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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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Irvine Valley 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; ESL 1. |
1B: Critical Thinking and Writing |
| ENGL C1001, C1001H; LIB 20, 20H. |
1C: Oral Communication |
| COMM 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 |
| BIO 7; CS 6A, 6B; ECON 10, 10H; HLTH 10; MATH 2, 3A, 3AH, 3B, 3BH, 4A, 5, 6A, 6B, 8, 11, 24, 24H, 26; MGT 10, 10H; PSYC 10, 10H; 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) |
| ARTH 1, 4, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33; DNCE 77, 78; MUS 1, 20, 20H, 21, 27, 28; PHOT 1; TA 20, 21, 22, 25, 25H, 26, 26H, 27, 29, 29H. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| ASL 15, 22, 23, 24; CHI 2, 3, 4, 21; ESL 80; ETHN 20; FILM 70, 71, 71H, 72, 72H, 73, 74, 75; FR 2, 3, 4; HIST 1, 1H, 2, 10, 11, 20, 21, 24, 25, 30, 40, 41, 51, 51H; HUM 1, 1H, 2, 3, 4, 10, 20, 21, 22, 27, 50; JA 2, 2H, 3, 4, 10, 21, 21H, 23, 23H; LIT 1, 1H, 7, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 30, 31, 32, 33, 42, 43, 45, 46, 46H, 49, 74; PHIL 1, 2, 5, 10, 11; POLS 5, 41; SPAN 2, 2H, 3, 4, 10. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| AJ 2, 4, 8; ANTH 2, 2H, 3, 4, 7, 9, 13; COMM 9; ECON 1, 1H, 2, 2H, 6, 13, 20, 20H; ENV 1, 6; ETHN 10, 10H, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60; FILM 40; GEOG 2, 3, 3H, 20, 38; GLBL 1, 2; GS 10, 20, 50; HD 4, 7, 15; HIST 1, 1H, 2, 11, 20, 21, 24, 25, 30, 40, 41, 51, 51H, 61; HLTH 5, 6, 7, 8; HUM 10; KNES 97; LGL 21; POLS 3, 4, 6, 12, 12H, 14, 14H, 17, 41, C1000, C1000H; PSYC 2, 3, 3H, 5, 5H, 6, 7, 9, 11, 20, 20H, 30, 32, 33, 37, 37H, C1000, C1000H; SOC 1, 1H, 2, 3, 3H, 10, 15, 19, 20, 20H, 23, 30; SRM 80, 85, 90. |
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 20, 20H, 25; BIO 10, 55; CHEM 1A, 1AH, 1B, 3, 4, 12A, 12B; ERTH 20; GEOG 1, 1L, 10, 10H; GEOL 1, 2, 3, 22, 23; MS 20; PHYS 2A, 2B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 20. |
5B: Life Science |
| ANTH 1, 1L, 1H; BIO 1, 1L, 1H, 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 19H, 21, 30, 43, 44, 51, 51H, 55, 71, 72, 80, 80H, 81, 81H, 82, 83, 93L; BIOT 70, 70L; PSYC 3, 3H, 3L. |
5C: Science Lab |
| Students must select at last 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 10, 10H, 20, 30, 40, 60. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| ETHN 30 - US 1 |
| ETHN 40 - US 1 |
| HIST 20 - US 1 |
| HIST 21 - US 1 |
| HIST 51 - US 1 |
| HIST 51H - US 1 |
| PS 1 - US 2 & US 3 |
| PS 1H - US 2 & U3 3 |
| PS 3 - US 3 |
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