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