CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES

GENERAL EDUCATION AREAS

FOR ALL CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES
FOR 2024 - 2025 ONLY
IMPORTANT: To transfer to CSU with upper division status, students must complete at least 60 transferable units, including
Areas A1, 2, 3 and B4 below. To obtain a BACHELOR'S DEGREE from the CSU, students must complete at least 48 upper and
lower division units of General Education - 39 lower division GE units may be completed at CCSF. It is strongly
recommended that students complete English 1B or 1C, and the American Institutions and U.S. History requirement before
transferring - complete Asian American Studies 23 or Political Science 1 AND one of the following: Asian American
Studies 20; History 1, 9, 12A, 12B, 17A, 17B, 41A, 41B, 45; Labor & Community Studies 70A, 70B; Latin American &
Latina/o/e/x Studies 1.

AREA A: BIOLOGY 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 19, 32L, 51L, 100A, 100B, 106, 108, 111,
ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION & CRITICAL 112, 118, 120;
THINKING (9 SEMESTER UNITS OR 12-15 QUARTER UNITS BIOTECHNOLOGY 4;
WITH AT LEAST ONE COURSE FROM EACH OF A1, A2, AND A3) CHEMISTRY 32, 40, 101A, 101B, 212A, 212B;
ENERGY 3L;
A1. ORAL COMMUNICATION: Completed ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & SUSTAINABILITY 31L;
COMMUNICATION STUDIES 1A, 3, 4, 6, 20; GEOGRAPHY 1L;
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 79; GEOLOGY 10L, 11L, 30L, 111;
OCEANOGRAPHY 1L;
A2. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: PHYSICAL SCIENCE 11L;
ENGLISH 1A; PHYSICS 2AL, 2BL, 4AL, 4BL, 4CL, 4DL, 10L;
Completed
A3. CRITICAL THINKING: B4. MATHEMATICS/QUANTITATIVE REASONING:
COMMUNICATION STUDIES 2, 3; ECONOMICS 5;
ENGLISH 1B, 1C; ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 50;
LATIN AMERICAN & LATINA/O/E/X STUDIES 2; FINANCE 136M;
PHILOSOPHY 2, 4, 40; LATIN AMERICAN & LATINA/O/E/X STUDIES 5;
MATHEMATICS 70, 75, 80, 90, 92, 95, 98, 100A, 100B, 108, 110A,
AREA B: 110B, 110C, 115, 120, 125, 130;
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY & QUANTITATIVE REASONING: PHILOSOPHY 12A;
[9 SEMESTER UNITS OR 12-15 QUARTER UNITS REQUIRED WITH PSYCHOLOGY 5;
AT LEAST ONE COURSE EACH FROM B1, B2 (AT LEAST ONE TO
CONTAIN A LABORATORY COMPONENT IDENTIFIED IN B3) & B4] AREA C:
ARTS AND HUMANITIES: (9 SEMESTER UNITS OR 12-15
B1. PHYSICAL SCIENCE: QUARTER UNITS WITH AT LEAST THREE COURSES: ONE IN THE
ASTRONOMY 1, 17, 18, 19; ARTS, ONE IN THE HUMANITIES, AND A THIRD IN EITHER)
CHEMISTRY 32, 40, 101A, 101B, 110, 212A, 212B;
ENERGY 3; C1. ARTS:
GEOGRAPHY 1; AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES 55;
GEOLOGY 10, 11, 30, 111; ARCHITECTURE 31A, 31B, 102;
OCEANOGRAPHY 1; ART 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 118, 123U, 123V,
PHYSICAL SCIENCE 11; 123W, 125A, 130A, 140A, 146A, 146B, 160A, 170A, 180A;
PHYSICS 2A, 2B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 10, 20, 41; ASIAN STUDIES 11;
CINEMA 18, 21, 23A, 23B, 57;
B2. LIFE SCIENCE: COMMUNICATION STUDIES 38;
ANTHROPOLOGY 1; DANCE 30, 100A;
ASTRONOMY 4; FASHION 55;
BIOLOGY 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 32, 33, 40, 51, 53, 61, 100A, INTERIOR DESIGN 138;
100B, 106, 108, 111, 112, 114, 118, 118B, 119, 120, 134; LATIN AMERICAN & LATINA/O/E/X STUDIES 14;
BIOTECHNOLOGY 4; LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER STUDIES 20, 55;
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & SUSTAINABILITY 31; MAKER STUDIES 100;
PSYCHOLOGY 1B; MUSIC 3A, 3B, 5A, 5B, 9A, 21, 22A, 22B, 22C, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27A,
27B, 27Q, 27R, 28, 100, 128;
B3. LABORATORY ACTIVITY (TO BE TAKEN WITH COURSE PHILIPPINE STUDIES 39A, 39B;
FROM B1 OR B2) PHOTOGRAPHY 40, 50A, 50B;
ANTHROPOLOGY 1L; THEATRE ARTS 30, 31, 32, 33, 150A;
ASTRONOMY 16; VISUAL MEDIA DESIGN 110;
WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES 20;
C2. HUMANITIES: Completed INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 7, 17, 30, 31, 37, 45;
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES 30, 40, 60; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 162;
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE 2A; LABOR & COMMUNITY STUDIES 15, 70A, 70B, 88, 96C, 114;
AMERICAN STUDIES 5; LATIN AMERICAN & LATINA/O/E/X STUDIES 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15;
ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES 6, 10, 30, 35; LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER STUDIES 5, 9, 10, 21, 50;
ASIAN STUDIES 15, 30; NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS STUDIES 38
CHINESE 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 4A, 4B, 10A, 10B, 10C, PHILIPPINE STUDIES 20, 40, 50;
10D, 12A, 12B, 12C, 14A, 14B, 14C, 30A, 30B, 31A, 31B, 32, 33, PHYSICAL EDUCATION 13, 28;
39; POLITICAL SCIENCE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22, 43, 45;
CINEMA 19, 20A, 20B, 21, 22, 23C; PSYCHOLOGY 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32, 40;
CLASSICS 35; SOCIOLOGY 1, 2, 3, 21, 25, 35, 52, 55;
COMMUNICATION STUDIES 8; WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES 20, 25, 35, 54;
ENGLISH 1B, 30A, 30B, 35A, 35B, 35C, 35D, 35G, 35H, 43, 44A, 44B, Completed
46A, 46B, 46C, 48C, 48K, 51, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58, 61, 62; Area D
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 188; AREA E:
ETHNIC STUDIES 37, 45;
FRENCH 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 5, 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, LIFELONG LEARNING AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT:
11A, 11B, 41, 42; (3 SEMESTER UNITS OR 4-5 QUARTER UNITS)
GERMAN 1A, 1B; CAREER DEVELOPMENT 60;
HISTORY 1, 4A, 4B, 5, 9, 12A, 12B, 17A, 17B, 18A, 18B, 20, 21, 35A, COMMUNITY & PUBLIC HEALTH 10, 25, 27, 30, 33, 48, 52, 53, 54,
35B, 37, 40, 41A, 41B, 45, 49;
HUMANITIES 7, 8, 11, 12, 20, 25, 41A, 41B, 48; 67, 91T, 97;
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 3, 4, 14, 27B, 29, 30, 31, 36, 37, 45, DANCE *34A, *34B, * 3 4 C , *37, *100B, *102AB, *110A-*172AB,
46, 47; *173;
ITALIAN 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, DISABILITY SERVICES & PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS *20;
11A, 11B, 15A, 15B; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN 14;
JAPANESE 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 4A, 4B, 10A, 10B, 10C, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 17, 50;
39; LEARNING ASSISTANCE 50;
LATIN AMERICAN & LATINA/O/E/X STUDIES 1; LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER STUDIES 21, 24;
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER STUDIES 11, 12, 15, PHYSICAL EDUCATION 14, 28, *174A, *200B-*202, *204A-
18, 70, 75; *276AB;
PHILIPPINE STUDIES 30, 39A, 39B, 42; PHYSICAL EDUCATION ATHLETICS *60-*99;
PHILOSOPHY 2, 4, 25A, 25C; PSYCHOLOGY 9, 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 26, 40;
PILIPINO 1, 2, 10A, 10B, 10C; SOCIOLOGY 35;
RUSSIAN 1A, 1B, 21A, 21B; WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES 55.
SPANISH 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 3A, 3B, 5, 5S, 6A, 6B, 7, 10A, 10B,
10C, 10D, 22A, 22B, 22C, 31, 31A, 31B, 32, 32A, 32B, 42; *Only one unit of physical activity coursework may be applied to the
WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES 10, 20; 3-unit Area E requirement.

Additional Area C1 or C2 AREA F:

AREA D: ETHNIC STUDIES:(3 SEMESTER UNITS OR 4-5 QUARTER UNITS)

SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Updated GE Area Effective Fall 2021) (6 AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES 30+, 40+, 42+, 55, 60+;
SEMESTER UNITS OR 8 QUARTER UNITS for students using this ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES 1, 6+, 8+, 10+, 20+, 22+, 23+, 27+, 30+,
Academic Year’s CSU GE pattern. 35+, 40+;
Note: If two different disciplines are not completed at the lower ETHNIC STUDIES 37;
division level, a second discipline must be chosen at the upper INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES 37;
division level. LATIN AMERICAN & LATINA/O/E/X STUDIES 1+,2+, 9+, 10+;
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES 9+;
NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS STUDIES 38
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 57, 59, 65, 67;
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES 30, 42, 60; +Area F effective Fall ‘21
AMERICAN STUDIES 5;
ANTHROPOLOGY 2, 3, 3C, 4, 8, 11, 12, 15, 20, 25, 50;
ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES 1, 8, 20, 22, 23, 27, 30, 35, 40, 42; Note: While a course may be listed in more than one
BROADCAST ELECTRONIC MEDIA ARTS 101, 103; area, it may only be used to satisfy one area
CHILD DEVELOPMENT 53, 61, 67, 97;
requirement.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES 5;
COMMUNITY & PUBLIC HEALTH 10, 30, 52, 54, 56, 97, 110, 221,
231;
ECONOMICS 1, 3, 6, 15, 20, 22, 25, 30; New GE approvals marked in Boldface
ETHNIC STUDIES 37, 45;
GEOGRAPHY 3, 4, 7;
HISTORY 1, 4A, 4B, 5, 9, 12A, 12B, 17A, 17B, 18A, 18B, 20, 21, 35A,
35B, 37, 40, 41A, 41B, 45, 49; 6/2024: ARTICULATION OFFICE