Degree and Certificate Requirements

PCC Local General Education Requirements

Competency Requirements

Complete one course, 3 semester units, from each competency. Grade of C or better is required.

Reading
Written Expression
Mathematics
Diversity

General Education Requirements

Area A - Natural Sciences

Complete one course, 3 semester units. Lab is required (lecture and lab must be in the same discipline)

Area B - Social Behavioral Sciences

Complete one course, 3 semester units.

Area C - Humanities

Complete one course, 3 semester units.

Area D - Language and Rationality 

Complete three courses, 9 semester units with at least one course each from D1, D2, and D3.

D1 - English Composition

D2 - Oral Communication

D3 - Critical Thinking

Area E - American Institutions

Option I - complete two courses

Option II - complete one course (applicable only to CTE AS)

Area F - Health Education

Complete one to two courses, 2 units.

Area G - Kinesiology/Physical Activity

Complete two courses, 2 units.

Major Requirements

Complete at least 18 units.

Competency Requirements

Reading

READING AND COMPOSITION 1
HONORS READING AND COMPOSITION 1
INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION – CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENT 1
HONORS INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION–CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENT 1
READING AND WRITING SKILLS 1
Any English course which fulfills Area C (Humanities) 1
Satisfactory score on equivalency exam

Written Expression

READING AND COMPOSITION 1
HONORS READING AND COMPOSITION 1
Satisfactory score on equivalency exam

Mathematics

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS – FINITE 1
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS – CALCULUS 1
DISCRETE STRUCTURES WITH COMPUTER SCIENCE APPLICATIONS 1
INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA FOR STEM 1
QUANTITATIVE LITERACY II 1
STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 1
STATISTICS FOR BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 1
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS 1
HONORS ELEMENTARY STATISTICS 1
Any MATH course which Area D3-Critical Thinking 1
Satisfactory score on equivalency exam
1

Grade C or better.

Diversity

PCC Policy #4100 on Graduation Requirements for Degrees and Certificates states that a student who applies for either an AA or AS degree “must demonstrate competency in reading, writing, mathematics and diversity.” The Diversity Requirement states that a student must complete 3 units in courses designated as either “Global Studies” or “Ethnic and Gender Studies.”

Global Studies

Pasadena City College and the community it serves have long been identified as closely tied to international, cultural and educational affairs. The College provides outstanding opportunities for students wishing to emphasize international education.

Africa
BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
HONORS BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500
TRADITIONAL AFRICA
MODERN AFRICA
Asia
HISTORY OF ASIAN ART
HISTORY OF ASIAN ART
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE CONVERSATION (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE CONVERSATION (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE CONVERSATION (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 3
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE CONVERSATION (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 4
CHINESE CONVERSATION (MANDARIN)
CHINESE CIVILIZATION
CHINESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
CHINESE CINEMA
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500
HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA
ADVANCED JAPANESE READING AND COMPOSITION
INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CONVERSATION - LEVEL 1
INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CONVERSATION - LEVEL 2
JAPANESE CONVERSATION - LEVEL1
JAPANESE CONVERSATION - LEVEL 2
JAPANESE CONVERSATION - LEVEL 3
JAPANESE CIVILIZATION
JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY
JAPANESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ASIAN MUSIC
CHINESE MUSIC ENSEMBLE
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS: FAR EAST
Europe
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL ART
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART
ANTHROPOLOGICAL FIELD STUDIES: ENGLAND
ANTHROPOLOGICAL FIELD STUDIES: ITALY
WORLD LITERATURE: ANTIQUITY TO LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
WORLD LITERATURE: LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
WORLD LITERATURE: 1800 - MID 20TH CENTURY
ENGLISH LITERATURE: BEOWULF TO JOHNSON
ENGLISH LITERATURE: ROMANTIC MOVEMENT TO THE PRESENT
FRENCH CONVERSATION III
FRENCH CONVERSATION IV
FRENCH CIVILIZATION
FRENCH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
FRENCH CINEMA
INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN CONVERSATION
INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN CONVERSATION
INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN CONVERSATION
GERMAN CIVILIZATION
GERMAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO 1714
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM 1714
INTRODUCTION TO ITALIAN CONVERSATION - LEVEL 1
INTRODUCTION TO ITALIAN CONVERSATION - LEVEL 2
ITALIAN CIVILIZATION
ITALIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ITALIAN FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE
MUSIC APPRECIATION
HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS: NEAR EAST
RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE
SPANISH CONVERSATION
SPANISH CONVERSATION
SPANISH CONVERSATION
SPANISH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
SPANISH COMPOSITION
CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
Latin America
PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
HISTORY OF MEXICAN AND CHICANO ART
FLAMENCO DANCE
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA
LATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLUMBIAN TO 1825
LATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENT
HISTORY OF MEXICO
CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA
CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA
SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
Middle East
HISTORY OF ANCIENT ART IN THE WEST
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC ART
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS: NEAR EAST
Ethnic and Gender Studies

Pasadena City College promotes cross cultural understanding and an appreciation of diversity in all its forms. The courses listed below have been identified as providing that understanding and appreciation. Students wishing to study American Indian, Asian American, Chicano and African American cultures are referred to the following general education courses:

African American Studies
ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY 1
Asian American Studies
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY 1
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN 1
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY 1
Chicano/Latina/o Studies
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE 1
HISTORY OF MEXICAN AND CHICANO ART 1
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE 1
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1
CONTEMPORARY CHICANO PHILOSOPHY 1
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
LANGUAGE OF THE BARRIO 1
Cross Cultural Studies
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
HONORS CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT – MULTICULTURAL ISSUES
DANCE HISTORY: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HERITAGE
DANCE HISTORY: SPECTACLE AND PERFORMANCE ART
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
POST-COLONIAL LITERATURES
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
Gender Studies
WOMEN'S LITERATURE
WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
LGBTQ STUDIES
Health Sciences Diversity Courses
ANESTHESIA TECHNOLOGY CASE STUDY AND PROGRAM REVIEW
INTRODUCTION TO DENTAL ESSENTIALS
APPLIED HUMAN BEHAVIOR
CHAIRSIDE TECHNIQUES
CLINICAL DENTAL HYGIENE THEORY AND PRACTICE
ADVANCED CLINICAL DENTAL HYGIENE THEORY AND PRACTICE
DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION AND DIVERSITY
COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH
CLINICAL PRACTICE IN ALTERNATIVE SETTINGS
INTRODUCTION TO GERONTOLOGY
DIRECTED STUDIES IN GERONTOLOGY
ADMINISTRATIVE MEDICAL OFFICE PROCEDURES I
FOUNDATIONAL NURSING CARE
BEGINNING MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING
INTERMEDIATE MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING
ADVANCED MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING
FUNDAMENTALS OF VOCATIONAL NURSING – THEORY
INTERMEDIATE VOCATIONAL NURSING – THEORY
CLINICAL PRACTICUM, 3
Native American Studies
AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURES
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS 1
1

College courses approved by the California State Department of Education for school staff preparation in the history, culture and current problems of racial and ethnic minorities in accordance with Article 3.3, Education Code Section 13344.1

General Education Requirements

Area A - Natural Sciences

HUMAN ANATOMY
BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
and LABORATORY IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
HONORS BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
and LABORATORY IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY
ANIMAL BIOLOGY
HUMAN BIOLOGY
BOTANY/PLANT DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY
CELLULAR BIOLOGY, GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND ECOLOGY
GENERAL BIOLOGY
HONORS GENERAL BIOLOGY
FIELD BIOLOGY
MARINE BIOLOGY
FIELD BOTANY
CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MODERN HUMAN GENETICS
GENERAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS I
GENERAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS II
CHEMISTRY – GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY I
CHEMISTRY–GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY II
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II
INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
CHEMISTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE
SOIL SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD INVESTIGATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD LABORATORY
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
and PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY LABORATORY
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY FIELD STUDIES
HISTORICAL GEOLOGY
HISTORICAL GEOLOGY FIELD STUDIES
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE FIELD LABORATORY
GEOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA
MINERALOGY
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
and PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY FIELD STUDIES
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY LABORATORY
HISTORY OF LIFE
and HISTORY OF LIFE LABORATORY
THE AGE OF DINOSAURS
COASTAL CALIFORNIA
PENINSULAR RANGES – SALTON DEPRESSION
COAST RANGES – SAN ANDREAS FAULT
GEOLOGY OF THE SIERRA NEVADA AND OWENS VALLEY
GEOLOGY OF DEATH VALLEY
GEOLOGICAL FIELD INVESTIGATION – ROCKY MOUNTAINS
PROBLEMS IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
COLORADO PLATEAU
PROBLEMS IN REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHY
MICROBIOLOGY
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
and LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS I: MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS I: MECHANICS AND THERMAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS II: ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, AND MODERN PHYSICS
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS I: MECHANICS
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS II: WAVES, ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS III: THERMODYNAMICS, OPTICS, AND MODERN PHYSICS
DESCRIPTIVE INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS
and DESCRIPTIVE PHYSICS IN THE LABORATORY
CALCULUS-BASED COLLEGE PHYSICS I
CALCULUS-BASED COLLEGE PHYSICS II
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
1

General Education course that satisfies Diversity requirement.

Area B - Social Behavioral Sciences

BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
HONORS BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
LABORATORY IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
HONORS CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION, MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
GENDER, SEX AND CULTURE
AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURES 1
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
SURVEY OF MASS COMMUNICATION
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
HONORS PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
HONORS PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION 1
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT 1
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY 1
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY 1
INTRODUCTION TO GERONTOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL STUDIES
ISSUES IN GLOBAL STUDIES
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715 1
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715 1
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500 1
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500 1
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO 1714 1
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM 1714 1
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876
UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA 1
LATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLUMBIAN TO 1825 1
LATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENT 1
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST 1
HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1
HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA 1
WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY 1
AMERICA'S RELATIONS WITH OTHER NATIONS
AMERICA AND THE TWO WORLD WARS
ISSUES OF THE VIETNAM ERA
TRADITIONAL AFRICA 1
MODERN AFRICA 1
HISTORY OF MEXICO 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY (ETH 071) 1
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY
PSYCHOLINGUISTICS: LANGUAGE AND THE MIND
INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
THE U.S. AND WORLD POLITICS
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ECONOMY
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY
INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
HONORS INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE CHILD
HONORS DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE CHILD
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE ADULT
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
HUMAN SEXUALITY
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN 1
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
HONORS INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES 1
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
CRIME, DELINQUENCY AND SOCIETY
URBAN SOCIOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY OF AGING
MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
INTRODUCTION TO GENDER
LGBTQ STUDIES
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY 1
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY 1
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMMUNICATION
1

General Education course that satisfies Diversity requirement.

Area C - Humanities

ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE – LEVEL 2
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE – PREHISTORY TO LATE MEDIEVAL
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE – RENAISSANCE TO CONTEMPORARY
ELEMENTARY ARABIC - LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY ARABIC - LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY ARMENIAN - LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY ARMENIAN - LEVEL 2
HISTORY OF WESTERN ART – PREHISTORIC THROUGH MEDIEVAL
HISTORY OF WESTERN ART – RENAISSANCE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY
ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA
HISTORY OF ASIAN ART 1
HISTORY OF ASIAN ART 1
HISTORY OF ANCIENT ART IN THE WEST 1
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL ART 1
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART 1
HISTORY OF MODERN ART
ART FUNDAMENTALS
PRE-COLUMBIAN ART 1
HISTORY OF MEXICAN AND CHICANO ART 1
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC ART 1
ART SINCE 1945 2
ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 2
ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN)
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (MANDARIN) - LEVEL 2
ADVANCED CHINESE READING AND COMPOSITION
CHINESE CIVILIZATION 1
CHINESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION 1
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
CHINESE CINEMA 1
EARLY FILM HISTORY
CONTEMPORARY FILM HISTORY
UNDERSTANDING MOVIES
DANCE HISTORY: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HERITAGE 1
DANCE HISTORY: SPECTACLE AND PERFORMANCE ART 1
HISTORY OF DESIGN AND MEDIA ARTS
READING AND COMPOSITION
HONORS READING AND COMPOSITION
CREATIVE WRITING
CREATIVE WRITING
CREATIVE NONFICTION
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION 1
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
A LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
LITERARY MODERNISM AND MODERNITY
WOMEN'S LITERATURE 1
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
LITERATURE OF HORROR (GOTHIC NOVEL)
COMEDY AND LITERATURE
MYSTERY AND CRIME FICTION
AMERICAN JOURNEYS
POST-COLONIAL LITERATURES 1
UTOPIAN AND DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
AMERICAN LITERATURE
AMERICAN LITERATURE
AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1945 TO THE PRESENT
MAJOR NOVELIST
MAJOR DRAMATIST
MAJOR POET
MAJOR CRITIC
WORLD LITERATURE: ANTIQUITY TO LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 1
WORLD LITERATURE: LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT 1
WORLD LITERATURE: 1800 - MID 20TH CENTURY 1
LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE: THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES
LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE: THE NEW TESTAMENT
ENGLISH LITERATURE: BEOWULF TO JOHNSON 1
ENGLISH LITERATURE: ROMANTIC MOVEMENT TO THE PRESENT 1
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION 1
FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE – GENRE AND AUTEUR THEORY
FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE - SOCIAL CONTEXTS
INTERPRETING POETRY
CALIFORNIA LITERATURE
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
MODERN DRAMA
STUDIES IN QUEER LITERATURE
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
MASTERPIECES OF DRAMA
INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE
INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE
INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO MYTHOLOGY
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE 1
ELEMENTARY FRENCH – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY FRENCH – LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH – LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH – LEVEL 2
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE
FRENCH CIVILIZATION 1
FRENCH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION 1
FRENCH CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
FRENCH CINEMA 1
ELEMENTARY GERMAN - LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY GERMAN - LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN - LEVEL 2
INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LITERATURE 1
GERMAN CIVILIZATION 1
GERMAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION 1
INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMANITIES
HUMANITIES, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ARTS
ELEMENTARY ITALIAN – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY ITALIAN - LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN - LEVEL 2
ITALIAN CIVILIZATION 1
ITALIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION 1
ITALIAN FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE 1
ELEMENTARY JAPANESE – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY JAPANESE - LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE - LEVEL 2
ADVANCED JAPANESE READING AND COMPOSITION 1
JAPANESE CIVILIZATION 1
JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY
JAPANESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION 1
ELEMENTARY LATIN – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY LATIN – LEVEL 2
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE: ANTIQUITY TO 1750
MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1750 TO THE PRESENT
MUSIC APPRECIATION 1
MUSIC IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD 1
THE JAZZ EXPERIENCE: EVOLUTION AND ESSENCE
HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC 1
ASIAN MUSIC 1
HISTORY OF OPERA
HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF POPULAR MUSIC
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
ETHICS
CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS
PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANNESS
HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY 1
HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY 1
CONTEMPORARY CHICANO PHILOSOPHY 1
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE – LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE – LEVEL 2
RELIGIOUS ISSUES, PERSONALITIES AND VALUES
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS: FAR EAST 1
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS: NEAR EAST 1
ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN - LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN - LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN - LEVEL 2
RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION 1
ELEMENTARY SPANISH – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY SPANISH – LEVEL 2
SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH – LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH – LEVEL 2
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LITERATURE 1
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
SPANISH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION 1
SPANISH COMPOSITION 1
LANGUAGE OF THE BARRIO 1
CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 1
CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 1
CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA 1
CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA 1
SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA 1
INTRODUCTION TO THEATER
THEATRE HISTORY I
THEATRE HISTORY II
INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA AESTHETICS AND CINEMATIC ARTS
1

General Education course that satisfies Diversity requirement.

Area D - Language and Rationality

D1 - English Composition

READING AND COMPOSITION
HONORS READING AND COMPOSITION
STRETCH ACCELERATED READING AND COMPOSITION
READING AND COMPOSITION
HONORS READING AND COMPOSITION
INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION – CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENT
HONORS INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION–CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENT

D2 - Oral Communication

FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH
HONORS FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH
PERSUASION
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

D3 - Critical Thinking

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS – FINITE 1
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS – CALCULUS 1
INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE I
INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED LOGIC DESIGN
FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE III - DATA STRUCTURES
DISCRETE STRUCTURES WITH COMPUTER SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
READING AND COMPOSITION (effective Fall 2020)
HONORS READING AND COMPOSITION (effective Fall 2020)
INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION – CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENT
HONORS INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION–CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENT
COLLEGE ALGEBRA FOR STEM 1
SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS I 1
HONORS SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS I 1
SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS II 1
HONORS SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS II 1
MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS 1
HONORS MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS 1
CALCULUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES I
PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY 1
PRECALCULUS MATHEMATICS
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND APPLICATIONS 1
EXPLORATIONS IN QUANTITATIVE REASONING 1
DISCRETE MATHEMATICS 1
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 1
HONORS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS 1
QUANTITATIVE LITERACY II 1,2
INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING
HONORS CRITICAL THINKING
LOGIC
INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLIC LOGIC
SCIENTIFIC METHOD AS CRITICAL THINKING
ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE
ARGUMENTATION AND CRITICAL THINKING
STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 1
STATISTICS FOR BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 1
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS 1
HONORS ELEMENTARY STATISTICS 1
1

These courses also meet the mathematics competency requirement.

2

Only applicable to CTE AS degree requirements.

Area E - American Institutions

Option I

Complete one course from each area
U.S. History
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876
UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876
WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
AMERICA'S RELATIONS WITH OTHER NATIONS
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
Political Science
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Option II

Applicable only to CTE AS
Complete one course
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS

Area F - Health Education

HUMAN BIOLOGY
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
PERSONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
HEALTH EDUCATION – CONTEMPORARY HEALTH ISSUES
HEALTH EDUCATION – HUMAN SEXUALITY; SELF-ESTEEM
HEALTH EDUCATION
INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH
HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
DRUGS, HEALTH, AND SOCIETY
WELLNESS FOR LIFE
FOUNDATIONAL NURSING CARE 1
BEGINNING MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING 1
INTERMEDIATE MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING 1
ADVANCED MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING 1
HUMAN NUTRITION
NUTRITION FOR SPORT, EXERCISE, AND HEALTH
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
1

General Education course that satisfies Diversity requirement.

2

Only applicable to CTE AS degree requirements.

Area G - Kinesiology/Physical Activity

Complete 2 courses (2 units). 

A maximum of 4 units of Physical Education/Kinesiology Activity or Dance (DANC 021ADANC 021B, and DANC 025 are excluded) may be counted toward the degree. MUSC 061 may be substituted for 1 unit of PE/Kinesiology Activity each semester. Exemption is granted if the student has a physical limitation and submits a physician’s recommendation which is approved by PCC Health Services.

Major Requirements

Major18

Students must select a major from among the choices listed in the PCC Catalog listed under Degrees and Certificates. Completing multiple Certificates of Achievement in the same field of study does not result in multiple Associate in Science degrees being awarded.

California State University General Education Breadth Certification Program

California State University requirements for advanced undergraduate standing and general education are listed below. Requirements for the individual CSU campuses are similar, but students should consult specific catalogs as each may have additional requirements. For instance, a given campus may have added lower and/or upper-division general education requirements so long as the requirement applies equally to native as well as transfer students.

Under this program, candidates for the Baccalaureate Degree at a CSU must meet the general education requirement of 48 units. A student may currently meet 39 units of this requirement at Pasadena City College. The remaining 9 units must be completed at the upper-division level.

Students expecting to request CSU GE Breadth certification should complete 39 units distributed among categories A through F as noted with no less than 30 units for areas A through D. Areas A and B4 must be fully completed with minimum grades of C- prior to transfer. A single course may not meet more than one area requirement.

Students who complete all requirements of CSU GE Breadth and request certification will have the CSU GE Breadth certification noted on their final transcript. Students are encouraged to meet with a counselor for complete information.

Students whose majors require more than 30 units should consult with a Counselor regarding the advisability of completing all major requirements instead of all general education requirements.

California State University General Education Breadth Requirements

Area A – English Language Communication and Critical Thinking

Complete three courses, 9 semester units (or 12 quarter units) with at least one course each from A1, A2, and A3.

A1 – Oral Communication

A2 – Written Communication

A3 – Critical Thinking

Area B – Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning

Complete three courses, 9 semester units (or 12 quarter units) with at least one course each from B1, B2, and B4, including at least one associated laboratory course in B3.

B1 – Physical Sciences

B2 – Life Sciences

B3 – Laboratory Activity (related to a lecture course taken to satisfy either B1 or B2)

B4 – Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning

Area C – Arts and Humanities

Complete three courses, 9 semester units (or 12 quarter units) with at least one course each from C1 and C2.

C1 – Arts (e.g., Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music, Theater)

C2 – Humanities (e.g., Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other than English)

Area D – Social Sciences

Complete two courses, 6 semester units (or 8 quarter units).

Area E – Lifelong Learning and Self-Development

Complete one to two course, 3 semester units (or 4 quarter units).  Maximum of one unit of Dance Activity or PE/Kinesiology Activity (KINA).

Area F – Ethnic Studies

Complete one course, 3 semester units (or 4 quarter units). 

American Institutions Requirement 

Not required for CSU GE Breadth certification. All CSU campuses have a graduation requirement in U.S. History, Constitution, and American Ideals. This requirement may be met at Pasadena City College by completing two courses: one course in U.S. History (within Area C2 or D) and POLS 001 (within area D). 

Area A - English Language Communication and Critical Thinking

A1 - Oral Communication

FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH
HONORS FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

A2 - Written Communication 

READING AND COMPOSITION
HONORS READING AND COMPOSITION
STRETCH ACCELERATED READING AND COMPOSITION

A3 - Critical Thinking 

READING AND COMPOSITION (effective Fall 2020)
HONORS READING AND COMPOSITION (effective Fall 2020)
INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION – CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENT
HONORS INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION–CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENT
INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING
HONORS CRITICAL THINKING
LOGIC
INTRODUCTION TO SYMBOLIC LOGIC
SCIENTIFIC METHOD AS CRITICAL THINKING
ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE
ARGUMENTATION AND CRITICAL THINKING

Area B – Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 

B1 - Physical Sciences

ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY
DESCRIPTIVE INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY
GENERAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS I
GENERAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS II
CHEMISTRY – GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY I
CHEMISTRY–GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY II
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II
INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
CHEMISTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE
SOIL SCIENCE
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
WEATHER AND CLIMATE
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
HISTORICAL GEOLOGY
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
GEOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA
MINERALOGY
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
HISTORY OF LIFE
THE AGE OF DINOSAURS
COASTAL CALIFORNIA
PENINSULAR RANGES – SALTON DEPRESSION
COAST RANGES – SAN ANDREAS FAULT
GEOLOGY OF THE SIERRA NEVADA AND OWENS VALLEY
GEOLOGY OF DEATH VALLEY
GEOLOGICAL FIELD INVESTIGATION – ROCKY MOUNTAINS
PROBLEMS IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
COLORADO PLATEAU
PROBLEMS IN REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHY
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS I: MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS I: MECHANICS AND THERMAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS II: ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, AND MODERN PHYSICS
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS I: MECHANICS
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS II: WAVES, ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS III: THERMODYNAMICS, OPTICS, AND MODERN PHYSICS
DESCRIPTIVE INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS
CALCULUS-BASED COLLEGE PHYSICS I
CALCULUS-BASED COLLEGE PHYSICS II

B2 - Life Sciences

HUMAN ANATOMY
BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
HONORS BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
ANIMAL BIOLOGY
HUMAN BIOLOGY
BOTANY/PLANT DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY
CELLULAR BIOLOGY, GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND ECOLOGY
GENETICS
GENERAL BIOLOGY
HONORS GENERAL BIOLOGY
FIELD BIOLOGY
MARINE BIOLOGY
FIELD BOTANY
CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MODERN HUMAN GENETICS
MICROBIOLOGY
INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY 1
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY

B3 -  Laboratory Activity (related to a lecture course taken to satisfy either B1 or B2)

HUMAN ANATOMY
LABORATORY IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY
ANIMAL BIOLOGY
HUMAN BIOLOGY
BOTANY/PLANT DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY
CELLULAR BIOLOGY, GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND ECOLOGY
GENERAL BIOLOGY
HONORS GENERAL BIOLOGY
FIELD BIOLOGY
MARINE BIOLOGY
FIELD BOTANY
CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MODERN HUMAN GENETICS
GENERAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS I
GENERAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS II
CHEMISTRY – GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY I
CHEMISTRY–GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY II
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II
INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
CHEMISTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE
SOIL SCIENCE
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY LABORATORY
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY FIELD STUDIES
HISTORICAL GEOLOGY
HISTORICAL GEOLOGY FIELD STUDIES
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE FIELD LABORATORY
MINERALOGY
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY FIELD STUDIES
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY LABORATORY
HISTORY OF LIFE LABORATORY
COASTAL CALIFORNIA
PENINSULAR RANGES – SALTON DEPRESSION
COAST RANGES – SAN ANDREAS FAULT
GEOLOGY OF THE SIERRA NEVADA AND OWENS VALLEY
GEOLOGY OF DEATH VALLEY
GEOLOGICAL FIELD INVESTIGATION – ROCKY MOUNTAINS
PROBLEMS IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
COLORADO PLATEAU
PROBLEMS IN REGIONAL STRATIGRAPHY
MICROBIOLOGY
LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS I: MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS I: MECHANICS AND THERMAL PHYSICS
GENERAL PHYSICS II: ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, AND MODERN PHYSICS
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS I: MECHANICS
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS II: WAVES, ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS III: THERMODYNAMICS, OPTICS, AND MODERN PHYSICS
DESCRIPTIVE PHYSICS IN THE LABORATORY
CALCULUS-BASED COLLEGE PHYSICS I
CALCULUS-BASED COLLEGE PHYSICS II
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY

B4 - Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning 

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS – FINITE
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS – CALCULUS
FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE I
INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED LOGIC DESIGN
FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE III - DATA STRUCTURES
DISCRETE STRUCTURES WITH COMPUTER SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
COLLEGE ALGEBRA FOR STEM
SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS I
HONORS SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS I
SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS II
HONORS SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS II
MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS
HONORS MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS
CALCULUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES I
PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY
PRECALCULUS MATHEMATICS
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND APPLICATIONS
HONORS LINEAR ALGEBRA AND APPLICATIONS
EXPLORATIONS IN QUANTITATIVE REASONING
DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
FOUNDATIONS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS: BASIC NUMBER CONCEPTS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
HONORS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
STATISTICS FOR BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
HONORS ELEMENTARY STATISTICS

Area C - Arts and Humanities

C1 - Arts (e.g., Arts, Cinema, Dance, Music Theater)

HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE – PREHISTORY TO LATE MEDIEVAL
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE – RENAISSANCE TO CONTEMPORARY
HISTORY OF WESTERN ART – PREHISTORIC THROUGH MEDIEVAL
HISTORY OF WESTERN ART – RENAISSANCE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY
ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA
HISTORY OF ASIAN ART
HISTORY OF ASIAN ART
HISTORY OF ANCIENT ART IN THE WEST
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL ART
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART
HISTORY OF MODERN ART
ART FUNDAMENTALS
PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
HISTORY OF MEXICAN AND CHICANO ART
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC ART
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
CHINESE CINEMA
EARLY FILM HISTORY
CONTEMPORARY FILM HISTORY
UNDERSTANDING MOVIES
DANCE HISTORY: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HERITAGE
DANCE HISTORY: SPECTACLE AND PERFORMANCE ART
HISTORY OF DESIGN AND MEDIA ARTS
FRENCH CINEMA
ITALIAN FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE
JAPANESE CINEMA
MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE: ANTIQUITY TO 1750
MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1750 TO THE PRESENT
MUSIC APPRECIATION
MUSIC IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD
THE JAZZ EXPERIENCE: EVOLUTION AND ESSENCE
HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC
ASIAN MUSIC
HISTORY OF OPERA
HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF POPULAR MUSIC
HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
INTRODUCTION TO THEATER
THEATRE HISTORY I
THEATRE HISTORY II
INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA AESTHETICS AND CINEMATIC ARTS

C2 - Humanities (e.g., Literature, Philosophy, Languages Other than English)

ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE – LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY ARABIC - LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY ARABIC - LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY ARMENIAN - LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY ARMENIAN - LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 2
ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN)
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (MANDARIN) - LEVEL 2
ADVANCED CHINESE READING AND COMPOSITION
CHINESE CIVILIZATION
CHINESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
CREATIVE WRITING
CREATIVE WRITING
CREATIVE NONFICTION
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
A LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
LITERARY MODERNISM AND MODERNITY
WOMEN'S LITERATURE
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
LITERATURE OF HORROR (GOTHIC NOVEL)
COMEDY AND LITERATURE
MYSTERY AND CRIME FICTION
AMERICAN JOURNEYS
POST-COLONIAL LITERATURES
UTOPIAN AND DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
AMERICAN LITERATURE
AMERICAN LITERATURE
AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1945 TO THE PRESENT
WORLD LITERATURE: ANTIQUITY TO LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
WORLD LITERATURE: LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
WORLD LITERATURE: 1800 - MID 20TH CENTURY
LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE: THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES
LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE: THE NEW TESTAMENT
ENGLISH LITERATURE: BEOWULF TO JOHNSON
ENGLISH LITERATURE: ROMANTIC MOVEMENT TO THE PRESENT
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE – GENRE AND AUTEUR THEORY
FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE - SOCIAL CONTEXTS
INTERPRETING POETRY
CALIFORNIA LITERATURE
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION 1
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
MODERN DRAMA
STUDIES IN QUEER LITERATURE
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
MASTERPIECES OF DRAMA
INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE
INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE
INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO MYTHOLOGY
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE 1
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION 1
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE 1
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
ELEMENTARY FRENCH – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY FRENCH – LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH – LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH – LEVEL 2
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE
FRENCH CIVILIZATION
FRENCH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
FRENCH CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
ELEMENTARY GERMAN - LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY GERMAN - LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN - LEVEL 2
INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LITERATURE
GERMAN CIVILIZATION
GERMAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715 1
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715 1
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500 1
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500 1
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO 1714 1
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM 1714 1
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876 1 2
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876 1 2
UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876 1 2
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876 1 2
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA 1
LATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLUMBIAN TO 1825 1
LATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENT 1
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST 1
HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1
HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA 1
WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY 1 2
AMERICA'S RELATIONS WITH OTHER NATIONS 1
AMERICA AND THE TWO WORLD WARS 1
ISSUES OF THE VIETNAM ERA 1
TRADITIONAL AFRICA 1
MODERN AFRICA 1
HISTORY OF MEXICO 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMANITIES
HUMANITIES, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ARTS
ELEMENTARY ITALIAN – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY ITALIAN - LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN - LEVEL 2
ITALIAN CIVILIZATION
ITALIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ELEMENTARY JAPANESE – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY JAPANESE - LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE - LEVEL 2
ADVANCED JAPANESE READING AND COMPOSITION
JAPANESE CIVILIZATION
JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY
JAPANESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ELEMENTARY LATIN – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY LATIN – LEVEL 2
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
ETHICS
CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS
PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANNESS
HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
CONTEMPORARY CHICANO PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE – LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE – LEVEL 2
RELIGIOUS ISSUES, PERSONALITIES AND VALUES
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS: FAR EAST
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS: NEAR EAST
ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN - LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN - LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN - LEVEL 2
RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION
ELEMENTARY SPANISH – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY SPANISH – LEVEL 2
SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH – LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH – LEVEL 2
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE
SPANISH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
SPANISH COMPOSITION
LANGUAGE OF THE BARRIO
CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA
CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA

 Area D - Social Sciences

BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
HONORS BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
LABORATORY IN BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
HONORS CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION, MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
GENDER, SEX AND CULTURE
AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURES
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE 1
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
INTRODUCTION TO DEAF CULTURE
CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
SURVEY OF MASS COMMUNICATION
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
HONORS PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
HONORS PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES 1
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES 1
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN 1
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY 1
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY 1
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY 1
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE 1
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION TO GERONTOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL STUDIES
ISSUES IN GLOBAL STUDIES
HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715 1
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715 1
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500 1
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500 1
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO 1714 1
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM 1714 1
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876 1 2
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876 1 2
UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876 1 2
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876 1 2
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA 1
LATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLUMBIAN TO 1825 1
LATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENT 1
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST 1
HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1
HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA 1
WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY 1 2
AMERICA'S RELATIONS WITH OTHER NATIONS 1
AMERICA AND THE TWO WORLD WARS 1
ISSUES OF THE VIETNAM ERA 1
TRADITIONAL AFRICA 1
MODERN AFRICA 1
HISTORY OF MEXICO 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY
PSYCHOLINGUISTICS: LANGUAGE AND THE MIND
INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 2
COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
THE U.S. AND WORLD POLITICS
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ECONOMY
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY
INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY 1
HONORS INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY 1
INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 1
RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE CHILD 1
HONORS DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE CHILD 1
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE ADULT 1
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 1
LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 1
HUMAN SEXUALITY
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN 1
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY 1
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
HONORS INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS 1
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES 1
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES 1
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
CRIME, DELINQUENCY AND SOCIETY
URBAN SOCIOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY OF AGING 1
MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY 1
INTRODUCTION TO GENDER
LGBTQ STUDIES
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY 1
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY 1
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMMUNICATION
 

Area E - Lifelong Learning and Self-Development

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
HONORS CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
PERSONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
CONDITIONING FOR DANCERS 3
FLAMENCO DANCE 3
SOCIAL DANCE I 3
SOCIAL DANCE II 3
TAP DANCE I 3
TAP DANCE II 3
BEGINNING COMPOSITION AND CHOREOGRAPHY 3
INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION AND CHOREOGRAPHY 3
MODERN DANCE I 3
MODERN DANCE II 3
MODERN DANCE III 3
MODERN DANCE IV 3
MODERN DANCE PRODUCTION 3
BALLET I 3
BALLET II 3
BALLET III 3
BALLET IV 3
IMPROVISATION 3
PILATES-BASED METHOD FOR ALIGNMENT AND CORRECTION 3
HIP HOP DANCE I 3
JAZZ DANCE I 3
JAZZ DANCE II 3
JAZZ DANCE III 3
JAZZ DANCE IV 3
DANCE PERFORMANCE I 3
DANCE PERFORMANCE II 3
HEALTH EDUCATION – CONTEMPORARY HEALTH ISSUES
HEALTH EDUCATION – HUMAN SEXUALITY; SELF-ESTEEM
WOMEN'S HEALTH
HEALTH EDUCATION
DRUGS, HEALTH, AND SOCIETY
BEGINNING SWIMMING I 3
BEGINNING SWIMMING II 3
INTERMEDIATE SWIMMING & FITNESS 3
ADVANCED SWIMMING AND FITNESS 3
ADAPTED FITNESS ACTIVITIES 3
BEGINNING AQUATIC FITNESS ACTIVITIES 3
INTERMEDIATE AQUATIC FITNESS ACTIVITIES 3
BEGINNING STRENGTH TRAINING 3
INTERMEDIATE STRENGTH TRAINING 3
ADVANCED STRENGTH TRAINING 3
FITNESS TESTING AND INDEPENDENT EXERCISE 3
BEGINNING FITNESS ACTIVITIES 3
INTERMEDIATE FITNESS ACTIVITIES 3
ADVANCED FITNESS ACTIVITIES 3
STRETCHING FITNESS ACTIVITY 3
BEGINNING SELF DEFENSE 3
INTERMEDIATE SELF DEFENSE 3
BEGINNING ULTIMATE FRISBEE 3
INTERMEDIATE ULTIMATE FRISBEE 3
AEROBIC FITNESS 3
POLICE-FIRE AGILITY TRAINING 3
CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONING 3
CYCLING FOR FITNESS 3
BEGINNING CYCLING FOR FITNESS – STATIONARY, INDOOR 3
INTERMEDIATE CYCLING FOR FITNESS 3
ADVANCED CYCLING FOR FITNESS – STATIONARY, INDOOR 3
BEGINNING YOGA 3
INTERMEDIATE YOGA 3
ADVANCED YOGA 3
BEGINNING TAI CHI 3
INTERMEDIATE TAI CHI 3
ADVANCED TAI CHI 3
ZUMBA 3
BEGINNING FLAG FOOTBALL 3
INTERMEDIATE FLAG FOOTBALL 3
ADVANCED FLAG FOOTBALL 3
BEGINNING FITNESS WALKING 3
INTERMEDIATE FITNESS WALKING 3
ADVANCED FITNESS WALKING 3
BEGINNING CROSS TRAINING 3
INTERMEDIATE CROSS TRAINING 3
ADVANCED CROSS TRAINING 3
EXPERT CROSS TRAINING 3
BEGINNING BADMINTON 3
INTERMEDIATE BADMINTON 3
ADVANCED BADMINTON 3
BEGINNING FENCING 3
INTERMEDIATE FENCING 3
ADVANCED FENCING 3
BEGINNING GOLF 3
INTERMEDIATE GOLF 3
ADVANCED GOLF 3
BEGINNING WEIGHT TRAINING FOR WOMEN 3
INTERMEDIATE WEIGHT TRAINING FOR WOMEN 3
ADVANCED WEIGHT TRAINING FOR WOMEN 3
BEGINNING INDOOR FUTSAL 3
INTERMEDIATE INDOOR FUTSAL 3
GUTS AND BUTTS 3
INTERMEDIATE GUTS AND BUTTS 3
BEGINNING BOOT CAMP 3
INTERMEDIATE BOOT CAMP 3
ADVANCED BOOT CAMP 3
BEGINNING TENNIS 3
INTERMEDIATE TENNIS 3
ADVANCED TENNIS 3
BEGINNING BASKETBALL 3
INTERMEDIATE BASKETBALL 3
ADVANCED BASKETBALL 3
BEGINNING SOCCER 3
INTERMEDIATE SOCCER 3
ADVANCED SOCCER 3
BEGINNING PICKLEBALL
INTERMEDIATE PICKLEBALL
ADVANCED PICKLEBALL
BEGINNING VOLLEYBALL 3
INTERMEDIATE VOLLEYBALL 3
ADVANCED VOLLEYBALL 3
BEGINNING SAND VOLLEYBALL 3
INTERMEDIATE SAND VOLLEYBALL 3
HUMAN NUTRITION
INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
HONORS INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE CHILD
HONORS DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE CHILD
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE ADULT
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS
SOCIOLOGY OF AGING
MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY

Area F - Ethnic Studies 

CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE 1
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION 1
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE 1
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN 1
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY 1
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES 1
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES 1
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY 1
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY 1
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
1

Courses listed in more than one area may be certified in only a single area (Areas A-F)

2

Meets CSU graduation requirement for American Institutions. Not required for CSU GE Breadth certification.

3

Maximum of 1 unit.

Note: Courses may not be used in more than one area (Areas A-F).

American Institutions Requirement (not required for CSU GE Breadth certification)

INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Select one of the following:
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876
UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876
WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum

The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) permits a student to transfer from a community college to a campus in either the California State University or the University of California system without the need, after transfer, to take additional lower division general education courses to satisfy campus GE requirements.

Completion of the IGETC is not a requirement for transfer to a CSU or a UC, nor is it the only way to fulfill the lower division general education requirements of the CSU or UC prior to transfer. As an alternative, students transferring to the CSU may choose to follow the CSU General Education Breadth pattern. Students may also elect to fulfill the graduation requirements listed in the catalog of any specific CSU or UC campus.

Students who complete all requirements of IGETC for CSU or UC and request certification will have the IGETC certification noted on their final transcript. Students are encouraged to meet with a counselor for complete information.

Due to substantial lower division prerequisites in high-unit majors such as engineering, architecture, and the physical and natural sciences, IGETC may be an inappropriate option.  Individual colleges or majors within a UC campus may not accept IGETC for meeting general education. A list of those UC colleges and majors is found on the UC website. Please consult a PCC counselor for additional information.

If IGETC is chosen as the option to fulfill the general education requirements, all areas must be met with minimum grades of C or Pass prior to transfer.

Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum Requirements

Area 1 - English Communication

Complete two courses, 6 semester units (or 8 quarter units) with at least one course each from 1A and 1B. Students transferring to a CSU must also complete one course, 3 semester units (or 4 quarter units) from 1C.

1A - English Composition

1B - Critical Thinking/English Composition

1C - Oral Communication (CSU requirement only)

Area 2 - Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning

Complete one course, 3 semester units (or 4 quarter units).

Area 3 - Arts and Humanities

Complete three courses, 9 semester units (or 12 quarter units) with at least one course each from 3A and 3B.

3A - Arts

3B - Humanities

Area 4 - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Complete two courses, 6 semester units (or 8 quarter units) from at least two academic disciplines.

Area 5 - Physical and Biological Sciences

Complete two courses, 7 semester units (or 9 quarter units) with at least one course each from 5A and 5B, including one associated laboratory course in 5C.

5A - Physical Sciences

5B - Biological Sciences

5C - Laboratory Science

Area 6 - Language Other than English (UC requirement only)

Complete the equivalent of two years of high school study in a single language other than English.

Area 7 - Ethnic Studies

Complete one course, 3 semester units (or 4 quarter units). 

American Institutions Requirement (CSU only)

Not required for IGETC certification. All CSU campuses have a graduation requirement in U.S. History, Constitution, and American Ideals. This requirement may be met at Pasadena City College by completing two courses: one course in U.S. History (within Areas 3B and 4) and POLS 001 (within Area 4).

Area 1 - English Communication

1A - English Composition

READING AND COMPOSITION 3
HONORS READING AND COMPOSITION 3
STRETCH ACCELERATED READING AND COMPOSITION 3

1B - Critical thinking/english composition

READING AND COMPOSITION
HONORS READING AND COMPOSITION
INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION – CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENT
HONORS INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION–CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENT
INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING
HONORS CRITICAL THINKING
SCIENTIFIC METHOD AS CRITICAL THINKING

1C - Oral Communication (CSU requirement only)

FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH
HONORS FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Area 2 - Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS – FINITE
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS – CALCULUS 3
COLLEGE ALGEBRA FOR STEM 3
SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS I 3
HONORS SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS I 3
SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS II
HONORS SINGLE VARIABLE CALCULUS II
MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS
HONORS MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS
CALCULUS FOR LIFE SCIENCES I 3
PRECALCULUS MATHEMATICS 3
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND APPLICATIONS
HONORS LINEAR ALGEBRA AND APPLICATIONS
EXPLORATIONS IN QUANTITATIVE REASONING
DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
HONORS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 3
STATISTICS FOR BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 3
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS 3
HONORS ELEMENTARY STATISTICS 3

Area 3 - Arts and Humanities

3A - Arts

HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE – PREHISTORY TO LATE MEDIEVAL
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE – RENAISSANCE TO CONTEMPORARY
HISTORY OF WESTERN ART – PREHISTORIC THROUGH MEDIEVAL
HISTORY OF WESTERN ART – RENAISSANCE THROUGH CONTEMPORARY
ARTS OF AFRICA, OCEANIA, AND INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICA
HISTORY OF ASIAN ART
HISTORY OF ASIAN ART
HISTORY OF ANCIENT ART IN THE WEST
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL ART
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE ART
HISTORY OF MODERN ART
ART FUNDAMENTALS
PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
HISTORY OF MEXICAN AND CHICANO ART
HISTORY OF ISLAMIC ART
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
CHINESE CINEMA
EARLY FILM HISTORY
CONTEMPORARY FILM HISTORY
UNDERSTANDING MOVIES
DANCE HISTORY: CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HERITAGE
DANCE HISTORY: SPECTACLE AND PERFORMANCE ART
HISTORY OF DESIGN AND MEDIA ARTS
FRENCH CINEMA
ITALIAN FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE
JAPANESE CINEMA
MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE: ANTIQUITY TO 1750
MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1750 TO THE PRESENT
MUSIC APPRECIATION
MUSIC IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD
THE JAZZ EXPERIENCE: EVOLUTION AND ESSENCE
HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC
ASIAN MUSIC
HISTORY OF OPERA
HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF POPULAR MUSIC
HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
SPANISH AND LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
INTRODUCTION TO THEATER
THEATRE HISTORY I
THEATRE HISTORY II

3B - Humanities

ADVANCED CHINESE READING AND COMPOSITION
CHINESE CIVILIZATION
CHINESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
A LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
LITERARY MODERNISM AND MODERNITY
WOMEN'S LITERATURE
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
LITERATURE OF HORROR (GOTHIC NOVEL)
COMEDY AND LITERATURE
MYSTERY AND CRIME FICTION
AMERICAN JOURNEYS
POST-COLONIAL LITERATURES
UTOPIAN AND DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
AMERICAN LITERATURE
AMERICAN LITERATURE
AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1945 TO THE PRESENT
WORLD LITERATURE: ANTIQUITY TO LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
WORLD LITERATURE: LATE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
WORLD LITERATURE: 1800 - MID 20TH CENTURY
LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE: THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES
LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE: THE NEW TESTAMENT
ENGLISH LITERATURE: BEOWULF TO JOHNSON
ENGLISH LITERATURE: ROMANTIC MOVEMENT TO THE PRESENT
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE – GENRE AND AUTEUR THEORY
FILM AS DRAMATIC LITERATURE - SOCIAL CONTEXTS
INTERPRETING POETRY
CALIFORNIA LITERATURE
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
MODERN DRAMA
STUDIES IN QUEER LITERATURE
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
MASTERPIECES OF DRAMA
INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE
INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE
INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO MYTHOLOGY
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS 2
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY 2
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 2
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE
FRENCH CIVILIZATION
FRENCH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
FRENCH CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LITERATURE
GERMAN CIVILIZATION
GERMAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715 1
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715 1
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500 1
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500 1
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO 1714 1
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM 1714 1
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876 1 2
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876 1 2
UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876 1 2
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876 1 2
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA 1
LATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLUMBIAN TO 1825 1
LATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENT 1
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST 1
HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1
HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA 1
WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY 1 2
AMERICA'S RELATIONS WITH OTHER NATIONS 1
AMERICA AND THE TWO WORLD WARS 1
ISSUES OF THE VIETNAM ERA 1
TRADITIONAL AFRICA 1
MODERN AFRICA 1
HISTORY OF MEXICO 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMANITIES
HUMANITIES, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
HUMANITIES THROUGH THE ARTS
ITALIAN CIVILIZATION
ITALIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
ADVANCED JAPANESE READING AND COMPOSITION
JAPANESE CIVILIZATION
JAPANESE CULTURE AND SOCIETY
JAPANESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
ETHICS
CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS
PHILOSOPHY AND HUMANNESS
HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY
CONTEMPORARY CHICANO PHILOSOPHY
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
RELIGIOUS ISSUES, PERSONALITIES AND VALUES
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS: FAR EAST
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS: NEAR EAST
RUSSIAN CIVILIZATION
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE
SPANISH LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION
SPANISH COMPOSITION
LANGUAGE OF THE BARRIO
CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 3
CIVILIZATION OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 3
CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA 3
CIVILIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA 3

Area 4 - Social and Behavioral Sciences

INTRODUCTION TO DEAF CULTURE
BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
HONORS BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 1
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
HONORS CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION, MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT
INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
GENDER, SEX AND CULTURE
AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURES
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
HONORS PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
HONORS PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL STUDIES
ISSUES IN GLOBAL STUDIES
HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION TO 1715 1
HISTORY OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION FROM 1715 1
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS TO 1500 1
HISTORY OF WORLD CIVILIZATIONS FROM 1500 1
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN TO 1714 1
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM 1714 1
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876 1 2
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876 1 2
UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876 1 2
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876 1 2
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA 1
LATIN AMERICA: PRE-COLUMBIAN TO 1825 1
LATIN AMERICA: 1825 TO THE PRESENT 1
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST 1
HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1
HISTORY OF CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA 1
WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY 1 2
AMERICA'S RELATIONS WITH OTHER NATIONS 1
AMERICA AND THE TWO WORLD WARS 1
ISSUES OF THE VIETNAM ERA 1
TRADITIONAL AFRICA 1
MODERN AFRICA 1
HISTORY OF MEXICO 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY
PSYCHOLINGUISTICS: LANGUAGE AND THE MIND
INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 2
COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
THE U.S. AND WORLD POLITICS
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ECONOMY
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY
INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
HONORS INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE CHILD 1
HONORS DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE CHILD 1
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: THE ADULT 1
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 1
HUMAN SEXUALITY
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
HONORS INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY
CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PROBLEMS
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
CRIME, DELINQUENCY AND SOCIETY
URBAN SOCIOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY OF AGING
MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
INTRODUCTION TO GENDER
LGBTQ STUDIES
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMMUNICATION

Area 5 - Physical and Biological Sciences

5A - Physical Sciences

ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY 3
DESCRIPTIVE INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY 3
GENERAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS I 3
GENERAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS II 3
CHEMISTRY – GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY I 3
CHEMISTRY–GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY II 3
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II
INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY 3
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
CHEMISTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
SOIL SCIENCE
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 1
WEATHER AND CLIMATE
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY 3
HISTORICAL GEOLOGY
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE 3
GEOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA
MINERALOGY
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
HISTORY OF LIFE
THE AGE OF DINOSAURS
PHYSICAL SCIENCES 3
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS I: MECHANICS 3
GENERAL PHYSICS 3
GENERAL PHYSICS 3
GENERAL PHYSICS 3
GENERAL PHYSICS I: MECHANICS AND THERMAL PHYSICS 3
GENERAL PHYSICS II: ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, AND MODERN PHYSICS 3
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS I: MECHANICS 3
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS II: WAVES, ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM 3
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS III: THERMODYNAMICS, OPTICS, AND MODERN PHYSICS 3
DESCRIPTIVE INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 3
CALCULUS-BASED COLLEGE PHYSICS I 3
CALCULUS-BASED COLLEGE PHYSICS II 3

5B - Biological Sciences

ANAT 025HUMAN ANATOMY4
ANTH 001BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY3
ANTH 001HHONORS BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY3
BIOL 002ANIMAL BIOLOGY4
BIOL 003HUMAN BIOLOGY4
BIOL 004BOTANY/PLANT DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY4
BIOL 010ACELLULAR BIOLOGY, GENETICS AND EVOLUTION5
BIOL 010BTHE DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND ECOLOGY4
BIOL 010CGENETICS3
BIOL 011GENERAL BIOLOGY4
BIOL 011HHONORS GENERAL BIOLOGY4
BIOL 014FIELD BIOLOGY4
BIOL 016MARINE BIOLOGY4
BIOL 038CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY4
BIOL 039MODERN HUMAN GENETICS4
MICR 002MICROBIOLOGY4
PYSO 001HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY4
PSYC 002INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY3

5C - Laboratory Science

ANAT 025HUMAN ANATOMY4
ANTH 001HHONORS BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY3
ASTR 001ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY4
BIOL 002ANIMAL BIOLOGY4
BIOL 003HUMAN BIOLOGY4
BIOL 004BOTANY/PLANT DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY4
BIOL 010ACELLULAR BIOLOGY, GENETICS AND EVOLUTION5
BIOL 010BTHE DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND ECOLOGY4
BIOL 011GENERAL BIOLOGY4
BIOL 011HHONORS GENERAL BIOLOGY4
BIOL 014FIELD BIOLOGY4
BIOL 016MARINE BIOLOGY4
BIOL 038CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY4
BIOL 039MODERN HUMAN GENETICS4
CHEM 001AGENERAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS I5
CHEM 001BGENERAL CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS II5
CHEM 002ACHEMISTRY – GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY I4
CHEM 002BCHEMISTRY–GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY II4
CHEM 008AORGANIC CHEMISTRY I5
CHEM 008BORGANIC CHEMISTRY II5
CHEM 022INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY4
ENVS 001INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE4
ENVS 003CHEMISTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT4
ENVS 011SOIL SCIENCE3
GEOG 001LPHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY LABORATORY1
GEOL 001PHYSICAL GEOLOGY4
GEOL 001FPHYSICAL GEOLOGY FIELD STUDIES1
GEOL 002HISTORICAL GEOLOGY4
GEOL 002FHISTORICAL GEOLOGY FIELD STUDIES1
GEOL 003EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE4
GEOL 003FEARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE FIELD LABORATORY1
GEOL 006MINERALOGY4
GEOL 012FPHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY FIELD STUDIES1
GEOL 012LPHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY LABORATORY1
GEOL 021LHISTORY OF LIFE LABORATORY1
MICR 002MICROBIOLOGY4
PHSC 003LLABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCE1
PHYS 001APHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS I: MECHANICS5
PHYS 001BGENERAL PHYSICS5
PHYS 001CGENERAL PHYSICS5
PHYS 001DGENERAL PHYSICS5
PHYS 002AGENERAL PHYSICS I: MECHANICS AND THERMAL PHYSICS4
PHYS 002BGENERAL PHYSICS II: ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, AND MODERN PHYSICS4
PHYS 008APHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS I: MECHANICS5
PHYS 008BPHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS II: WAVES, ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM5
PHYS 008CPHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS III: THERMODYNAMICS, OPTICS, AND MODERN PHYSICS5
PHYS 010LDESCRIPTIVE PHYSICS IN THE LABORATORY1
PHYS 031ACALCULUS-BASED COLLEGE PHYSICS I5
PHYS 031BCALCULUS-BASED COLLEGE PHYSICS II5
PYSO 001HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY4

Area 6 - Language Other than English (UC requirement only)

Provide proof of proficiency equivalent to two years of high school study in the same language. An official copy of high school transcript(s) must be submitted for IGETC certification.

The following courses also fulfill this requirement:

ELEMENTARY AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE – LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY ARABIC - LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY ARABIC - LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY ARMENIAN - LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY ARMENIAN - LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 2 3
ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY CHINESE (MANDARIN) 3
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (MANDARIN) – LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE CHINESE (MANDARIN) - LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY FRENCH – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY FRENCH – LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH – LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE FRENCH – LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY GERMAN - LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY GERMAN - LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE GERMAN - LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY ITALIAN – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY ITALIAN - LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE ITALIAN - LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY JAPANESE – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY JAPANESE - LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE - LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY LATIN – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY LATIN – LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY PORTUGUESE – LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE PORTUGUESE – LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN - LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN - LEVEL 2
INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN - LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN - LEVEL 2
ELEMENTARY SPANISH – LEVEL 1
ELEMENTARY SPANISH – LEVEL 2 3
SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS 3
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH – LEVEL 1
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH – LEVEL 2

Area 7 - Ethnic Studies 

CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE 1
CHICANO/A AND LATINO/A AMERICAN CULTURE
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION 1
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE 1
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LITERATURE
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE 1
CHICANO AND MEXICAN LITERATURE
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS 1
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE AMERICANS
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865 1 2
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 1 2
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN 1
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY 1
CHICANO/A PSYCHOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES 1
INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES 1
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHNIC STUDIES
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY 1
AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY 1
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY 1
CHICANO SOCIOLOGY
1

Courses listed in more than one area may be certified in only a single area (Areas 1-7).

2

Meets CSU graduation requirement for American Institutions. Not required for IGETC certification.

3

Credit limitations for UC. Consult a counselor or www.assist.org. Select “PCC/UC Transferable courses.”

Note: Courses may not be used in more than one area (Areas 1-7).
American Institutions Requirement (CSU only - not required for IGETC certification)
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Select one of the following:
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1876
UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876
HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY FROM 1876
WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1865
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY