General Education Area (2025)
General Education Area (2025) displays the Course Attribute Values for the subset of General Education Requirement Course Attributes.
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Courses can have multiple GE Class Areas or Course Attribute Values associated with them.
General Education Changes in Fall 2025 and Beyond
Beginning in Fall 2025, the GE requirements in the CSU changed from the GE pattern that has existed since Fall 2021. The revised CSU GE Requirements was approved by the CSU Board of Trustees in March 2024 to provide an equitable experience for all CSU students. This goal stemmed from the passage of California Assembly Bill 928 (AB 928), the Student Transfer Achievement Reform (STAR) Act of 2021, which mandates a singular lower-division GE pattern, known as the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC), for students transferring from the California Community Colleges to the CSU or the University of California. Effective Fall 2025, Cal-GETC became the only GE transfer pattern offered by the California Community Colleges.[1]
| CSU GE Breadth
Fall 2021–Summer 2025 |
CSU GE Requirements
Fall 2025+ |
Cal-GETC
Fall 2025+ |
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Lower DivisionArea A: Communication in English Language and Critical Thinking
Area B: Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning
Area C: Arts and Humanities
Area D: Social Sciences — two courses, 6 units^ Area E: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development — 3 units Area F: Ethnic Studies — one course, 3 units Total: 39–40 units |
Lower DivisionArea 1: English Communication
Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning — 3 units Area 3: Arts and Humanities
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences — two courses, 6 units* Area 5: Physical and Biological Sciences
Area 6: Ethnic Studies — one course, 3 units Total: 34 units |
Lower DivisionArea 1: English Communication
Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning — 3 units Area 3: Arts and Humanities
Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences — two courses in two different disciplines, 6 units Area 5: Physical and Biological Sciences
Area 6: Ethnic Studies — one course, 3 units Total: 34 units |
Upper-division GE: 9 units
^Area D requires two different disciplines across the 9 units. |
Upper-division GE: 9 units
*Area 4 requires two different disciplines across the 9 units. |
Cal-GETC is the lower-division transfer pattern for California community-college students transferring to CSU or UC.
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Note: CSU GE Requirements and Cal-GETC use aligned Area 1–6 labels but are not identical patterns. For example, Cal-GETC Area 1B is Critical Thinking and Composition, while CSU GE Area 1B is Critical Thinking.
Business Rules
Class sections inherit the GE Class Attribute/Values from Catalog.
See the Catalog for additional information on General Education requirements.
Examples
- 1A English Composition
- 1B Critical Thinking
- 1C Oral Communication
- 2 Math Concepts & Quant Reason
- etc...
See Also
References
- ↑ The California State University. CSU General Education (GE). https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/administration/academic-affairs/academic-programs-innovation-and-faculty-excellence/program-development/Pages/csu-general-education.aspx
- ↑ The California State University. GE Comparison Trifold update July 2, 2025. CSU GE Comparison Trifold