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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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Long Beach City 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, C1000H; ESL 1S. |
1B: Critical Thinking and Writing |
| ENGL 4, 4H, C1001, C1001H; HIST 47; PHIL 11; READ 84. |
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 |
| MATH 21B, 37, 45, 45S, 47, 50, 60, 60H, 70, 70H, 80, 84; STAT C1000, C1000E, C1000H. |
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) |
| ARCHT 80, 81; ART 1, 1H, 2, 2H, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11; CART 41; DANCE 1, 19; FASH 32; FILM 1, 2A, 2B, 10; MUSIC 32, 33B, 35, 40, 40H, 89; PHOT 10; TART 25, 30. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| ASL 1, 2, 3, 4, 24; ENGL 15, 16, 17, 32, 33, 33H, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43A, 43B, 44, 44H, 45, 45H, 46, 47, 48, 48H, 49, 49H; FREN 3, 4, 25A; HIST 1A, 1AH, 1B, 1BH, 2B, 2C, 2CH, 5A, 5B, 7, 8A, 8AH, 8B, 8BH, 9A, 9B, 9C, 10, 10H, 11, 11H, 18, 25, 27A, 27B, 33; HUMAN 1, 1H, 7; JAPAN 3, 4; KHMER 9, 10; LING 1, 1H, 3, 3H; PHIL 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6H, 7, 7H, 8, 9, 10, 10H, 14, 15, 16; SOCSC 1, 1H, 7; SPAN 3, 4, 9, 9H, 10, 10H, 25A, 25B, 25C, 25D. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| ANTHR 2, 2H, 3, 3H, 4, 10; CDECE 45, 47; COMM 25, 40; ECON 1, 1H, 2, 2H, 3, 4, 5; ETHST 12; GEOG 2, 5, 40; GLST 1, 2; HUMAN 1, 1H, 7; JOURN 10; PH 21, 22; PHIL 1, 1H, 3, 10, 10H, 15, 16; POLSC 2, 2H, 3, 4, 4H, 9, 10, 11, C1000, C1000H; PSYCH 11, 11H, 12, 14, C1000, C1000H; SOCIO 1, 1H, 2, 11, 11H, 13, 17, 40; SOCSC 1, 1H, 7. |
Area 5: Physical/Biological Sciences |
| 7 semester units or 9 quarter units required with at least once 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 1, 1H, 1L; CHEM 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4; GEOL 1, 1H, 2, 2L, 3, 3H, 5, 10, 18, 20; PGEOG 1, 1L, 2; PHYS 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4. |
5B: Life Science |
| ANAT 1, 41; ANTHR 1, 1L, 1H, 11; BIO 1A, 1B, 2, 5, 20, 20H, 30, 41, 41H, 41L, 60, 60L, 61; PHYSI 1. |
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 |
| EDUC 6; ETHST 1, 1H, 6. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| HIST 8A - US 1 |
| HIST 8AH - US 1 |
| HIST 8B - US 1 |
| HIST 8BH - US 1 |
| HIST 10 - US 1 |
| HIST 10H - US 1 |
| HIST 11 - US 1 |
| HIST 11H - US 1 |
| POLSC 1 - US 2 & US 3 |
| POLSC 1H - US 2 & US 3 |
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