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Entry Level Skills Tests
ENGLISH
EPT- Waiver;SAT1 550, ACT 24,
AP ENG. 3
151 and above ENG 110
142-150 ENG 099
000-141 ENG 088
MATH
ELM- Waiver; SAT1 550, ACT 23,
AP Cal. 3
50 and above G.S. Math
40-49 MAT 009
00-39 MAT 003

A. Basic Skills (14-17 Units) C grade or higher required
1. Composition: (6)
ENG 110
ENG 111
2. Quantative Reasoning (3 or 4)
MAT 105, 131, 153, 171, 191 or 193
3. Logic/Critical Reasoning (3)
PHI 120 or PSY 110
4. Oral Communication (2)
THE 120
5. Library (0-2)
LIB 150


B. Area of Natural Sciences (10 Units)
1. Nature & Methodology of the Natural Science(3) PHY 100
2. Important Results of Sciencetific Inquiry (3) CHE 102, EAR 100 or
GEO 200
3. Life Science (3) ANT 101 or BIO 102
4. Science Labratory (1) BIO 103L
or
EAR 101L


C. Area of Humanities (9 Units)
1. HUM 200 (3)  
Select two courses from two different categories and two different departments.  
a. Cross-Cultural Perspectives (3) APP 101, CHA 100, FRE 220, SPA 151, SPA 221
b. Aesthetic/Perceptual Training (3) AFS 231, ART 100, ENG 230, MUS 101, THE 100
c. Critical Discipline (3) AFS 200, COM 130,
PHI 102
d. Opportunities for Creativity (3) ART 101, DAN 130, MUS 110, PHI 101, THE 160


D. Area of Social Sciences (9 Units)
Select three courses from three different categories and three different departments.
1. Individual Perspectives (3) PSY 101, SOC 101
2. Groups and Society (3) ANT 100, ECO 200, SOC 102
3. Global Perspectives (3) GEO 100, POL 100
4. Historical Perspectives (3) ANT 115, HIS 100, HIS 120,
HIS 121


E. The Whole Person (3 Units)
HEA 100, HSC 201 PED 235, REC 100, UNV 101


Courses to be taken after 60 units and all lower division
General Education courses are completed.


F. Upper Division Integrative Studies (9 Units)
Select one course from each category
1. Studies in Humanities (3) HUM 310, 312, 314
2. Studies in Natural Sciences (3) SMT 310, 312, 314, 416
3. Studies in Social Science (3) SBS 318, 316

Within the G.E. selections or within other requirements,
take one course which addresses cultural pluralism.



G. Cultural Pluralism Requirement (0-3 Units)
ANT 312, 335, 389, CHS 300, HIS 305, MUS 401, PHI 383, POL 343, SBS 318, SOC 383, SPA 352

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR)
Graduation Writing Exam (GWE-Pass 7)
or
ENG 350, or IDS 397 and IDS 398
 


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