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General Education
BREADTH

BREADTH

The BREADTH component of the General Education Program exposes students to a variety of disciplines within the structured framework of Areas B, C, D, and E.

Area B - Physical Universeand Its Life Forms.

Required: one lower division course in each sub-area. All courses in this area include a laboratory component.

• Physical Science, Sub-Area B1 - one B1 course. (Completion of the FOUNDATION Quantitative Reasoning requirement - a G.E. B4 course - is prerequisite to enrollment in all G.E. B1 courses.)
  Purpose: To understand and actively explore fundamental principles in the Physical Sciences and the methods of developing and testing hypotheses used in the analysis of the physical universe.
• Life Science, Sub-Area B2 - one B2 course.
  Purpose: To understand basic concepts of living things, the nature of scientific knowledge, and the relevance of biological knowledge to human affairs.

Area C - Arts and Humanities.

Required: three lower division courses, at least one in each sub-area.

• Arts, Sub-area C1 - at least one C1 course.
  Purpose: To develop an appreciation and understanding of and to stimulate imagination and creativity through study and participation in art, dance, music, and theatre.
• Humanities, Sub-area C2 - at least one C2 course. (Completion of an A2 course satisfying the Foundation Written Communication requirement is required for enrollment in any Breadth Area C2 course.)
  Purpose: Through the study of the humanities, to understand, appreciate, and analyze the meaning of our civilization, its cultural background, and the nature and role of language. To study the humanities from a variety of historical perspectives and cultures by analyzing individual works.

Area D - Social, Political, and Economic Institutions
and Behavior, Historical Background.

Required: Three courses: one lower division course in each of the three sub-areas. (Completion of an A2 course satisfying the FOUNDATION Written Communication requirement is required for enrollment in any BREADTH Area D course.)

Purpose: To understand and analyze the basic principles underlying human social behavior.

• American History, Sub-area D1 - one D1 course.
• American Government, Sub-area D2 - one D2 course.
• Social Science, Sub-area D3 - one D3 course.

Area E - Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development.

Required: One E1 course.

Purpose: To equip human beings for lifelong understanding and development of themselves as integrated physiological and psychological entities.

BREADTH - Physical Universe and Its Life Forms

Physical Sciences

• CHEM 1A - General Chemistry (Area B1)
• CHEM 3A - Introductory General Chemistry (Area B1)
• CHEM 10 - Chemistry and Society (Area B1)
• ENSC 1 - Environmental Science (Area B1)
• GEOL 1 - Natural Disasters and Earth Resources (Area B1)
• PSCI 21 - Elementary Astronomy (Area B1)
• PHYS 2A - General Physics (Area B1)
• PHYS 4A & 4AL - Mechanics and Wave Motion (Area B1)
• PHYS 10 - Conceptual Physics (Area B1)

Life Sciences

• BIOL 10 - Life Science (Area B2)
• BIOSC 1A - Introductory Biology (Area B2)
• BOT 10 - Plant Biology (Area B2)
• ZOOL 10 - Animal Biology (Area B2)

BREADTH -Arts and Humanities

Arts

• ARMS 20 - Arts of Armenia (Area C1)
• ART 1 - Art Forms (Area C1)
• ART 20 - Drawing (Area C1)
• ART 40 - Painting (Area C1)
• ART 50 - Beginning Sculpture (Area C1)
• ARTH 10 - The Ancient and Primitive World (Area C1)
• ARTH 11 - The Modern World (Area C1)
• CLAS 9 - Chicano Artistic Expression (Area C1)
• DRAMA 22 - Oral Interpretation of Literature (Area C1)
• DRAMA 62 - Theatre Today (Area C1)
• ENGL 41 - Poetry Writing (Area C1)
• ENGL 43 - Fiction Writing (Area C1)
• MUSIC 9 - Introduction to Music (Area C1)
• MUSIC 74 - Listener's Guide to Music (Area C1)

Humanities

• ARM 1B - Elementary Armenian (Area C2)
• ARM 2A - Intermediate Armenian (Area C2)
• ARM 2B - Intermediate Armenian (Area C2)
• CHIN 1A - Elementary Chinese (Area C2)
• CHIN 1B - Elementary Chinese (Area C2)
• CDDS 92 - American Sign Language II (Area C2)
• ENGL 20 - Introduction to Literature (Area C2)
• ENGL 30 - Masterpieces (Area C2)
• FREN 1B - Elementary French (Area C2)
• FREN 2A - French for Communication (Area C2)
• FREN 2B - French for Communication (Area C2)
• GERM 1B - Elementary German (Area C2)
• GERM 2A - Intermediate German (Area C2)
• GERM 2B - Intermediate German (Area C2)
• GRK 1A - Elementary Greek (Area C2)
• GRK 1B - Elementary Greek (Area C2)
• HMONG 1B - Basic Hmong (Area C2)
• HUM 10 - Humanities from Antiquity to the Renaissance (Area C2)
• HUM 11 - Humanities from Baroque to Modern (Area C2)
• HUM 15 - Classical Myth and World Humanities (Area C2)
• HUM 20 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature (Area C2)
• ITAL 1A - Elementary Italian (Area C2)
• ITAL 1B - Elementary Italian (Area C2)
• ITAL 2A - Intermediate Italian (Area C2)
• ITAL 2B - Intermediate Italian (Area C2)
• JAPN 1A - Elementary Japanese A (Area C2)
• JAPN 1B - Elementary Japanese B (Area C2)
• LATIN 1A - Elementary Latin (Area C2)
• LATIN 1B - Elementary Latin (Area C2)
• LING 10 - Introduction to Language (Area C2)
• PHIL 1 - Introduction to Philosophy (Area C2)
• PHIL 2 - Exploring Religious Meaning (Area C2)
• PHIL 10 - Self, Religion, and Society (Area C2)
• PHIL 20 - Moral Questions (Area C2)
• PORT 1A - Elementary Portuguese (Area C2)
• PORT 1B - Elementary Portuguese (Area C2)
• SPAN 1B - Elementary Spanish (Area C2)
• SPAN 2A - Spanish for Communication (Area C2)
• SPAN 2B - Spanish for Communication (Area C2)
• SPAN 3 - Reading and Writing (Area C2)
• SPAN 4A - Spanish for the Bilingual Student (Area C2)
• SPAN 4B - Spanish for the Bilingual Student (Area C2)

BREADTH - Social, Political, and Economic Institutions and Behavior, Historical Background

American History

• HIST 11 - American History to 1877 (Area D1)
• HIST 12 - American History from 1877 (Area D1)

American Government

• PLSI 2 - American Government and Institutions (Area D2)

Social Science

• AAIS 1 - Ethnic Experience (Area D3)
• AAIS 10 - Introduction to Africana Studies (Area D3)
• AAIS 15 - Slavery and the American Experience (Area D3)
• AAIS 27 - Africana Cultures and Images (Area D3)
• AAIS 36 - Contemporary African Societies (Area D3)
• AAIS 50 - Contemporary Life of the American Indian (Area D3)
• AGEC 1 - Introductory Agricultural Economics (Area D3)
• ANTH 2 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (Area D3)
• ANTH 3 - Introduction to Prehistory and Physical Anthropology (Area D3)
• ARMS 10 - Introduction to Armenian Studies (Area D3)
• ASAM 15 - Introduction to Asian Americans (Area D3)
• CFS 31 - The Family in America (Area D3)
• CLAS 3 - Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies (Area D3)
• CLAS 5 - Chicano Culture (Area D3)
• CRIM 10 - Crime, Criminology, and Justice (Area D3)
• CDDS 98 - Introduction to Hard of Hearing and Deaf People (Area D3)
• ECON 25 - Introduction to Economics (Area D3)
• ECON 40 - Principles Microeconomics (Area D3)
• ECON 50 - Principles Macroeconomics (Area D3)
• GEOG 2 - Introduction to Cultural Geography (Area D3)
• GEOG 4 - World Geography (Area D3)
• HIST 20 - World History I (Area D3)
• HIST 21 - World History II (Area D3)
• IT 20 - Technology and Society (Area D3)
• MCJ 1 - Mass Communication and Society (Area D3)
• PLSI 1 - Modern Politics (Area D3)
• PLSI 71 - Introduction to Environmental Politics (Area D3)
• PSYCH 10 - Introduction to Psychology (Area D3)
• SOC 1 or 1S - Principles of Sociology (Area D3)
• SOC 2 or 2S - Social Problems (Area D3)
• WS 10 - Introduction to Women's Studies (Area D3)

BREADTH - Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development

• ASCI 67 - Animals and Society (Area E1)
• ART 13 - Design (Area E1)
• CFS 38 - Life Span Development (Area E1)
• CFS 39 - Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development (Area E1)
• DANCE 16 - Introduction to Dance (Area E1)
• DANCE 70 - Balance Body/Mind (Area E1)
• DRAMA 32 - Introduction to Acting (Area E1)
• FIN 30 - Personal Financial Planning (Area E1)
• GERON 10S - The Journey of Adulthood: Planning a Meaningful Life (same as RLS 10S) (Area E1)
• GERON 18 - Women and Aging (same as WS 18) (Area E1)
• GERON 111 - Heritage and Aging (Area E1)
• HS 90 - Contemporary Health Issues (Area E1)
• HS 91 - Introduction to Human Sexuality (Area E1)
• HS 110 - Drugs, Society, and Health (Area E1)
• KINES 32 - Lifetime Fitness and Wellness (Area E1)
  concurrent with KAC 6, 21, 24, 31, 33, 39, or 103
• LING 30 - Language through the Lifespan (Area E1)
• NUTR 53 - Nutrition and Health: Realities and Controversies (Area E1)
• PSYCH 61 - Personal Adjustment (Area E1)
• RLS 10S - The Journey of Adulthood: Planning a Meaningful Life (same as GERON 10S) (Area E1)
• RLS 80 - Lifelong Learning in the Natural Environment (Area E1)
• WS 18 - Women and Aging (same as GERON 18) (Area E1)

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