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  TitleGE
Designation 		Other GE CategoriesCross Listed Courses
COMM 110 Interpersonal CommunicationFoundation  
COMM 130 Essential Public SpeakingFoundation  
COMM 132 Small Group DiscussionFoundation  

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  TitleGE
Designation 		Other GE Categories Cross Listed Courses 
AFRS 100B Composition IIFoundation  
AIS 100BEffective Fall 2019Composition IIFoundation  
ASAM 100B Composition IIFoundation  
CHLS 104B Composition IIFoundation  
ENGL 100B Composition IIFoundation  

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		TimelineTitleGE
Designation		Other GE Categories Cross Listed Courses 
A/ST 190 Eastern Ways of ThinkingFoundation  
AFRS 150 Critical Thinking in Africana StudiesFoundation  
CECS 100 Critical Thinking in the Digital Information AgeFoundation  
COMM 131 Essentials of ArgumentationFoundation  
CWL 161 Reading the WorldFoundation  
ENGL 102 Critical Reading & WritingFoundation  
ETEC 171 Critical Thinking Using Computer TechnologyFoundation  
FSCI 101Effective Fall 2021Franken Food: Fact or Science FictionFoundation  
HIST 101 Facts Evidence & ExplanationFoundation  
I S 100 Critical Thinking and Information Technology LiteracyFoundation  
I/ST 100 Global CitizenshipFoundation  
JOUR 160 Understanding News MediaFoundation  
L/ST 111 Critical Thinking and Public EducationFoundation  
LING 100 The Nature of LanguageFoundation  
PHIL 130Effective Fall 2022Puzzles and ParadoxesFoundation  
PHIL 170 Critical ReasoningFoundation  
POSC 105 Introduction to Critical ThinkingFoundation  
PSY 130 Critical ThinkingFoundation  
SCED 100 Scientific and Spatial ReasoningFoundation  
UHP 100 Angles of Vision - HonorsFoundation