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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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Butte 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, C1000E. |
1B: Critical Thinking and Writing |
| CMST 14; ENGL C1001; MATH 7; PHIL 8. |
1C: Oral Communication |
| CMST 4; 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 |
| MATH 10, 12, 12s, 13, 13s, 26, 26s, 28, 28s, 30, 30s, 31, 32, 40, 42; STAT C1000, C1000E. |
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) |
| ART 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; DRAM 2; MUS 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; PHO 1; RTVF 15. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| ASL 3, 4; CMST 6; ENGL 4, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 20, 25, 26, 31, 35, 47; HIST 8, 10, 18, 21, 23, 26, 30; PHIL 2, 4, 10, 16, 18; SPAN 14, 16. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| AB 22; AGS 10; ANTH 4, 13, 14, 16, 18, 32, 33; ASL 10; CDF 14; CMST 9, 13; ECON 2, 4, 20; ETHS 1, 10, 30; GEOG 4, 8, 10; HIST 3, 5, 18; MCGS 8, 10; NR 26; POLS C1000; POS 3, 16, 18; PSY 6, 15, 41; PSYC C1000; RTVF 12; SOC 2, 4, 5, 10, 14, 20, 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 |
| AGS 50; CHEM 1, 2, 11, 21, 22, 51, 52; GEOG 2, 3; GEOL 32, 34; PHYS 10, 11, 21, 22, 41, 42, 43; PSC 10, 11, 12, 27, 30, 50, 51, 53. |
5B: Life Science |
| AGS 20; ANTH 2; BIOL 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 15, 20, 21, 41, 42, 43; PSY 3. |
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 10, 30, 40. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| ECON 20 - US 1 |
| ECON 20H - US 1 |
| HIST 8 - US 1 |
| HIST 10 - US 1 |
| HIST 18 - US 1 |
| HIST 26 - US 1 |
| POS 2 - US 2 & US 3 |
| POS 12 - US 2 & US 3 |
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