 27R, 128; PHOT 40, 50A, 50B; TH A 30, 31, 32, 33; VMD 110. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| AFAM 30, 40, 60; AMS 5; AMSL 2A; ASAM 6, 10, 35; ASIA 15, 30; CHIN 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 4A, 4B, 30A, 30B, 31A, 31B, 32, 33, 39; CINE 19, 20A, 20B, 20C, 21, 22, 23C; CLAS 35; CMST 8; ENGL 1B, 30A, 30B, 43, 44A, 44B, 46A, 46B, 46C, 48C, 48K, 51, 52, 54, 57, 58, 61, 62; ETHN 37; FREN 3, 3A, 3B, 5, 41, 42; HIST 1, 4A, 4B, 5, 9, 12A, 12B, 17A, 17B, 18A, 18B, 20, 21, 35A, 37, 40, 41A, 41B, 45; HUM 7, 8, 11, 12, 20, 25, 41A, 41B, 48; IDST 3, 4, 14, 27B, 29, 30, 31, 36, 37, 46, 47; ITAL 3A, 3B; JAPA 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 4A, 4B, 39; LALS 1; LGBT 11, 12, 15, 18, 70, 75; PHIL 2, 4, 25A, 25C; PHST 30, 39A, 39B, 42; SPAN 3, 3A, 3B, 5, 5S, 6A, 6B, 7, 22A, 22B, 22C, 31, 31A, 31B, 32, 32A, 32B, 42; WGST 10. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| ADMJ 57, 59, 65, 67; AFAM 42; AMS 5; ANTH 2, 3, 3C, 4, 8, 11, 12, 15, 20, 25, 50; ASAM 1, 8, 20, 22, 23, 27, 30, 35, 40, 42; BCST 101, 103; CDEV 53, 67; CMST 5; ECON 1, 3, 6, 15, 20, 22, 25, 30; ETHN 37, 45; GEOG 3, 4, 7; HIST 1, 4A, 4B, 5, 9, 12A, 12B, 17A, 17B, 18A, 18B, 20, 21, 35A, 37, 40, 41A, 41B, 45; HLTH 10, 52, 54, 56, 221, 231; IDST 7, 17, 30, 31, 37, 45; LALS 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15; LBCS 15, 70A, 70B, 88, 114; LGBT 5, 9, 10, 50; NAIS 38; PE 13, 28; PHST 20, 40, 50; POLS 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22, 43, 45, C1000; PSYC 2, 10, 11, 21, 23, 24, 25, 32, 40, C1000; SOC 1, 2, 3, 21, 25, 35, 52, 55; WGST 25, 35, 54. |
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, 16, 17, 18, 19; CHEM 32, 40, 101A, 101B, 110, 212A, 212B; ENRG 3, 3L; GEOG 1, 1L; GEOL 10, 10L, 11, 11L, 30, 30L, 111; OCAN 1, 1L; P SC 11, 11L; PHYC 2A, 2AL, 2B, 2BL, 4A, 4AL, 4B, 4BL, 4C, 4CL, 4D, 4DL, 10, 10L, 20, 41. |
5B: Life Science |
| ANTH 1, 1L; ASTR 4; BIO 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 32, 32L, 33, 40, 51, 51L, 61, 100A, 100B, 106, 108, 111, 112, 114, 118B, 119, 120; BTEC 4; ENVS 31, 31L; PSYC 1B. |
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 |
| AFAM 30, 40, 42, 55, 60; ASAM 1, 6, 8, 10, 20, 22, 23, 27, 30, 35, 40; ETHN 37; IDST 37; LALS 1, 2, 9, 10; LGBT 9. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| ASAM 20 - US 1 |
| ASAM 23 - US 2 & US 3 |
| HIST 1 - US 1 |
| HIST 9 - US 1 |
| HIST 12A - US 1 |
| HIST 12B - US 1 |
| HIST 17A - US 1 |
| HIST 17B - US 1 |
| HIST 41A - US 1 |
| HIST 41B - US 1 |
| HIST 45 - US 1 |
| LALS 1 - US 1 |
| LBCS 70A - US 1 |
| LBCS 70B - US 1 |
| POLS 1 - US 2 & US 3 |
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