Program: General Education Courses for Majors - California State University, Los Angeles

Nov 20, 2025

University Catalog 2025-2026

In addition to the approved lower and upper-division courses listed in the Catalog, the following courses also satisfy General Education (GE) requirements. However, enrollment is typically restricted to students in specific majors. Students get appropriate GE credit for passing these courses even if they change out of the majors indicated below. Please refer to all requirements for your major to confirm the GE courses that are recommended for or required for students in your major and catalog term. There may be other courses not listed here, especially if they need to be taken in addition to other major courses in order to fully satisfy GE subject areas.

Index

Lower Division GE Subject Areas

Area 1B - Critical Thinking
Area 2 - Mathematical Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning
Area 3B - Humanities
Area 4 - Social & Behavioral Sciences
Area 5A - Physical Science
Area 5B - Biological Science
Area 5C - Laboratory

Upper Division GE Subject Areas

Area 2 or 5 - UD Mathematical Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning / Physical & Biological Sciences
Area 3 —– UD Arts and Humanities
Area 4 —– UD Social & Behavioral Sciences

General Education Lower Division Courses

Area 1B - Critical Thinking

Multiple courses within the following majors combine to satisfy this area thus these courses will not be listed individually. GE area 1B is not available for satisfying any single course in the major. The area will appear as ‘waived’ while students are in these majors but will need to be satisfied if they change to a different major.
Majors: Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.

Area 2 - Mathematical Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning

ECON 2090 - Applied Business and Economic Statistics I [3]
Majors: Economics
MATH 1150 - Elements of Algebra and Statistics for Elementary and Middle School Teachers [3]
Majors: Urban Learning and Integrated Teaching Options in Child Development, Liberal Studies, Chicana(o) and Latina(o) Studies
MATH 2045 - Calculus for the Life Sciences [5]
Intended for life science majors.
MATH 2110 - Calculus I [4]
Majors: Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Natural Science, Physics, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Area 3B - Humanities

CS 3801 - Societal and Ethical Issues in Computing [3]
Majors: Computer Science
ENGR 3010 - Ethics and Professionalism in Engineering [3]
Majors: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Area 4 - Social & Behavioral Sciences

CE 3000 - Economics for Engineers (also listed as EE 3000, ME 3000) [3]
Majors: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
ECON 2010 - Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics [3]
Majors: Business Administration, all options; Computer Information Systems
ECON 2020 - Principles of Economics II: Macroeconomics [3]
Majors: Business Administration, all options
EE 3000 - Economics for Engineers (also listed as CE 3000, ME 3000) [3]
Majors: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
ME 3000 - Economics for Engineers (also listed as CE 3000, EE 3000) [3]
Majors: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Area 5A - Physical Science

Area 5C maybe embedded in some of the 5A courses.

CHEM 1010 - Fundamentals of Chemistry [4]
Majors: Nutritional Science, Nursing
CHEM 1040 - General Chemistry for Engineers [4]
Majors: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
CHEM 1100 - General Chemistry I [5]
Majors: Biology, Geography, Geology, Microbiology, Natural Science, Physics
GEOL 2520 - Historical Geology [4]
Majors: Natural Science
PHYS 1100 - Physics for the Life Sciences I [4]
Majors: Biology, Exercise Science, Microbiology, Natural Science
PHYS 1200 - Physics for the Life Sciences II [4]
Majors: Natural Science
PHYS 2100 - General Physics I: Mechanics [4]
Majors: Biochemistry, Chemistry, Mathematics, Natural Science, Physics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
PHYS 2200 - General Physics II: Electromagnetism and Circuits [4]
Majors: Natural Science

Area 5B - Biological Science

Area 5C maybe embedded in some of the 5B courses.

BIOL 1030 - Life Science [4]
Majors: Chicana(o) and Latina(o) Studies, the ESM options; Liberal Studies, the ESM Traditional Option.
BIOL 1100 - Cellular Basis of Life [5]
Majors: Biochemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Natural Science, Physics
BIOL 1200 - Diversity of Life [5]
Majors: Natural Science
BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II [4]
Majors: Nursing
CE 3840 - Environmental Engineering II [3]
Majors: Civil Engineering
EE 3810 - Sensors, Data Acquisition, and Instrumentation with Applications in Biomedical Engineering [3]
Major: Electrical Engineering
ME 3040 - Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data for Engineers [3]
Majors: Mechanical Engineering

Area 5C - Laboratory

CHEM 1040 - General Chemistry for Engineers [4]
Majors: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

General Education Upper Division Courses

Area 2 or 5 - UD Mathematical Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning / Physical & Biological Sciences

CE 3740 - Civil Engineering Materials [3]
Majors: Civil Engineering
CHEM 4890 - Molecular Science Capstone [3]
Majors: Biochemistry, Chemistry
CS 3112 - Analysis of Algorithms [3] and
CS 3186 - Introduction to Automata Theory [3]
Majors: Computer Science
ECON 3060 - Statistics for Business Analysis and Decision Making [3]
Majors: Business Administration, all options; Computer Information Systems
EDIT 4100 - Educational Technology for Urban Educators [3]
Majors: Urban Learning
EE 3050 - Electric and Magnetic Fields [3]
Majors: Electrical Engineering
MATH 3950 - Field Experience I: Intro. To Classroom Strategies [3]
Majors: Mathematics
MATH 3960 - Field Experience II: Application and Evaluation of Classroom Strategies [2]
Majors: Mathematics
ME 4061 - Heat Transfer I [3]
Majors: Mechanical Engineering

Area 3 - UD Arts and Humanities

CE 3060 - Communication for Civil Engineers [2] and
CE 4960 - Civil Engineering Design Project I [2] and
CE 4970 - Civil Engineering Design Project [2]
Majors: Civil Engineering (wi)(cl)
CS 4961 - Software Design Laboratory I [3] and
CS 4962 - Software Design Laboratory II [3]
Majors: Computer Science (wi)(cl)
EDSE 4502 - Understanding Academic Language Development [3]
Majors: Mathematics
EE 4961 - Senior Design I [3] and
EE 4962 - Senior Design II [3]
Majors: Electrical Engineering (wi)(cl)
ME 4971 - Mechanical Engineering Senior Project I [3]
Majors: Mechanical Engineering (wi)(cl)
MGMT 3080 - Business Responsibilities in Society [3]
Majors: Business Administration, all options; Computer Information Systems
NTRS 3120 - Cultural Cuisine [3]
Majors: Nutritional Science
ULRN 4110 - Learning and Critical Thinking [3]
Majors: Urban Learning

Area 4 - UD Social & Behavioral Sciences

CE 3060 - Communication for Civil Engineers [2] and
CE 4960 - Civil Engineering Design Project I [2] and
CE 4970 - Civil Engineering Design Project [2]
Majors: Civil Engineering (wi)(cl)
CS 4961 - Software Design Laboratory I [3] and
CS 4962 - Software Design Laboratory II [3]
Majors: Computer Science (wi)(cl)
EDFN 4400 - Educational Foundations: Schooling in a Diverse Society [3]
Majors: Mathematics (d)
EDSE 4101 - Intersectional Diversity in Families and Students from Urban Schools [3]
Majors: Mathematics
EE 4961 - Senior Design I [3] and
EE 4962 - Senior Design II [3]
Majors: Electrical Engineering (wi)(cl)
ME 4972 - Mechanical Engineering Senior Project II [3]
Majors: Mechanical Engineering (wi)(cl)

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