2019 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   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 Fall 2021 FrankenFood: 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 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