College of Alameda
General Education Requirements for IGETC
2003-2004
AREA 1: ENGLISH COMMUNICATION:
CSU Requires three (3) courses, one each from A, B, and C
UC Requires Two (2) courses, one from A and B
GROUP A: ENGLISH COMPOSITION: One course, 3 Semester/5 Quarter units: English 1A
GROUP B: CRITICAL THINKING: One course, 3 Semester/5 Quarter units: English 5
GROUP C: (A CSU requirement only.) ORAL COMMUNICATION: One course, 3 Semester/5 Quarter units: Speech 1A, 1B, 4, 45
AREA 2: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING:
One course, 3 Semester/5 Quarter units from: Math 2, 3AC, 3E, 3F, 11, 13, 16A-B
AREA 3: ARTS AND HUMANITIES: (9 Semester/15 Quarter units)
Complete three (3) courses, minimum one course from the Arts and one from the Humanities:
ARTS: Art 1, 2, 3, 4, 8A-B; Music 1A, 10, 12A-B, 15A-B
HUMANITIES: English 1B, 16, 17A-B, 27A-B, 30A-B, 31, 32A-B, 33A-B, 36; French 1B*; German 1B*; Spanish 1B*, 2A-B*, 51+; Humanities 1, 2, 3, 13A+*-B+* (or Psychology 13A+*-B+*), 40, 51A+-B+-C+; Mex/Latin Am. 2A+-B+-C+, 3+, 18A*-B*; Philosophy 1, 2, 4, 5, 20A-B
AREA 4: SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: (9Semester/15 Quarter units)
Complete at least three (3) courses, from at least two (2) disciplines or an interdisciplinary sequence: AFRAM 30*+, 31*+, 32+; Anthropology 2, 3, 5+; 14, ASAME 45A*-B; Economics 1,2; Geography 2, 5; History 1+, 2A-B, 5, 7A*-B*, 8A-B, 10A-B, 11, 12, 15*, 17*, 19, 32, 50*+, 51*+, 52+, 53A*-B*, 55A, 56+; Humanities 13A+*-B+*; Political Science 1*, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6*, 7**, 9**, 18*; Psychology 1A-B, 3, 7AB, 9A-B, 12, 13A+*-B+*, 18, 24; Sociology 1, 2, 3+, 5, 13
AREA 5: PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: (7- 8 Semester/9-12 Quarter units)
Complete at least two (2) courses: minimum one course from the Physical Sciences and one from the Biological Sciences: At least one of the courses must include a laboratory:
Physical Sciences: Astronomy 1, 47L; Chemistry 1A(L), 1B(L), 8A(L), 8B(L), 30A(L)**, 30B(L)**; Geography 1, 1L; Geology 10; Physics 4A(L), 4B(L), 4C(L), 10** Biological Sciences: Anthropology 1; Biology 1A(L), 1B(L), 10(L)**, 11, 12A(L)**,12B(L)**, 14(L), 17(L), 18(L), 19(L), 26(L) LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH (A U.C. requirement only.) This requirement is satisfied by completing one of the following options:
A. Completed two (2) years of the same foreign language of high school work with a grade of “C” or better.
B. Earn a score of three (3) or higher on the Foreign Language Advanced Placement (AP) test.
C. Satisfactory completion with “C” grades or better, of two years of formal schooling at the sixth grade level or higher in an institution where the language of instruction is not English.
D. Satisfactory score of 5 or higher in the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examinations in languages other than English.
E. Satisfactory score in the SAT II: Subject Test in Languages other than English. (See counselor for required scores).
F. Satisfactory completion of a proficiency test administered by a community college, university, or other college in a language other than English.
G. Complete one of the following semester courses: French 1A, German 1A, Spanish 1A, Vietnamese 1A
Note: Courses above the proficiency level (1A) may also be used to satisfy this requirement; however, if a course is used to meet this requirement, the course cannot be double-counted on Area 3: Humanities
*CSU GRADUATION REQUIREMENT IN U.S. HISTORY, CONSTITUTION AND AMERICAN IDEALS:
This is not an IGETC requirement; however, these courses should be completed prior to transferring to any CSU campus.
Note: Courses used to meet this requirement may not be used to satisfy requirements for IGETC.
Complete two(2) courses, one from group 1 and one from group 2:
Group 1: Political Science 1, 6, 16, 18
Group 2: AFRAM 30, 31; ASAME 45A; History 7A, 7B, 15,
17, 50, 51
KEY: * Indicates courses cannot be doubled counted in other Areas.
+ Student receives credit and certification for one course only.
** Indicates transfer credit may be limited by either UC and/or CSU due to course sequencing. See counselor for information.