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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH PATTERN
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College of Alameda |
2011 - 2012 |
| To verify historical and most current GE course approvals visit: www.assist.org or click on the pdf shown above. |
AREA A: ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION AND CRITICAL THINKING |
| Select one course from each category. All courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or better. |
| 9 units minimum |
A-1: Oral Communication |
| COMM 1A, 1B, 4, 20, 45. |
A-2: Written Communication |
| ENGL 1A. |
A-3: Critical Thinking |
| COMM 5; ENGL 5; PHIL 10. |
AREA B: SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING |
| Select one course from each category. One Physical or Life Science course must include a laboratory experience (underlined). Courses in area B-4 must be completed with a grade of "C" or better. |
| 9 units minimum |
B-1: Physical Science |
| ASTR 1; CHEM 1A, 1B, 30A, 30B, 50; GEOG 1, 1L; GEOL 10; PHYS 4A, 4B, 4C, 10. |
B-2: Life Science |
| ANTHR 1, 1L; BIOL 1A, 1B, 2, 4, 10, 11, 14, 23, 24, 26. |
B-3: Laboratory Activity |
| Students must select at least one laboratory experience (see underlined courses in areas B-1 and B-2). |
B-4: Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning |
| MATH 2, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3E, 3F, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16A, 16B, 50. |
AREA C: ARTS AND HUMANITIES |
| Select one course from area C-1, one course from area C-2, and one additional course (different discipline) from either C-1 or C-2. |
| 9 units minimum |
C-1: Arts (Art, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theatre) |
| ART 1, 2, 3, 4, 8A, 8B, 122; MUSIC 9, 10, 12A, 12B, 15A, 15B; THART 1. |
C-2: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other than English) |
| CHIN 10A, 10B, 11A, 11B, 12A, 12B; COMM 2A, 2B; ENGL 1B, 10A, 10B, 16, 17A, 17B, 27A, 27B, 30A, 30B, 31, 32A, 32B, 33A, 33B, 36, 47; FREN 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B; GERM 1A, 1B; HIST 11+; HUMAN 1, 2, 3, 13A+, 13B+, 15, 40, 51A+, 51B+, 51C+; M/LAT 2A+, 2B+, 2C+, 3+; PHIL 1, 2, 4, 5, 20A, 20B; SPAN 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 20A, 20B, 51+; VIET 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B. |
| + = Students will receive credit & certification for one course only. |
AREA D: SOCIAL SCIENCES |
| Select one course from D-1 through D-0. Students are expected to complete the American Institutions requirement in this section (courses identified in section F). |
| + = Students will receive credit & certification for one course only. |
| 9 units minimum |
D-1: Anthropology and Archaeology |
| AFRAM 32; ANTHR 2, 3, 5+, 14; HIST 2A, 2B, 17, 19, 52, 53A, 53B, 56; HUM 13A, 13B; M/LAT 18A, 18B; POSCI 1, 2, 3, 6, 16, 18; PSYCH 1A, 1B, 3, 7A, 7B, 18; SOC 1, 2, 3, 5. |
D-2: Economics |
| AFRAM 32; ANTHR 5; ASAME 45A, 45B; ECON 1, 2, 5; HIST 11, 52; POSCI 4. |
D-3: Ethnic Studies |
| AFRAM 5, 30+, 31+, 32+; ANTHR 5, 14; ASAME 45A, 45B HIST 17, 50, 51, 52; PSYCH 18; SOC 5. |
D-4: Gender Studies |
| HIST 56+; POSCI 4; SOC 3. |
D-5: Geography |
| ANTHR 5; GEOG 2; POSCI 4. |
D-6: History |
| AFRAM 30, 31, 32; ANTHR 5; ASAME 45A, 45B; HIST 2A, 2B, 5, 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B, 10A, 10B, 11+, 12, 17, 18, 19, 32, 50+, 51+, 52+, 53A+, 53B+; M/LAT 18A+, 18B+; POSCI 4. |
D-7: Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral Science |
| COMM 6, 19. |
D-8: Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions |
| POSCI 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 16, 18, 26, 31. |
D-9: Psychology |
| BIOL 27; PSYCH 1A+, 1B+, 3+, 7A, 7B, 12+, 18, 24. |
D-0: Sociology and Criminology |
| AFRAM 5; HIST 56; SOC 1, 2, 3+, 5, 13. |
AREA E: LIFELONG LEARNING AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT |
| Select a minimum of three units from the courses listed below. |
| 3 units minimum |
| BIOL 27+, 31; CIS 1; COUN 24, 30, 57; HUMAN 2+, 3+, 13A+, 13B+; PSYCH 1A+, 1B+, 3+, 9A, 9B, 12+, 18+; DANCE 10, 24, 30, 31, 40, 43, 44, 45; PE 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 21, 30, 35, 38, 39, 44, 71, 91, 96, 99, 101. |
| + = Students will receive credit & certification for one course only. |
| Physical Education and Dance classes are limited to a maximum of one semester unit of credit for General Education credit. |
AREA F: AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS (F1-2-3) |
| US 1-3 American Institutions - Select a combination of courses that fulfill the requirements for US 1-3. |
| US 1, Historical Development of American Institutions. |
| US 2, Constitution of the United States and the operation of representative democratic government under the constitution. |
| US 3, The process of California state and local government. |
| To verify historical and most current 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 15 - US 1 |
| HIST 50 - US 1 |
| HIST 51 - US 1 |
| POSCI 1 - US 2 & US 3 |
| POSCI 16 - US 3 |
| POSCI 26 - US 2 & US 3 |
