Students who started attending a California Community College or California State University between Fall 2021 and Spring 2025 should follow this GE pattern. Students will complete 39 lower division GE units and 9 upper division GE (UDGE) units.
*Transfer students who completed the CSU GE or the IGETC pattern at the community college will have their GE requirements fulfilled.
*Please review the for a detailed list with description of each requirement. You will need to select the correct catalog year using the drop-down menu.
LOWER DIVISION GENERAL EDUCATION (39 units)
A minimum of C- is required for each area.
- Area A1: Oral Communication (3 units)
- Area A2: Written Communication (3 units)
- Area A3: Critical Thinking (3 units)
At least one course in B1 or B2 must include a B3 laboratory component.
- Area B1: Physical Sciences (3-4 units)
- Area B2: Life Sciences (3-4 units)
- Area B3: Laboratory (0-1 unit)
- Area B4: Mathematics-Quantitative Reasoning (3-4 units) *A minimum of C- is required.
- Area C1: Arts: Art, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater (3 units)
- Area C2: Humanities: Literature, Philosophy, Languages other than English (3 units)
- Additional C1 or C2
- Two courses (6 units) *Must be from two different disciplines.
- One course (3 units)
*Courses that are primarily physical activity courses (e.g. DANCE 151) may satisfy no more than 1 unit of the 3 unit requirement.
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UPPER DIVISION GENERAL EDUCATION (9 units)
Students must complete one course each in Areas UDGE-B, UDGE-C, and UDGE-D.
(3 units)
(3 units)
(3 units)