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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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Santa Monica 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 1D, C1000. |
1B: Critical Thinking and Writing |
| ENGL C1001; HIST 47. |
1C: Oral Communication |
| COM ST 21; 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 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 21, 26, 28, 29, 55; 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) |
| AHIS 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 52, 71, 72; ANIM 5; DANCE 2, 5, 6; ENGL 55; FILM 1, 2, 6, 8; MUSIC 1, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39; PHOTO 52; TH ART 2, 5. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| AHIS 18; ASL 2; CHNESE 2, 3, 9; COM ST 12; ECON 15; ENGL 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 26, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, C1001; ENVRN 20; FILM 5, 6, 7, 11; FRENCH 2, 3, 4, 9, 20; GERMAN 2, 3, 4; HEWBREW 2, 3, 4; HIST 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 33, 34, 38, 39, 41, 43, 52, 53, 55, 62; HUM 9A, 26; ITAL 2, 3, 4; JAPAN 2, 3, 4, 9; KOREAN 2, 3, 4, 9; LING 1; PERSIN 2; PHILOS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 20, 22, 23, 24, 48, 51, 52; POL SC 51, 52; REL ST 51, 52; RUSS 2; SPAN 2, 3, 4, 9, 12, 20. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| AD JUS 1; ANTHRO 2, 3, 4, 7, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22; ASTRON 6; COM ST 9, 20, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38; ECE 11; ECON 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 15; ENVRN 4, 7, 14, 22, 32, 40; ETH ST 1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 38; GEOG 2, 7, 8, 11, 14; GLOBAL 3, 5, 10, 11; HIST 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 27, 32, 42, 47, 51, 55; MEDIA 1, 3, 4, 10; NUTR 7; PHILOS 48, 51, 52; POL SC 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 47, 51, 52; POLS C1000; PSYC C1000; PSYCH 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 19, 25, 40; SOCIOL 1, 1S, 2, 2S, 4, 12, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34; SPAN 20; URBAN 8; WGS 8, 10, 20, 30, 40. |
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 |
| ASTRON 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10; CHEM 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 21, 22, 24, 31; GEOG 1, 3, 5, 12; GEOL 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 31, 32; PHYSCS 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 21, 22, 23. |
5B: Life Science |
| ANATMY 1, 2; ANTHRO 1, 5, 9, 11; BIOL 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, 15N, 21, 22, 23; BOTANY 1; MCRBIO 1; PHYS 3; PSYCH 2; ZOOL 5. |
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 ST 1, 7. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| ECON 15 - US 1 |
| ETH ST 10 - US 1 |
| ETH ST 41 - US 1 |
| ENVRN 14 - US 1 |
| HIST 10 - US 1 |
| HIST 11 - US 1 |
| HIST 12 - US 1 |
| HIST 14 - US 1 |
| HIST 15 - US 1 |
| HIST 41 - US 1 |
| POLSC 1 - US 2 & US 3 |
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