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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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Mount San Antonio 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 |
| AMLA 1A; ENGL C1000, C1000H. |
1B: Critical Thinking and Writing |
| ENGL C1001, C1001H; ENGR 1C; PHIL 9, 9H. |
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 |
| BUSC 17; ENGR 285; MATH 100, 120, 130, 135, 140, 160, 175, 180, 181, 260, 280, 285, 290; PSYC 10; SOC 23; STAT C1000, 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) |
| AHIS 1, 3, 3H, 4, 4H, 5, 5H, 6, 6H, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11H, 12, 12H, 13, 14, 15, 16, 16H; ARCH 250, 251; ARTB 1; DN-T 20; FASH 9; MUS 12, 14A, 14B, 14BH, 15, 15H, 100, 100H, 101, 102, 103, 103H, 105, 106; THTR 10. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| CHIN 3, 4; ENGL 1B, 1BH; FRCH 3, 4, 60; GERM 3, 60; HIST 1, 3, 3H, 4, 4H, 7, 7H, 8, 8H, 9, 10, 10H, 11, 11H, 16, 18, 19, 30, 31, 35, 36, 39, 40, 44; HUMA 1, 1H; ITAL 3, 4, 60, 61; JAPN 3, 4, 5, 62; KORE 60; LING 2, 3, 4; LIT 1, 2, 3, 6A, 6B, 10, 11A, 11B, 14, 15, 20, 25, 36, 46, 47; PHIL 5, 5H, 12, 12H, 15, 15H, 16, 16H, 20A, 20AH, 20B, 20BH; POLS 5, 7; PUBH 20; SIGN 104, 202; SPAN 3, 4, 60. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| AHIS 3, 3H, 9, 11, 11H, 12, 12H, 13, 14, 15; ANTH 4, 5, 5H, 6, 15, 16, 17, 30, 50; BUSC 1A, 1AH, 1B, 1BH; BUSL 100; COMM 7, 7H, 26, 26H, 30, 30H; GEOG 2, 2H, 5, 8, 30; HIST 1, 3, 3H, 4, 4H, 7, 7H, 8, 8H, 9, 10, 10H, 11, 11H, 16, 18, 19, 30, 31, 35, 36, 39, 40, 44; NF 28; POLS 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 25, 35, C1000, C1000H; PSYC 14, 14H, 15, 19, 20, 25, C1000, C1000H; SOC 1, 1H, 2, 2H, 4, 5, 5H, 12, 20, 20H, 40, 110, 130. |
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 5, 5H, 5L, 7, 8; CHEM 9, 10, 20, 40, 50, 50H, 51, 51H, 55; GEOG 1, 1H, 1L, 1LH; GEOL 1, 2, 7, 8, 8H, 8L, 9, 9L, 10, 30; METO 3, 3L; OCEA 10, 10H, 10L; PHSC 3; PHYS 1, 2AG, 2BG, 4A, 4B, 4C. |
5B: Life Science |
| ANAT 10A, 10B, 35, 36; ANTH 1, 1H, 1L; BIOL 1, 2, 3, 4, 4H, 6, 6L, 8, 20, 21, 25, 34, 34L; MICR 1, 22; NF 25, 25H; PSYC 1B, 1BH; ZOOL 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 |
| AABS 1; APIS 1; ETHS 1, 2; LCAS 1; NAIS 1. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| AABS 35 US 2 & US 3 |
| HIST 1 - US 1 |
| HIST 7 - US 1 & 2 |
| HIST 7H - US 1 & 2 |
| HIST 8 - US 1 & 3 |
| HIST 8H - US 1 & 3 |
| HIST 30 - US 1 |
| HIST 31 - US 1 |
| HIST 36 - US 1 |
| HIST 40 - US 1 |
| HIST 44 - US 1 |
| LCAS 25 - US 2 & US 3 |
| POLI 1 - US 2 & 3 |
| POLI 1H - US 2 & 3 |
| POLI 25 - US 2 & 3 |
| POLI 35 - US 2 & 3 |
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