General Education Pathway*
CSU General Education Requirements Met:
The California State University General Education-Breadth (CSU GE) pattern is one option that allows California community college transfer students to fulfill the lower-division general education requirements of any California State University (CSU) campus. The curriculum consists of a 39-unit pattern with five areas of concentration described in the CSU GE pattern.
AREA A: English Language Communication and Critical Thinking
- A.1. COMM B1 Public Speaking (CE)
- A.2. ENGL B1A Expository Composition (DE)
- A.3. COMM B5 Rhetoric and Argumentation (CE)
AREA B: Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning
- B.1. Geology (CSUB Dual Enrollment)
- B.2. ANTH B1 Physical Anthropology (CE)
- B.3. Geology Lab (CSUB Dual Enrollment)
- B.4. MATH B22 Elem. Probability & Stats (CE)
AREA C: Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and Foreign Language
- C.1. ART B1 Art Appreciation (CE)
- C.2. ART B2 Drawing I (DE)
- C.1./C.2. ENGL B1B Intro to Types of Literature (DE)
AREA D: Social Sciences - Choose 3 courses
- D. SOCI B1 Intro to Sociology (CE)
- D. COMM B6 Intercultural Communication (CE)
- D. ECON B1 Principles of Economics-Micro (CE)
- D. HIST B17A History of the United States (CE)
- D. PSYC B1A General Psychology (CE)
- D. COMM B7 Organizational Communication (CE)
- D. POLS B1 American Government: National, State and Local (CE)
AREA E: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
- E. STDV B3 Career & Life Planning
(DE) - Dual Enrollment courses offered during the school day, taught by Arvin High School teachers.
(CE) - Concurrent Enrollment courses offered after school at Arvin High School, taught by Bakersfield College faculty.
Certificate and Degree Pathways
- CSU General Education Breadth Certificate of Achievement**
*Courses and pathways are subject to change.
**Students can complete certificate while in high school.
IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum) Requirements Met:
Completion of the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) will permit a student to transfer from a California Community College (CCC) to a California State University (CSU) or University of California (UC) campus generally without the need, after transfer, to take additional lower-division general education courses to satisfy all lower-division general education requirements. However, individual colleges or majors within a CSU or UC campus may not accept IGETC for meeting general education.
AREA 1: English Communication
- 1A. ENGL B1A Expository Composition (DE)
- 1B. PHIL B9 Critical Thinking (CE-Online)
- 1C. COMM B1 Public Speaking (CE)
AREA 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning
- 2. MATH B22 Elem. Probability & Stats (CE)
AREA 3: Arts and Humanities - Choose 3 courses
- 3.A. ART B1 Art Appreciation (CE)
- 3.A. ART B2 Drawing I (DE)
- 3.B. ENGL B1B Intro to Types of Literature (DE)
- 3.B. HIST B17A History of the United States (CE)
AREA 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences
- 4. SOCI B1 Intro to Sociology (CE)
- 4. ECON B1 Principles of Economics-Micro (CE)
- 4. POLS B1 American Government: National, State and Local (CE)
AREA 5: Physical and Biological Sciences
- 5A. Geology (CSUB Dual Enrollment)
- 5B. ANTH B1 Physical Anthropology (CE)
- 5C. Geology Lab (CSUB Dual Enrollment)
AREA 6: Language Other than English
- 6. Two years of high school Spanish, or achieve a score of 3 or higher on the AP exam.
(DE) - Dual Enrollment courses offered during the school day, taught by Arvin High School teachers.
(CE) - Concurrent Enrollment courses offered after school at Arvin High School, taught by Bakersfield College faculty.
Certificate and Degree Pathways
- Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) Certificate of Achievement**
- Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) for STEM Certificate of Achievement**
*Courses and pathways are subject to change.
**Students can complete certificate while in high school.
For more information, visit General Education Patterns.
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