General Education Requirements

	Unit Requirements
	Academic Standards
	Courses in your Major
	Understanding your GE status
	Allowable "Double Counts" with Majors
	Approved GE course list

Approved General Education Course List

General Education provides the foundation for the university education. It is designed to give students a breadth of knowledge and understanding across the major disciplines of science, social science, arts and humanities. It is also designed to help students develop such lifelong skills as critical thinking and writing. Each category of GE has its own set of learning goals. Click here to view the Goals of General Education in the University Catalogue.

Organization of GE Course Requirements

The GE program is organized in the following manner:

Unit Requirements

• Minimum of 51 units of GE
• 9 units of GE using upper division courses (300-400 level courses) taken as a junior or senior
• 9 units of GE in residence (taken at CSU Fullerton)
• 3 units in cultural diversity (any class designated with a star, *, is a cultural diversity class)
• 9 units maximum from a single department, excluding any units associated with the courses used to meet Category I, Core Competencies, in the GE program
• Each course counts in one category only, those meeting Category V, Cultural Diversity
  

Academic Standards

• All courses applied to GE requirements must be taken for a letter grade.
• Credit/No Credit (CR/NC) grade option may only be used if that is the only option available.
• A grade of C (2.0) or better required for I.A (Oral Communication), I.B (Written Communication), I.C (Critical Thinking) and III.A.1 (Mathematics).

Courses in your Major:

• Courses offered by the department of the student's major may NOT be used to fulfill the unit requirements of III, IV, and V with the exception of categories offering chioces from only one department.
• Courses offered by the department of the student's minor and second listed major may be used for GE
• Courses that are cross-listed meet General Education category for all majors except those in the home department of the cross-listed course. The "home" department is the one under which the course description appears in the catalog. For example, LING is the "home" department for LING441/ENGL441; therefore, it may not be used by Linguistics majors.
• Upper-division courses offered by the department of the students major may NOT be used for upper division General Education credit.

I. Core Competencies (9 units minimum)
      Grade of "C" (2.0) or better required

A. Oral Communication (3)
B. Written Communication (3)
C. Critical Thinking (3)

II. Historical & Cultural Foundations (12 units)

A. Development of World Civilization (6)
B. American History, Institutions, and Values (6)

III. Disciplinary Learning (27 units)

A. Mathematics & Natural Science (12)

1. Mathematics (3) Grade of "C" (2.0) or better required
2. Natural Sciences (6)
3. Implications & Explorations in Natural Science & Math (0-3)
Science Laboratory course (1) from IIIA2 OR IIIA3

B. Arts & Humanities (9)

1. Introduction to the Arts (3)
2. Introduction to the Humanities (3)
3. Implications, Explorations & Participatory Experience in the Arts & Humanities (3)

C. Social Sciences (6)

1. Introduction to the Social Sciences (3)
2. Implications, Explorations & Participatory Experience in the Social Sciences (3)

IV. Lifelong Learning (3 units)

V. Cultural Diversity (One three-unit course identified with a star, *, from sections III.B.3, II.C.2 or IV.

Understanding Your GE Status: Titan Degree Audit
The best way for all students to track their progress toward their degree is to regularly consult their Titan Degree Audit (TDA). The TDA indicates those requirements for GE and for the major which have been met, and those that are yet to be completed. Students can access their personal TDA by going to their student portal and logging on to TITAN Online. From there, the student selects "Student Academics" to find the TDA option.

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Allowable Double Counts with Majors
Students may not use a class for GE that is offered by their major department. For example, ENGL 341 is on the list of approved GE courses. A student majoring in English is not allowed to use ENGL 341 to satisfy a GE requirement. On the other hand, a Liberal Studies major is allowed to use the class both for GE and for the major requirement because the class is not offered by the Liberal Studies Department. Click here to find possible GE double counts for the various majors.

Approved GE Course List
Courses are regularly added and deleted from the approved list of GE courses each year. Sometimes GE courses are approved for one category of GE for a period of time, but then are moved to another category of GE. Students will be credited with satisfying the GE requirement if the course met the requirement in the semester the class was taken. Click here to determine if a course is an approved GE class and for the GE history of the course.
It is important to get an updated list of approved GE courses every semester.

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