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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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San Jose 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. |
1B: Critical Thinking and Writing |
| ENGL C1001. |
1C: Oral Communication |
| 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 |
| BUS 060; MATH 020, 021, 025, 061, 062, 070, 071, 071H, 072, 073, 078, 079, 080; 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) |
| ART 090, 091, 092, 093, 096; DANCE 002; ETH 011, 022, 032; HUMNT 001; MUSIC 032, 083, 083H, 091, 095; PHOTO 009; THEAT 020, 040, 055. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| ENGL 001B, 010, 033, 065, 073, 080, 081, 084A, 084B, 086A, 086B; ETH 019, 020, 026, 027, 027H, 028, 029, 030, 037A, 037AH, 037B, 041, 042; FREN 001B, 002A, 002B; HIST 005, 010A, 010B, 011A, 011B; HUMNT 002, 003; JAPAN 002A, 002B; PHIL 010, 012, 065, 070; SL 001B, 002A, 002B, 010B; SPAN 002A, 002B, 022A, 022B, 031, 032; THEAT 015. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| AJ 010, 016, 019, 116; ANTH 063; COMS 010, 018, 035; ECE 107; ECON 010A, 010B; ENGL 080, 081; ETH 018, 019, 020, 022, 026, 027, 027H, 028, 029, 030, 031, 033, 035, 037A, 037AH, 037B, 041, 042, 049; FCS 070; GEOG 011, 012; GLOBL 001, 002, 003, 007, 012; GUIDE 001, 003; HED 010; HIST 001, 001H, 005, 009, 010A, 010B, 011A, 011B, 017A, 017AH, 017B, 017BH, 021, 024; HUMNT 003; JOURN 021; KIN 010; POLS C1000, C1000H; POLSC 002, 004, 005; PSYC C1000, C1000H; PSYCH 012, 022, 031, 035, 041, 051, 060, 092, 099, 100; SL 015; SOC 010, 010H, 011, 017. |
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 |
| ASTRO 010, 010L; CHEM 001A, 001AH, 001B, 010, 012A, 012B, 015, 015H, 032A, 032B, 061, 065; ENVIR 010; GEOG 010; GEOL 010, 101L, 015, 015L; METEO 010; OCEAN 010; PHYS 002A, 002B, 004A, 004B, 004C. |
5B: Life Science |
| ANTH 062; BIOL 004A, 004B, 020, 020H, 021, 061, 062, 063, 064, 071, 072, 074; ENVIR 010; OCEAN 010; PSYCH 031. |
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 |
| ETH 018, 027, 027H, 031, 033, 035, 042. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| ETH 037A - US 1 & US 2 |
| ETH 037AH - US 1 & US 2 |
| ETH 037B - US 1 & US 3 |
| HIST 001 - US 1 |
| HIST 001H - US 1 |
| HIST 009 - US 1 |
| HIST 017A - US 1 & US 2 |
| HIST 017AH - US 1 & US 2 |
| HIST 017B - US 1 & US 3 |
| HIST 017BH - US 1 & US 3 |
| HIST 021 - US 1 |
| HIST 024 - US 1 POLSC 001 - US 2 & US 3 |
| POLSC 001H - US 2 & US 3 |
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