General Education Course Attributes

For more information about General Education Objectives visit the Policies and Procedures section in this catalog.

GE Area	Description
A1	Area A1: Oral Communication
A2	Area A2: Written Communication IA
A3	Area A3: Critical Thinking
B1	Area B1: Physical Science
B1 + B3	Areas B1 + B3: Physical Science & Laboratory Science
B2	Area B2: Life Science
B2 + B3	Areas B2 + B3: Life Science & Laboratory Science
B3	Area B3: Laboratory Science
B4	Area B4: Mathematical Concepts
C1	Area C1: Arts
C2	Area C2: Letters
D1	Area D1: Human Behavior
D2	Area D2: Comparative Systems
D2 + D3*	Areas D2 + D3 Comp Sys & Soc Issues
D3	Area D3: Social Issues
E	Area E: Human Understanding & Development
US1	Area US1: American History
US2 + US3*	Areas US2, US3: US Constitution & California Government
US3	Area US3: California Government Only
US1 + US2 + US3*	Areas US1, 2, 3 American History, US Constitution & California Government
R	Area R: Earth & Environment
S	Area S: Self, Society & Equality in the U.S.
V	Area V: Culture, Civilization & Global Understanding
Z	Area Z: Written Communication II (GWAR)
GWAR	Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement

* In some cases the GE area may not be met until the entire course sequence is completed. This also applies to other GE combinations not noted with an asterisk.

In previous academic catalogs, you may see references to summary codes when a course fulfills multiple GE area.

Code	GE Areas
M1*	A1+ C2 + US123
M2*	A2 + C2
M3	A3 + D3
M4	C1 + D2
M5*	C2 + D3 + US123
M6*	D2 + US123
M7*	D3 + US123
M8*	C1 + C2
M9*	A3 or C2
M10*	A2 + D3
M11*	D3 + US23
M12*	D2 + US1
M13*	A3 + C2 + US123
M14*	A1 + D2
M15*	A2 + D3