The GE-Breadth Requirements is a lower-division 39 semester unit pattern. Students must take specified courses in the areas of:

• Area A: Communication in the English language and Critical Thinking
• Area B: Physical Universe and its Life Forms
• Area C: Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and Foreign Language
• Area D: Social, Political, and Economic Institutions
• Area E: Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development

Each California Community College has a list of courses that can be used in each of the areas. The list is also available at www.assist.org. Each of the areas has a minimum number of units or courses. See the Transfer Student Planner for more information about each of the areas.

Up to 39 lower division GE-Breadth units required can be certified by a California Community College or other certifying institution. Students who are certified with 39 semester units of lower-division GE-Breadth units will be required to complete a minimum of 9 semester units of upper division general education work after transfer just like other students attending your CSU campus.

It is important that you request that your community college certify completion of California Community College coursework that meets CSU general education requirements. Certification means that the CSU will accept these courses to meet the CSU GE-Breadth areas designated by your California Community College. Please see the GE Certification section.