GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEW
View a detailed printable version of the GE Patterns:
- 50-unit (pdf) GE Pattern from fall 2011 - present for entering first time freshmen (Updated 5/09/13)
- 51-unit (pdf) GE Pattern for students who entered as freshmen prior to fall 2011 (Updated 5/09/13)
- 48-unit pattern (pdf) Transfer students with 30+ units (Updated 5/09/13)
- HUTCHINS School of Liberal Studies GE Option (website)
Each baccalaureate candidate must complete a University-approved University-wide Option or the Hutchins Interdisciplinary Option.
For more information, contact your departmental advisor.
The University-Wide Option requires courses distributed among the following categories:
A. Communication and Critical Thinking
B. Natural Sciences and Mathematics
C. Arts and Humanities
D. Social Sciences
E. Integrated Person
Within these categories, one course in Ethnic Studies GE course is required. Nine (9) units of General Education must be in upper-division (300- and 400-level) courses and shall be taken no sooner than the term in which upper-division standing (completion of 60 semester units) is attained.
More information on the Hutchins Interdisciplinary Option. The Hutchins School of Liberal Studies phone number is 707/664-2491.