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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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Santa Rosa Junior 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 |
| EMLS 10; ENGL C1000. |
1B: Critical Thinking and Writing |
| COMM 9; ENGL C1001; PHIL 5. |
1C: Oral Communication |
| COMM 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 1A, 1B, 4, 9, 10, 16, 25, 27; PSYC 9; 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) |
| ANTH 43; ART 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 3, 4; COMM 2; DANC 2, 7; FMA 4, 10, 14, 15, 17, 44; GD 15; MUSC 6.1, 6.2, 7, 8, 9, 10; THAR 1, 2, 6. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| ANTH 31; ARCH 2.1, 2.2, 2.3; ASL 2; ENGL 1B, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 22, 25, 27, 30.1, 30.2, 31, 32, 33, 36, 46.1, 46.2; FMA 6, 17; FREN 2, 3, 4; GERM 2, 3, 4; HIST 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 4.2; HUM 4.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26; ITAL 2, 3, 4; PHIL 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21; RELS 1, 2, 3, 6.66, 7, 8, 15, 21, 22, 32; SPAN 2, 3, 4, 40, 41. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| ANTH 2, 3, 4, 5, 21, 30, 32, 34, 42; CHLD 10; COMM 7, 10; COUN 7, 20; ECON 1, 2, 12; FMA 6, 44; GEOG 3, 7; HIST 5, 6, 8.1, 8.2, 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 30, 33; KIN 5, 8; POLS 2, 10, 11, 12, 18, 25, C1000; PSYC 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 30, 34, 35, 40, C1000; SOC 1, 2, 3, 10, 15, 30. |
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 3, 3L, 4, 4L, 12, 42; CHEM 3A, 3AL, 3B, 8, 12A, 12B, 42; ENVS 8, 12; GEOG 4, 4L, 10, 10L; GEOL 1, 1L, 2, 11, 20; MTER 10, 10L; PHSC 21; PHYS 11, 20A, 20B, 40, 41, 42. |
5B: Life Science |
| AGRI 20; ANAT 1, 40; ANTH 1, 1L, 19; BIO 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 25, 27, 31; BTNY 10; MICR 5; PHYZ 1. |
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 |
| ETHS 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| HIST 17.1 - US 1 |
| HIST 17.2 - US 1 |
| HIST 18.1 - US 1 |
| HIST 18.2 - US 1 |
| HIST 21 - US 1 |
| POLS 1 - US 2 & US 3 |
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