General Education Breadth Requirements


General Education Breadth Requirements


Area A: Communications and Critical Thinking

Complete at least 3 semester or 4 quarter units in each of the following.

  • A1: Oral Communication
  • A2: Written Communication
  • A3: Critical Thinking
Area B: Physical Universe and Its Life Forms

Complete at least 3 semester or 4 quarter units in each of the following.

  • B1: Physical Universe
  • B2: Life Forms
  • B3: Laboratory Activity
  • B4: Mathematical Concepts, Quantitative Reasoning & Applications
Area C: Arts, Literature, Philosophy & Foreign Language

Complete at least 3 semester (or 4 quarter units) in both of the following and an additional 3 semester (or 4 quarter units) from either C1 or C2.

  • C1: Arts (Art, Dance, Theater, Music, Photography)
  • C2: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Foreign Language)
Area D: Social, Political, and Economic Institutions

Complete at least 9 semester or 12 quarter units with courses in at least two of the following disciplines.

  • D0: Sociology and Criminology
  • D1: Anthropology and Archeology
  • D2: Economics
  • D3: Ethnic Studies
  • D4: Gender Studies
  • D5: Geography
  • D6: History
  • D7: Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral Science
  • D8: Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions
  • D9: Psychology
Area E: Lifelong Understanding and Self Development

Complete at least 3 semester or 4 quarter units in the following.

  • E1: Integrated Organism

Revised 4/23/05