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Nov 23, 2024
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University Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
General Education Lower Division Courses
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Students following the Fall 2020 or earlier GE Catalog should refer to the 2020-2021 Catalog. The current GE Catalog reflects updates effective Fall 2021.
- General Education (GE) requirements must add up to at least 48-semester units - 39 Lower Division and 9 Upper Division units.
- An Introduction to Higher Education course (IHE) is required of all first-time freshmen.
- A minimum C- grade in A1, A2, A3, and B4 classes is required. This does not apply to meet the prerequisite for courses that require these courses to be completed with a grade of C or better.
- A minimum C grade average in general education is required of all students following the Fall 2016 or later catalog.
- Civic Learning/Community Engagement Requirement (cl) - a total of 6 semester units, 3-semester units will be fulfilled by completing the IHE course. One (cl) course must be completed at the upper-division general education level. These courses are designated as (cl) before the course listing.
- Diversity Requirement (d) or (re) - a total of 6-semester units; students must complete one race/ethnicity (re) course and one diversity(d) course or another race/ethnicity (re) course. These courses are designated as (re) or (d) before the course listing.
- Writing Intensive Requirement (wi) - a total of 6-semester units; students must complete two writing-intensive (wi) courses, with at least one in their major. These courses are designated as (wi) before the course listing.
- For all students following the Fall 2021 or later Catalog, 3 units of Ethnic Studies is required and can only be satisfied with approved Block F courses (no substitutions).
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A1 Oral Communication
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A2 Written Communication
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A3 Critical Thinking and Composition
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B1 Physical Science
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B2 Biological Science
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B3 Interdisciplinary Physical/Biological Science
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B4 Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
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C1 Arts
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C2 Humanities
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American Institutions (6 units)
Note:
Take one course in each subarea: (1) U.S. History, (2) U.S. Constitutional and State/Local Government
U.S. Constitution and State/Local Government
Note:
* Transfer students only - who have completed the US Constitution requirements but not the State or Local Government requirement, may take POLS 2000 in place of POLS 1000 .
Block A - English Language Communication & Critical Thinking (9 units)
Note:
Take one course in each subarea: A1, A2, A3.
A3 Critical Thinking and Composition
Block B - Natural Science & Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning (9 units)
Note:
Take one Course in each subareas: B1, B2, B4. B3 course can be taken in place of either B1 or B2, but not both.
B3 Interdisciplinary Physical/Biological Science
Note:
One B3 course can be taken in place of either B1 or B2, but not both.
B4 Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning
Block C - Arts & Humanities (6 units)
Note:
Take one course in each subarea: C1, C2.
Block D - Social Sciences (3 units)
Note:
Take one course from the list.
- (re) AAAS 1400 - Introduction to Globalization, Race, and Place (also listed as LAS 1400, PAS 1400) (3)
- (d) AAAS 1600 - History of Asia (also listed as HIST 1600) (3)
- (d) AAAS 1700 - Understanding Contemporary Asia (3)
- (d) AAAS 2000 - Pacific Asian Culture, People, and Society (3)
- (re) AAAS 2100 - Asian America: Culture, History, and Community (3)
- (re) AAAS 2630 - Asian-American Experience (also listed as SOC 2630) (3)
- (d) ANTH 1500 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
- ANTH 1700 - Archaeology and World Prehistory (3)
- ANTH 2300 - Language and Society (also listed as ENGL 2100) (3)
- (d) BUS 2500 - Diversity, Business, and the Workplace (3)
- CHDV 1400 - Development Across the Lifespan (Conception to Adolescence) (3)
- CHDV 1410 - Development Across the Lifespan (Adulthood and Aging) (3)
- (d) CHDV 2250 - Ethnic Identity and Awareness in Children and Families (3)
- (re) CLS 1500 - Ethnic Studies, Resistance & Solidarity (3)
- (re) CLS 2100 - Chicanx & Latinx Political and Social Movements (3)
- (d) CLS 2200 - Chicanas & Latinas in Contemporary US Society (also listed as WGSS 2200) (3)
- (re) CLS 2300 - Families and Kinships in the Americas (3)
- (d) COUN 2020 - Integration of Adults with Disabilities in the U.S. Society (3)
- (d) COUN 2250 - Diversity and Awareness of Self and Others for Helping Professionals (3)
- ECON 1500 - Economics for the Citizen (3)
- ENGL 2100 - Language and Society (also listed as ANTH 2300) (3)
- (d) GEOG 1550 - Cultural Geography (3)
- (d) HIST 1010 - World History to 1500 CE (3)
- (d) HIST 1020 - World History Since 1500 CE (3)
- (d) HIST 1600 - History of Asia (also listed as AAAS 1600) (3)
- (cl) HNRS 2310 - Reading Los Angeles: Community and Structure in the Metropolis (3)
- (re) LAS 1020 - The African Diaspora in the Americas (also listed as PAS 1020) (3)
- (re) LAS 1400 - Introduction to Globalization, Race, and Place (also listed as AAAS 1400, PAS 1400) (3)
- (d) LAS 1500 - Introduction to Latin American Studies (3)
- (d) LAS 2550 - Diverse Latin American Populations in Southern California (3)
- (re) PAS 1020 - The African Diaspora in the Americas (also listed as LAS 1020) (3)
- (re) PAS 1400 - Introduction to Globalization, Race, and Place (also listed as AAAS 1400, LAS 1400) (3)
- (re) PAS 1800 - Critical Race Theory (3)
- (re) PAS 2500 - African History (3)
- POLS 2500 - World Politics in Films and Media (3)
- PSY 1500 - Introductory Psychology (3)
- (d) SOC 2010 - Introduction to Sociology (3)
- (re) SOC 2630 - Asian-American Experience (also listed as AAAS 2630) (3)
- (d) TVF 2500 - Media, Culture and Identity (3)
- URBA 1800 - The Urban World (3)
- (d) WGSS 2000 - Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3)
- (re) WGSS 2200 - Chicanas & Latinas In US Contemporary US Society (also listed as CLS 2200) (3)
- (cl) (re) (wi) WGSS 2030 - Gender and Race in the Unites States (3)
Block E - Lifelong Understanding & Self-Development (3 units)
Note:
Take one course from the list.
Block F - Ethnic Studies (3 units)
Note:
The following courses satisfy lower division Block F, even if they are upper division. Note that all of the following courses satisfy Block F - Ethnic Studies, and many of these courses are approved to satisfy a different GE Area. Such courses cannot be used to meet Block F and another GE requirement, but can meet either Block F or another GE requirement. The first set of courses listed will satisfy Block F by default. Please see an advisor if you need the course to satisfy a different area of GE. The second list of courses satisfy Block F but not automatically as they satisfy another area of GE by default. Again, please see an advisor if you prefer to use the course to satisfy Block F. Only courses listed in these two lists can satisfy Block F as there are no substitutions or waivers.
Courses that primarily satisfy Block F:
- AAAS 1080 - Comparative Ethnic Studies (3)
- (d)(wi) AAAS 2000 - Pacific Asian Culture, People, and Society (3)
- (re) AAAS 2100 - Asian America: Culture, History, and Community (3)
- (wi) AAAS 3000 - Methods of Research & Writing for Asian/Asian American Studies (3)
- AAAS 4080 - Comparative Diaspora Studies (3)
- AAAS 4510 - Advanced Seminar in Asian and Asian American Studies- Community Service (3)
- AAAS 4800 - Asia in the Global World (3)
- (re) CLS 1500 - Ethnic Studies, Resistance & Solidarity (3)
- (re) CLS 2010 - Mexican Literature Sin Fronteras (3)
- (re) CLS 2200 - Chicanas & Latinas in Contemporary US Society (also listed as WGSS 2200) (3)
- (re) CLS 2300 - Families and Kinships in the Americas (3)
- (cl)(re) CLS 3100 - Introduction to Critical Education: Theory & Praxis (3)
- (cl)(re) CLS 3300 - Race, Class, & Gender (3)
- CLS 3320 - Global Migrants in Transnational Networks and Economies (3)
- (cl)(re) CLS 3400 - Chicanx/Latinx/Indigenous Refusal, Resistance, & Praxis (3)
- CLS 4000 - Indigenous Peoples of Mexico & Central America: Land, History, Culture (3)
- (wi) CLS 4020 - Literatures of Resistance: Chicanx & Latinx Voices (3)
- (re) PAS 1200 - Elementary African Language and Culture (3)
- PAS 1300 - Introduction to Pan African Studies (3)
- (re) PAS 1800 - Critical Race Theory (3)
- (re)(wi) PAS 2010 - Third World Literature (3)
- PAS 2020 - African American Religion as Civic Culture (3)
- (cl)(re) PAS 3690 - Race, Activism, and Emotions (3)
- PAS 4000 - Psychology and African Americans (3)
- PAS 4080 - Black Sexuality (3)
- PAS 4170 - Hip-Hop as Political Expression (3)
- PAS 4220 - Themes in Black Literature (3)
- (re) WGSS 2200 - Chicanas & Latinas In US Contemporary US Society (also listed as CLS 2200) (3)
Courses approved to satisfy Block F but primarily satisfy other GE Areas:
(Open course link for more information on other GE areas covered)
- (re) AAAS 2200 - Asians and Asian Americans in Literature, Arts, and Media (3)
- AAAS 3480 - Race, Class, and Gender (also listed as PAS 3480) (3)
- AAAS 3530 - Asian and Asian American Literature (3)
- (re) CLS 1200 - Introduction to Chicanx/Latinx History In the U.S. (3)
- (re) CLS 1300 - The Constitution, Law, & Chicanx/Latinx Communities (3)
- (re) CLS 1600 - Cultural and Artistic Expressions in the Americas (3)
- (re) CLS 2050 - Chicanx/Latinx in Film and Media (3)
- (re) CLS 2060 - Chicanx/Latinx, Social Media & Digital Communities (3)
- (re) CLS 2100 - Chicanx & Latinx Political and Social Movements (3)
- (cl)(re) CLS 3120 - Chicanx/Latinx Parent, Community, & School Partnerships (3)
- CLS 3200 - Pre-Columbian Narratives in Latin American Literature (3)
- (cl)(re) PAS 1100 - Racial Equality, Government and the Constitution (3)
- (re) PAS 1500 - Black Oral Traditions and Communication (3)
- (re) PAS 1510 - African American History (3)
- (re) PAS 2210 - African American Music as History and Criticism, African American Music (3)
- (re) PAS 2500 - African History (3)
- (re) PAS 2600 - Third World Images in Film (3)
- (re) PAS 3070 - Black Manhood and Masculinity (3)
- PAS 3480 - Race, Class, and Gender (also listed as AAAS 3480) (3)
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