Program Overview

The California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) is the singular general education pathway for California Community College students to fulfill lower-division general education requirements necessary for transfer and admission to both the California State University system (CSU) and the University of California system (UC). Under Cal-GETC, every student will be designated simply as having achieved, or not having achieved, Cal-GETC certification (i.e., completion of lower division general education requirements) irrespective of their transfer destination.

Program Requirements

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS: Complete 34 units of coursework approved to meet the Cal-GETC requirements as listed below. A minimum grade of “C” is required in each college course applied to Cal-GETC. A grade of “C” is valued at 2.0 grade points on a 4.0 scale. A “C-“ grade valued at less than 2.0 grade points on a 4.0 scale cannot be used for Cal-GETC. AREA 1 - ENGLISH COMMUNICATION (Three courses: one English Composition, one Critical Thinking and Composition, one Oral Communication. 9 semester or 12 quarter units) • Area 1A: English Communication – 3 semester units • Area 1B: Critical Thinking and Composition – 3 semester units • Area 1C: Oral Communication – 3 semester units AREA 2 - MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING - (one course: 3 semester or 4 quarter units) • Area 2: Math and Quantitative Reasoning – 3 semester units AREA 3 – ARTS AND HUMANITIES (Two courses: one Arts and one Humanities. 6 semester or 8 quarter units) • Area 3A: Arts – 3 semester units • Area 3B: Humanities – 3 semester units AREA 4 – SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (Two courses: two academic disciplines. 6 semester or 8 quarter units) Area 4 - Two courses - 6 semester units AREA 5 – PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (Two courses: one Physical Science and one Biological Science course. One of the two courses must be associated with a 1 semester or one quarter unit laboratory. 7 semester or 9 quarter units) • Area 5A: Physical Science – 3 semester units • Area 5B: Biological Science – 3 semester units • Area 5C: Science Laboratory – 1 semester unit AREA 6 – ETHNIC STUDIES (One course: 3 semester or 4 quarter units) – 3 semester units • Area 6: Ethnic Studies – 3 semester units Based on Cal-GETC Standards 1.3 Version
Units
Total Required Units: 34