American River College
California State Universities - General Education Requirements
2004 - 2005
With New ARC Course Numbers

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Always use the most current CSU General Education pattern to choose your classes Each year, a few classes are added or deleted on these patterns. If you take a class after it has been deleted or before it appears on the pattern, it will not count for your General Education.

RULE OF THUMB: If you take a course in the year it appears on the CSU General Education pattern, it counts!

It is the student's responsibility to check these requirements with an American River College Counselor.

IMPORTANT: You must make and appointment with your American River College counselor in order to get your CSU General Education certified.

Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree
The degree requirements at a California State University consist, in general, of:

1. the General Education Requirements which are required of all degree candidates;
2. the Major Department Requirements which are a part of the student's field of specialization;
3. individual campus graduation requirements; and
4. state law requirements.

These requirements are classified in two levels: lower division and upper division. Students may transfer a maximum of 70 lower division units. which may involve preparation for the major and all of the lower division in the general education pattern while attending American River College.

General Education Requirements 2004 - 2005

The following requirements apply to all students who begin college, Fall 2004 or Spring 2005.

To be eligible for graduation with a Bachelor's degree from a California State University, students must complete a minimum of 48 semester units of general education. American River College will certify completion of 39 lower division general education units for students if they follow the pattern outlined below. The remaining 9 required units must be upper division courses completed at the four-year university.

If students have a subject major, it is important that lower division courses that are required for the major or that prepare for the major be completed prior to transfer. Fifty-six or more transferable units are needed for a student to transfer with junior standing.

Advanced Placement (AP) examinations are appropriate for inclusion on in the General Education breadth list. (Please see your counselor for the AP list.
New Numbers with Old Numbers
[new number] old number
[*] Courses appearing in more than one category may be used to satisfy only one category.
[+] Courses are cross-numbered in two subject areas and may count in only one area.

C = Completed at ARC .. O = Completed at another college .. I = In Progress .. N= Need

AREA A Communication - Oral, Written, Critical Thinking (9 units minimum)
One course from each numbered section (A1, A2, and A3)

Required

C

O

I

N

A1.
SPEECH [301] 1, [331] 15

3

       
A2.
ENGWR

 

[300] 1A, [480] 1AH
ESLW

 

[340] 5W

3

       
A3.
ENGWR

 

[301] 1B, [302] 1C, [481] 1BH, [482] 1CH
ESLW

 

[350] 6
PHIL

 

[320] 4
SPEECH

 

[302] 2, [311] 3

3

       
AREA B Physical Universe and Its Life Forms (9 units minimum)
One course from each numbered section (B1, B2, and B3). One of the Science courses in B1 or B2 must have a laboratory component. Laboratory courses are designated with an (L)

Required

C

O

I

N

B1.
ASTR

 

[300] 1, [400(L)] 2(L)
CHEM

 

[305(L)] 2A(L), [320(L)] 7(L), [400(L)] 1A(L), [401(L)] 1B(L), [423(L)] 8(L)
GEOG

 

[300] 1, [301(L)] 11(L), [+307] +13, [+308] +7, [+309(L)] +7(L)
GEOL

 

[300] 1, [301(L)] 2(L), [305] 8, [306(L)] 8L(L), [310] 3, [311(L)] 3(L), [+325] +13, [+330] +5, [+331(L)] +5(L), [342] 18, [345] 12
PHYS

 

[305] 7, [310] 10, [311] 11, [312(L)] 10L(L), [350(L)] 5A(L), [410(L)] 4A(L)
PS

 

[300]1, [301(L)] 2(L)

3
or
4

. . . .
B2.
ANTH

 

[300] 1, [301(L)] 11(L), [480] 1H
BIOL

 

[300] 12, [303(L)] 5(L), [305(L)] 10(L), [310(L)] 16(L), [352] 18, [370(L)] 15(L), [400(L)] 1A(L), [410(L)] 2(L), [420(L)] 3(L), [440(L)] 6(L), [442(L)] 4(L), [482(L)] 15H(L)
PSYC

 

[310] 2, [311(L)] 8

3
or
4

       
B3.
CISP

 

[440] 44
MATH

 

[300] 1, [310] 2, [+320] +12, [325] 3, [330] 15, [340] 43, [342] 44, [344] 42, [350] 16A, [351] 16B, [370] 29, [400] 9A, [401] 9B, [402] 9C, [410] 35, [420] 9D
PHIL   [+325] +12
PSYC

 

[330] 5
STAT

 

[301] 1, [481] 1H

3

       
AREA C Arts, Literature, Philosophy and Foreign Language (9 units minimum)
9 units minimum from 3 different subjects with at least one from the Arts and one from Humanities plus 1 from either Arts or Humanities)

Required

C

O

I

N

C1.
ART

 

[300] 11A, [320] 14, [370] 16, [372] 21A, [390] 25A, [411] 40A, [420] 29A, [431] 26A,
ARTH   [300] 10, [302] 3, [308] 4, [310] 5, [332] 9, [334] 5A, [480] 10H, [482] 4H, [483] 3B
ARTNM

 

[305] 3
FASHN   [330] 30
MUFHL

 

[300] 6, [310] 10, [311] 11, [315] 12, [321] 2, [330] 9, [400] 3A, [401] 3B, [410] 4A, [411] 4B, [480] 6H
MUIVI

 

[310] 22A, [340] 30A, [370] 42A, [385] 43A, [430] 33, [440] 26, [442] 28, [444] 29, [446] 27
MUP

 

[310] 13, [320] 14, [330] 16, [340] 17, [350] 19, [360] 21, [+370] +5, [400] 20, [410] 45, [412] 46, [416] 44, [424] 43C
MUSM

 

[342] 41A, [370] 9
TA

 

[300]1, [302] 2A, [303] 2B, [306] 4, [310] 6, [312] 7, [314] 7A, [315] 7B, [318] 8, [350] 15A, [390] 29, [406] 25, [435] 35, [+466] +43, [480] 15AH, [481] 7H

3

       
C2.
ENGLT

 

[300] 28, [302] 41, [303] 42, [304] 43, [310] 35, [311] 36, [320] 30, [321] 31, [327] 20, [333] 37C, [334] 37B, [337] 37A, [340] 33, [341] 34, [345] 26, [360] 27, [370] 39, [372] 39B, [374] 39C, [376] 39D, [378] 45, [380] 47, [382] 44, [390] 21, [392] 38, [494] 25
FREN

 

[411] 2A, [412] 2B
GERM

 

[411] 2A, [412] 2B
HIST

 

[*300] *4, [*302] *5, [*305] *6, [*307] *11, [*308] *12, [*340] *29,[*341] *30, [*364] *19, [*365] *20, [*367] *33, [*373] *10, [*480] *4H, [*481] *5H
HUM

 

[300] 1, [310] 2, [320] 3, [322] 8, [330] 9, [360] 11, [365] 10, [481] 1H, [482] 2H
ITAL   [411]
PHIL

 

[300] 6, [310] 5, [330] 20, [331] 21, [350] 10, [353] 13, [354] 14, [*360] *7
RUSS

 

[411] 2A, [412] 2B
SILA

 

[315] 3, [316] 4
SPAN

 

[411] 2A, [412] 2B
SPEECH

 

[305] 5

3

       
C3.   Additional courses may be chosen from either section above to make a total of 9 units in Area C.

3

       
AREA D Social, Political and Economic Institutions and Behavior (9 units minimum)
One course from each numbered section, minimum nine units.

Required

C

O

I

N

D1.
One course		 HIST

 

[310] 17, [311] 18, [318] 16I, [320] 14, [321] 15, [323] 16A, [325] 16P, [327] 16M, [330] 16W, [483] 17H, [484] 18H,
D2.
One course		 POLS

 

[301] 1

6
(3 plus 3)

       
D3.
ANTH

 

[310] 2, [315] 13, [320] 3, [330] 12, [333] 14
BUS

 

[+320] +14, [330] 15, [+345] +16
ECE

 

[+312] +34, [+314] +35
ECON

 

[302] 1A, [304] 1B, [+320] +14
FCS

 

[+314] +35
GEOG

 

[310] 2, [320] 10, [322] 21
HIST

 

[*300] *4, [*302] *5, [*305] *6, [* 307] *11, [*308] *12, [*340] *29, [*341] *30, [343] *31, [*364] *19, [*365] *20, [*367] *33, [*373] *10, [*480] *4H, [*481] *5H
JOUR

 

[310] 10
PHIL

 

[*360] *7
POLS

 

[302] 2, [310] 10, [322] 15, [330] 5, [+332] +16
PSYC

 

[300] 1, [305] 20, [320] 3, [*340] *15, [361] 16, [*370] *18, [+372] +34, [480] 1H, [481]
SOCSC

 

[310] 1, [312] 2
SOC

 

[300] 1A, [301] 1B, [320] 5, [325] 6, [342] 20

3

       
AREA E Lifelong Understanding (3 units minimum)
One Course from each section

Required

C

O

I

N

E1.
GERON

 

[+300] +22, [+302] +26
HEED

 

[300] 1
HSER

 

[+330] +19, [+340] +35
INDIS

 

[300] 1, [325] 10
NUTRI

 

[300] 10
PSYC

 

[*340] *15, [342] 32, [352] 21, [354] 24, [356] 25, [+365] 19, [*370] *18, [+374] +26, [380] 12, [390] 9, [400] 35, [*481]
SOC

 

[+335] +22
SPEECH

 

[321] 10

3

       
E2.
Physical Education activity course with one of the following prefixes:
ADAPT, DANCE, FITNS, PACT, TMACT, SPORT

5/24/04

NOTE: CSU Sacramento Only

1. CSU Sacramento requirers a toBtal of 51 General Education units and it is suggested that the additional 3 units be selected from AREA B.

2. CSU Sacramento requires 3 units to meet their Race and Ethnicity Graduation requirement. HIST 330, SOC 320, PSYC 365/HSER 330, and TA 306 have been approved to meet this requirement. These courses can also be used to satisfy a general education requirement at ARC.

3. For students whose cataloq is FALL 1992 or later, CSU Sacramento requires a graduation requirement of a second semester (402 level course) college foreign language or the completion of three years of the same language in hgh school with "C" or better grades. A second semester level or higher of American Sign Language with a grade of C- or higher will also satisfy this requirement. See your counselor for proficency options.

4. For students whose catalog is FALL 1992 or later, CSU Sacramento has a graduation requirement of Enalish 20, CSUS will accept the followinq courses: ENGWR 301, 302, 481, 482; and ESL 350 to complete this requirement. This course can also be double-counted in the CSU GE Area A3 requirement. Students who transfer to CSUS fully certfied under the IGETC pattern will be exempt from the English 20 graduation requirement.

The following American River College courses that appear on the checklist attached to this packet meet the CSU pattern.

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