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General Education Program - Native Pattern

SEGMENT I: BASIC SUBJECTS (12 units)

 ALL STUDENTS must take a minimum of twelve units in Segment I: Basic Subjects. A three-unit semester course or equivalent must be completed in each of the following areas: Written Communication, Oral Communication, Critical Thinking, and Quantitative Reasoning. Students must also complete the GE Library Requirement or an approved equivalent.

Written Communication (3 units required)

For test and course prerequisites, refer to the Written English Requirements section of this Bulletin. Courses that fulfill the Written Communication requirement are listed below. To see which courses are offered for a particular semester, consult the Class Schedule for that semester under the heading English Composition Requirement, Second Year at the end of the listing of English courses.

Summary of Written English Graduation Requirements

English Placement Test (EPT): Must be taken during the first semester of attendance unless a course or test exemption is granted.

ENG 114: Prerequisite--passing score on EPT or equivalent or grade of C or better in ENG 50 or equivalent.

ENG 214: Prerequisite--grade of C or better in ENG 114 or equivalent.

Junior English Proficiency Essay Test (JEPET): Prerequisites--grade of C or better in ENG 114 and 214 or equivalents.

Written Communication (3 units required)

AIS 214Second Year Written Composition: American Indian Studies
AAS 214Second Year Written Composition: Asian American Studies
BLS 214Second Year Written Composition: Black Studies
BUS 214 Second Year Written Composition: Business
ENG 214 Second Year Written Composition: English
ENG 310 English as a Second Language: Composition 2
LARA 214 Second Year Written Composition: La Raza Studies
MUS 214 Second Year Written Composition: Music
NEXA 214 Second Year Written Composition: NEXA

Dept - Number Course Title  Units  Semester/Yr  Grade  Institution 

Oral Communication (3 units required)

ENG 210English as a Second Language: Oral Communication
SPCH 150Fundamentals of Oral Communication

Dept - Number Course Title  Units  Semester/Yr  Grade  Institution 

Critical Thinking (3 units required)

AIS/AAS/BLS/ETHS/LARA 110Critical Thinking: The Third World Experience
ENG 200 Writing Logically
PHIL 110 Introduction to Critical Thinking I
PSY 111 The Logic and Psychology of Critical Thinking
SPCH 250 Argumentation and Advocacy (4)

Dept - Number Course Title  Units  Semester/Yr  Grade  Institution