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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION PATTERN
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West Valley 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 001B, C1001, C1001H; PHIL 003, 017. |
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 000G, 001, 002, 003A, 003AH, 003B, 003BH, 004A, 004B, 004C, 012, 019, 080; 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) |
| ARCH 046, 047, 072; ARTS 001A, 001B, 001BH, 001D, 001DH, 001E, 004, 007, 010, 012A, 013, 014, 095; DANC 061, 061H; FDAT 032; MUSC 001, 001H, 002, 002H, 003A, 003B, 004A, 004B, 005, 007, 009, 010, 054, 055; THEA 010, 010H, 011, 013, 014A, 014B, 014C, 014D, 014E, 015, 016; WGQS 002. |
3B: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other Than English) |
| ASLA 060B; ENGL 005A, 005B, 006A, 006AH, 006B, 006BH, 007A, 007B, 010, 012, 012H, 013, 013H, 014, 018, 018H, 021, 021H, 041, 041H, 043, 043H, 044, 046, 046H, 047, 047H, 048, 048H, 049, 049H; ETHN 001, 012, 012H, 013, 013H, 014, 018, 018H; FRNC 001B, 002A, 002B, 003A, 003B; GERM 001B, 002A, 002B; HIST 004A, 004B, 005A, 005B, 012, 014, 016, 017A, 017B, 017BH, 020; HUMN 001; ITAL 001B, 002A, 002B; JPNS 001B; PHIL 001, 004, 005, 021, 022; SJST 001; SPAN 001B, 002A, 002B, 003A, 003B, 051A; THEA 013; WGQS 002, 004A. |
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| 6 semester units or 8 quarter units from two different academic disciplines. |
| 6 units minimum |
| ADMJ 001, 051; ANTH 002, 003, 003H, 004, 055; BUSN 061; CHST 002, 005, 063; COMM 012; COUN 050; ECON 001A, 001AH, 001B, 001BH; ETHN 001, 050; GEOG 002, 006; HIST 004A, 004B, 005A, 005B, 012, 014, 016, 017A, 017B, 017BH, 020; HSCI 008, 010, 014; KINT 034; POLS 002, 003, 003H, 004, C1000, C1000H; PSYC 009, 012, 017, 025, C1000; SJST 001; SOCI 001, 002, 002H, 003, 012, 020, 028, 040, 045; WGQS 001, 001H, 002, 003, 004A. |
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 010, 011, 014, 020, 021, 022; CHEM 001A, 001AH, 001B, 001BH, 002, 012A, 012B, 030A, 030B, 060; GEOG 001; GEOL 001A, 001B, 012, 015; OCEA 010; PHYS 001, 002A, 002B, 004A, 004B, 004C, 005, 010; PSCI 010, 020. |
5B: Life Science |
| ANTH 001; BIOL 002, 002L, 010, 010L, 011, 012, 013, 014, 018, 023, 024, 036, 037, 038, 040, 041, 042, 043, 045, 047, 048, 050, 056, 058, 059; PSYC 002, 002H, 007. |
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 |
| ENGL 012, 012H, 013, 013H, 018; ETHN 001, 012, 012H, 013, 013H, 018; SJST 001. |
American Institutions (US-1-2-3) |
| To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org |
| HIST 012 - US 1 |
| HIST 014 - US 1 |
| HIST 016 - US 1 |
| HIST 017A - US 1 & US 2 |
| HIST 017B - US 1 |
| HIST 017BH - US 1 |
| HIST 020 - US 3 |
| POLI 001 - US 2 & US 3 |
| POLI 001H - US 2 & US 3 |
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