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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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Folsom Lake 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; ESLW 340. |
1B: Critical Thinking and Writing |
| COMM 311, 315; ENGL C1001, C1001H; ENGWR 301, 481. |
1C: Oral Communication |
| COMM 361, 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 |
| ECON 310; MATH 300, 333, 335, 341, 343, 355, 356, 370, 372, 373, 375, 400, 401, 402, 410, 420; PSYC 330; 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 300, 303, 304, 306, 307, 309, 311, 312, 318, 324, 325, 328, 330, 332, 333; COMM 305; DANCE 380; MUFHL 300, 308, 310, 311, 315, 321, 330, 400, 401, 410; PHOTO 420; TA 300, 302, 303, 304; TAFILM 300, 303, 304, 320, 480. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| ARTH 325, 333; ENGLT 303, 305, 310, 311, 319, 320, 321, 330, 339, 340, 341, 345, 359, 360, 370, 402; FREN 411, 412; HIST 301, 302, 307, 308, 344, 368; HUM 300, 301, 310, 320, 325, 332, 370; PHIL 300, 310, 330, 331, 350, 352; SILA 316; SPAN 411, 412; TAFILM 307. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| ADMJ 300, 302; ANTH 310, 319, 323, 330, 341; BUS 330, 345; COMM 325, 351, 363; ECE 312; ECON 302, 304, 307; ETHNS 300, 320, 330, 350, 360; GEOG 310, 322; HIST 301, 302, 307, 308, 310, 311, 314, 319, 331, 344, 368; JOUR 310; NUTRI 310; POLS 302, 310, 320, C1000; PSYC 320, 335, 340, 356, 368, 370, 372, 390, C1000; SJS 300; SOC 300, 301, 310, 321, 341, 379; SWHS 331. |
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 300, 400; CHEM 300, 305, 337, 339, 400, 401, 410, 420, 421; GEOG 300, 301, 306; GEOL 300, 301, 302, 305, 306, 310, 311, 330, 345; PHYS 310, 311, 312, 350, 360, 411, 421, 431; PS 302. |
5B: Life Science |
| ANTH 300, 301, 303; BIOL 300, 307, 310, 323, 350, 370, 400, 410, 411, 420, 430, 431, 440, 442; PSYC 312. |
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 |
| ETHNS 300, 320, 330, 350, 360. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| HIST 310 - US 1 & US 2 |
| HIST 311 - US 1 & US 3 |
| HIST 331 - US 1 |
| POLS 301 - US 2 & US 3 |
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