DATE:
TO:
FROM:
RE:
Curriculum Committee
CSU GE Request
This memo is a request for ___________ to be submitted for CSU GE Area
__________.
Courses that satisfy this requirement are described as……….
This course meets these requirements as it……………
Division approval for this request has been received and the minutes of the meeting in
which this occurred have been forwarded to the Curriculum Committee.
All items in italics are for reference only – please delete. Include the description for the
area that your course falls into in the space provided above, followed by an explanation
of how it meets the stated requirements. If there is likely to be some controversy
regarding your request, provide additional information as to how comparable classes at
other community colleges have been articulated.
Natural Science
B1 = Physical Universe
B2 = Life Forms
B3 = Laboratory Courses
B4 = Quantitative Reasoning
Art/Humanities
C1 = Arts
C2 = Humanities (Literature, Philosophy, Foreign Languages)
Social Sciences, etc.
D
Communications and Critical Thinking
A1 = Oral Communication = SPCH 101, SPCH 102
A2 = Written Communication = ENGL 101
A3 = Analytical/Critical Thinking
Lifelong Learning
E
The lifelong learning requirement is unique to the CSU A minimum of three semester units or four quarter units in study designed to equip human beings
for lifelong understanding and development of themselves as integrated physiological and
psychological entities.
Instruction approved for fulfillment of this requirement should facilitate understanding of the human
being as an integrated physiological, social, and psychological organism. Courses developed to
meet this requirement are intended to include selective consideration of such matters as human
behavior, sexuality, nutrition, health, stress, key relationships of humankind to the social and
physical environment, and implications of death and dying. Physical activity could be included,
provided that it is an integral part of the study described herein.