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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH PATTERN

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Long Beach City College

2023 - 2024

To verify historical GE course approvals visit: www.assist.org.

Area A: English Language Communication and Critical Thinking

9 semester units required with at least one course each from A1, A2 and A3. All courses must be completed with a grade of "C-" or better.
9 units minimum

A-1: Oral Communication

COMM 10, 10H, 20, 30, 45, 60.

A-2: Written Communication

ENGL 1, 1H, 1S; ESL 1S.

A-3: Critical Thinking

COMM 60; COSA 2; ENGL 3, 3H, 4, 4H; HIST 47; PHIL 11, 12, 22; READ 84.

Area B: Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning

9 semester units required with at least one course each from Physical Science, Life Science and Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning. One Physical or Life Science course must include a laboratory experience (underlined). Courses in area B-4 must be completed with a grade of "C-" or better.
9 units minimum

B-1: Physical Science

ASTR 1, 1H, 1L; CHEM 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4; ENVRS 1; GEOL 1, 1H, 2, 2F, 2L, 3, 3H, 4, 5, 7, 10, 18; PGEOG 1, 1L, 2; PHYS 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4.

B-2: Life Science

ANAT 1, 41; ANTHR 1, 1H, 1L, 11; BIO 1A, 1B, 2, 5, 11, 20, 20H, 22, 25, 30, 41, 41H, 41L, 60, 60L, 61; PHYSI 1.

B-3: Laboratory Activity

Students must select at least one laboratory experience (see underlined courses in areas B-1 and B-2).

B-4: Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning

GBUS 10; MATH 21B, 27, 28, 37, 40, 45, 47, 50, 60, 60H, 70, 70H, 80, 84; STAT 1, 1H.

Area C: Arts and Humanities

9 semester units required with at least one course each in Arts and Humanities.
9 units minimum

C-1: Arts (Art, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theatre)

ARCHT 80, 81; ART 1, 1H, 2, 2H, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 30, 31, 80; CART 41; COMM 50; DANCE 1, 19; FASH 32; FILM 1, 2A, 2B, 10; MUSIC 6, 32, 33B, 35, 40, 40H, 89; PHOT 10; R_TV 1; TART 1, 25, 30.

C-2: Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other than English)

ASL 1, 2, 3, 4, 24; CHIN 1, 2; ENGL 2, 26, 32, 33, 33H, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43A, 43B, 44, 44H, 45, 45H, 46, 47, 48, 48H, 49, 49H, 53A; FREN 1, 2, 3, 4; GER 1, 2; HIST 1A, 1AH, 1B, 1BH, 2B, 2C, 2CH, 5A, 5B, 7, 8A, 8AH, 8B, 8BH, 9A, 9B, 9C, 10, 10H, 11, 11H, 18, 25, 27A, 27B, 33; HUMAN 1, 1H, 7; ITAL 1, 2; JAPAN 1, 2, 3, 4; KHMER 9, 10; LING 1, 1H, 3, 3H; PHIL 3, 4, 5, 6, 6H, 7, 7H, 8, 9, 10, 10H, 14, 15, 16; SOCSC 1, 1H, 7; SPAN 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 9H, 10, 10H, 25A, 25B, 25C, 25D; VIET 1, 2.

Area D: Social Sciences

6 semester units required with courses in at least 2 disciplines. Students are expected to complete the American Institutions requirement in this section (courses identified in the American Institution section).
6

D--1: Sociology

ANTHR 4; CDECE 47; COMM 40; ETHST 1, 1H; GLST 1, 2; HIST 7; HLED 21, 22; JOURN 10; PHIL 1, 1H, 10H; PSYCH 11H; SOCIO 11H, 17.

D-1: Anthropology and Archaeology

ANTHR 2, 2H, 3, 3H, 10.

D-2: Economics

ECON 1, 1H, 2, 2H, 3, 4.

D-3: Ethnic Studies

HIST 27A, 27B; SOCIO 13.

D-4: Gender Studies

HIST 25; PHIL 10.

D-5: Geography

GEOG 2, 40.

D-6: History

HIST 1A, 1AH, 1B, 1BH, 2B, 2C, 2CH, 5A, 5B, 8A, 8AH, 8B, 8BH, 9A, 9B, 9C, 18, 33.

D-7: Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral Science

CDECE 45; COMM 25; ECON 5; GEOG 5; HUMAN 1, 1H, 7; PHIL 3, 15, 16; SOCSC 1, 1H, 7.

D-8: Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions

POLSC 1, 1H, 2, 2H, 3, 4, 4H, 9, 10, 11; PUBAD 1.

D-9: Psychology

PSYCH 1, 1H, 11, 14, 33.

D-0: Sociology and Criminology

SOCIO 1, 1H, 2, 11, 13, 40.

Area E: Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development

THREE semester units required, not all courses can be in physical activity.
Select one course from CDECE 45, 47; COUNS 2, 7, 50; HLED 3, 4, 5, 10, 24; LEARN 11, 11H; NUTR 20; PSYCH 4, 10.
For a complete list of all approved PE activity courses for this area see pdf link at the top of the page.

Area F: Ethnic Studies

3 semester units required.
3 units minimum
In order to satisfy the Area F Ethnic Studies requirement, a course must be taken in Fall 2021 and beyond.
EDUC 6; ETHST 1, 1H, 6.

American Institutions (US-1-2-3)

To verify historical American Institutions course approvals visit: www.assist.org
HIST 8A - US 1
HIST 8AH - US 1
HIST 8B - US 1
HIST 8BH - US 1
HIST 10 - US 1
HIST 10H - US 1
HIST 11 - US 1
HIST 11H - US 1
POLSC 1 - US 2 & US 3
POLSC 1H - US 2 & US 3

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