GE Approved Courses: Category A

English Language Communication and Critical Thinking
(Category A) - GE Approved Courses

The following courses are approved to meet the General Education requirements indicated. Please note the following in reviewing these approved course lists:

  • Refer to the online schedule of classes to see which courses are being offered for a specific term and to double check which GE requirements the course satisfies during that term.
  • Be aware that the GE Category (A-E) requirements must each be satisfied by a unique course. The "Other GE Categories" column below may indicate additional categories a course is certified in but does not mean that the course will meet more than one category requirement for an individual student.
  • Additional General Education Requirements should be met by courses also meeting the GE Category requirements to minimize the number of units needed.
  • Comments are added to the course lists below to highlight changes in the approved active GE course lists.
    See Previous Courses to research courses that previously met GE requirements.
  • Students should regularly run their Academic Requirements Report on MyCSULB to monitor their completion of all degree requirements including General Education.

 

The following courses will develop knowledge and understanding of the form, context, and effectiveness of oral communication. In the course, students develop proficiency in oral communication, examining communication from the rhetorical perspective and practicing reasoning and advocacy, organization, and accuracy. Students will practice the discovery, critical evaluation and reporting of information, as well as reading, writing, and listening effectively.

A1
Subject/
Number		 Timeline   Title GE
Designation  		Other GE Categories Cross Listed Courses
COMM 110   Interpersonal Communication Foundation    
COMM 130   Essential Public Speaking Foundation    
COMM 132   Small Group Discussion Foundation    

The following courses will develop knowledge and understanding of the form, context, and effectiveness of written communication. In the course, students develop proficiency in written communication, examining communication from the rhetorical perspective and practicing reasoning and advocacy, organization, and accuracy. Students will practice the discovery, critical evaluation and reporting of information, as well as reading and writing effectively.

A2
Subject/
Number		 Timeline   Title GE
Designation  		Other GE Categories  Cross Listed Courses 
AFRS 100B   Composition II Foundation    
AIS 100B Effective Fall 2019 Composition II Foundation    
ASAM 100B   Composition II Foundation    
CHLS 104B   Composition II Foundation    
ENGL 100B   Composition II Foundation    

The following courses develop an understanding of logic and its relation to language; elementary inductive and deductive processes, including an understanding of the formal and informal fallacies of language and thought; ability to distinguish matters of fact from issues of judgment or opinion. In the course, students will develop the abilities to analyze, criticize, and advocate ideas to reason inductively and deductively; and to reach well-supported factual or judgmental conclusions.

A3
Subject/
Number		 Timeline Title GE
Designation		 Other GE Categories  Cross Listed Courses 
A/ST 190   Eastern Ways of Thinking Foundation    
AFRS 150   Critical Thinking
in Africana Studies		 Foundation    
CECS 100   Critical Thinking
in the Digital Information Age		 Foundation    
COMM 131   Essentials Of Argumentation Foundation    
CWL 161   Reading The World Foundation    
ENGL 102   Critical Reading And Writing Foundation    
ETEC 171   Critical Thinking Using Computer Technology Foundation    
FSCI 101 Effective Fall 2021 Franken Food: Fact or Science Fiction Foundation    
HIST 101   Facts Evidence & Explanation Foundation    
I S 100   Critical Thinking
And Information Technology Literacy		 Foundation    
I/ST 100   Global Citizenship Foundation    
JOUR 160   Understanding News Media Foundation    
L/ST 111   Critical Thinking And Public Education Foundation    
LING 100   The Nature Of Language Foundation    
PHIL 130 Effective Fall 2022 Puzzles and Paradoxes Foundation    
PHIL 170   Critical Reasoning Foundation    
POSC 105   Introduction To Critical Thinking Foundation    
PSY 130   Critical Thinking Foundation    
SCED 100   Scientific And Spatial Reasoning Foundation    
UHP 100   Angles Of Vision-Honors Foundation