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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH PATTERN

Las Positas College

2008 - 2009

AREA A: ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION AND CRITICAL THINKING

Select one course from each category. All courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or better.
9 units minimum

A-1: Oral Communication

SPCH 1, 46.

A-2: Written Communication

ENG 1A.

A-3: Critical Thinking

ENG 4, 7; SPCH 46.

AREA B: SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING

Select one course from each category. 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, 10, 20, 30; CHEM 1A, 1B, 30A, 30B, 31; GEOG 1, 1L, 8; GEOL 1, 1L, 3, 3L, 12, 12L; PHYS 2A, 2B, 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 10, 10L.

B-2: Life Science

ANAT 1; ANTH 1, 1L; BIOL 1, 5, 10, 20, 31, 40, 50; BOTN 1; ECOL 10; MICR 1; PHSI 1; PSYC 4; ZOOL 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

MATH 1, 7, 10, 20, 33, 34, 38, 41, 42A, 42B, 44, 45.

AREA C: ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Select ENG 3,(if planning on transferring to San Jose State Univeristy) and one course from area C-1, and one additional course different discipline) from area C-2. All others select one course from C 1 and one course from C-2 and one additional course (different discipline) from either C-1 or C-2.
9 units minimum

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

ART 1, 2A, 3A, 4, 5, 10, 11; CRAR 10; MUS 1, 4, 5, 6, 8A, 8B, 12, 44, 45; PHOT 67; THEA 1A, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 14, 25, 40; WLDT 71.

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

ASL 2A, 2B; ENG 3, 11, 12, 13, 20, 32, 44, 45; FREN 2A, 2B; HIST 1, 2; HUMN 1, 3, 10, 28, 35, 40, 44; PHIL 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 25; RELS 1, 2, 3, 11; SPAN 2A, 2B; SPCH 2A, 5.

AREA D: SOCIAL SCIENCES

Select one course from D-1 through D-0. Students are expected to complete the American Institutions requirement in this section (courses identified in section F).
9 units minimum

D-1: Anthropology and Archaeology

ANTH 1, 2, 3, 5, 12.

D-2: Economics

ECON 1, 2, 5, 10.

D-3: Ethnic Studies

ANTH 5; ENG 23, 44; HIST 14, 15, 16, 22, 25, 28; PSCN 13; SOC 3.

D-4: Gender Studies

HIST 32; SOC 11.

D-5: Geography

GEOG 2, 5, 12, 15.

D-6: History

HIST 1, 2, 7, 8, 14, 25, 28, 32.

D-7: Interdisciplinary Social or Behavioral Science

BUSN 30; ECD 51, 62; MKTG 50; MSCM 5, 31; PSCN 13; SOC 5.

D-8: Political Science, Government and Legal Institutions

POLI 7, 12, 20, 25, 30.

D-9: Psychology

ECD 15; PSYC 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 15, 20.

D-0: Sociology and Criminology

SOC 1, 3, 4, 6, 11.

AREA E: LIFELONG LEARNING AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT

Select 3 units from the following.
3 units minimum
HLTH 1, 2, 55; NUTR 1; PSYC 10, 12, 24; PSCN 7, 10; 11, 14; SOC 7; SPCH 10; PE 24 (and any PE Activity Course).
A maximum of 2 units of Physical Education activity courses may be used to complete Area E.

AREA F: AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS (F1-2-3)

US 1-3 American Institutions - Select a combination of courses that fulfill the requirements for US 1-3.
US 1, Historical Development of American Institutions.
US 2, Constitution of the United States and the operation of representative democratic government under the constitution.
US 3, The process of California state and local government.
HIST 7 - US 1
History 7 partially fulfills US 2 & 3 and is acceptable for full certification with History 8 or POLI 7
HIST 8 - US 1
HIST 25 - US 1
HIST 32 - US 1
POLI 7 - US 2 & US 3

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