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SJSU Articulation Office
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH PATTERN
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Santa Monica College |
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 |
| SPEECH 1, 2, 5, 6, 11. |
A-2: Written Communication |
| ENGL 1. |
A-3: Critical Thinking |
| ENGL 2, 31; BUS 32; HIST 47; PHILOS 7. |
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 |
| ASTRON 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; CHEM 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22+24, 31; GEOG 1, 3, 5; GEOL 1, 4, 5, 31; PHYSCS 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24. |
B-2: Life Science |
| ANATMY 1, 2; ANTHRO 1, 5, 9; BIOL 2, 3, 4, 9, 15, 15N, 21, 22, 23; BOTANY 1, 3; MCRBIO 1; PHYS 3; PSYCH 2; ZOOL 5, 17. |
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 |
| CS 10; MATH 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 21, 26, 28, 29, 52. |
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) |
| AHIS 1, 2, 3, 11, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 52, 71, 72; ART 10A, 10B, 13, 20A, 20B, 40A, 40B; DANCE 2, 5; ENGL 26, 55; ET 61; FILM 1, 2, 6, 8; GRDES 74; HUM 26; INTARC 41; MUSIC 1, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 60A, 60B; PHOTO 52; THART 2, 5, 7, 41. |
C-2: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other than English) |
| AHIST 18; ASL 1, 2; ARABIC 1; CHNESE 1, 2, 3, 4, 9; ECON 15; ENGL 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 26, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59; FILM 5, 6, 7, 11; FRENCH 1, 2, 3, 4, 8; GERMAN 1, 2, 3, 4, 8; HEBREW 1,2, 8; HIST 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 33, 34, 41, 43, 45, 46, 48, 52, 53, 55, 62; HUM 26; ITAL 1, 2, 3, 8; JAPAN 1, 2, 3, 4, 8; KOREAN 1, 2, 3, 4; PERSIN 1, 2; PHILOS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24, 48, 51, 52; POLSC 51, 52; RELST 51, 52; RUSS 1, 2, 8; SPAN 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 20; SPEECH 2, 4; THART 7; TURKSH 1. |
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). |
| 9 units minimum |
D-1: Anthropology and Archaeology |
| ANTHRO 2, 3, 4, 7, 14, 20, 21, 22; HIST 38, 39. |
D-2: Economics |
| ECON 1, 2, 5, 6; GLOBAL 5; HIST 1, 33, 34, 38, 39; POLSC 5. |
D-3: Ethnic Studies |
| HIST 33, 34, 38, 39, 42; NUTR 7; POLSC 21; SOCIOL 30, 31, 32, 34. |
D-4: Gender Studies |
| ANTHRO 14; HIST 33, 34; POLSC 23; SOC 33; WOMST 10, 20, 30. |
D-5: Geography |
| GEOG 2, 8, 11, 14; GLOBAL 11; HIST 33, 34, 38, 39; URBAN 8. |
D-6: History |
| ECON 15; ENGL 32; HIST 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 33, 34, 41, 43, 45, 46, 52, 55, 62. |
D-7: Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral Science |
| COMM 1, 10; ECE 11, 18; ENVRN 7; GOEG 7; HIST 33, 34, 38, 39, 48; NUTR 7; PHILOS 48; PSYCH 11, 18; SPAN 9, 20; SPEECH 5, 7. |
D-8: Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions |
| ECON 5; GLOBAL 5; PHILOS 51, 52; POLSC 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 21, 22, 31, 47, 51, 52. |
D-9: Psychology |
| PSYCH 1, 3, 6, 11, 13, 14, 19, 25. |
D-0: Sociology and Criminology |
| SOCIOL 1, 1S, 2, 2S, 4, 12, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34. |
AREA E: LIFELONG LEARNING AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT |
| Select a minimum of three units from the courses listed below. |
| 3 units minimum |
| BILING 1; BIOL 2, 9; COUNS 12, 20, 30; ENGL 31; HEALTH 10; NUTR 1, 4, 9; KIN PE 2, 4, 13; PSYCH 1, 3, 5, 6, 11, 13, 19, 25; SPEECH 5. |
| KINPE or VARPE Activity courses - all courses (2 unit limit) - Check the approved CSU GE-Breadth Certification Area E course list on the ASSIST web site at: www.assist.org to determine which P.E. Activity courses satisfy this requirement. |
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 |
| ECON 15 - US 1 |
| HIST 10 - US 1 |
| HIST 11 - US 1 |
| HIST 12 - US 1 |
| HIST 15 - US 1 |
| HIST 41 - US 1 |
| POLSC 1 - US 2 & US 3 |
