General Education Requirements Agreement
between the
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
and
CABRILLO COLLEGE
2009-2010 Agreement
FOR FALL, 2010 INCOMING STUDENTS AND PRIOR ONLY - must be continuining student -transfer by F-2013
The UCSC general education requirements are designed to introduce students to various ways of knowing, kinds of
information, and reasons for learning, as well as to promote responsible use of what is learned. Courses used in
satisfaction of the requirements must be passed with a grade of C or higher and must be at least 3 semester units each.
Courses may be used to satisfy more than one requirement.
PLEASE NOTE: This list of classes refer to general education requirements only; it is not a list of all the classes that
transfer to the university, nor does it describe admission requirements.
INTRODUCTION TO DISCIPLINES REQUIREMENT: The equivalent of two courses from different departments is
required from each of the three academic division: Humanities and Arts, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences. These
courses should provide a basic introduction to a major by stressing the discipline’s content, scope, and methodology.
Introduction to Disciplines: Humanities and Arts (IH):
(Choose two courses: each from a different department. No more than one course may be taken from the arts [art, art
history, music or theater arts]).
AH 10, 11, 11H, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20A, 20B, 52, 53
ENGL 1B, 1BMC, 30A, 30B, 31, 32, 33, 34, 40, 45, 46A, 46B, 48A
HIST 2A, 2B, 4A, 4AH, 4B, 4BH, 6, 15, 16A, 16B, 17A, 17AH, 17B, 17BH,
19A
Languages+
FR 3, 4
GRMN 3, 4
ITAL 3
SLS 3
SPAN 3, 4, 25, 26
MUS 10, 10M (82), 11A, 11LA, 12, 13A, (82)
PHILO 4, 6, 7, 10, 10H, 12, 16
Theater Arts+
DANCE 10, 57*, 58*, 59*, 60*, 61*, 63*, 64*, 65*, 66*, 69*, 70*, 71*,
72*, 76*, 78*
TA 7, 9, 10A, 10B, 10C, 17, 31, 33, 34, 35
WS 1 , 11
Introduction to Disciplines: Natural Sciences (IN):
(Choose two courses: each from a different department.)
ANTHR 1, 1H
ASTRO 3, 4 10, 11
Biological Sciences+
BIO 1A, 1B, 1C, 4, 5, 6,
11A, 11B, 13A, 13B
PSYCH 4
CHEM 1A, 1B, 2, 5, 10, 12A, 12B
CS 1, 11, 12J, 19, 20J, 21, 24
Earth Sciences+
GEOG 1
GEOL 10, 15, 20, 25
OCEAN 10
Environmental Studies+
BIO 11C
ES 10
MATH 5A, 5B, 5C, 6, 7, 12, 18
PHYS 2A, 2B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 10, 11, 12
*Courses less than three semester units must be combined with courses in the same department in order to satisfy a
general education requirement.
+Limit of one course; these subject areas are considered the same department.
Cabrillo College
Introduction to Disciplines: Social Sciences (IS):
(Choose two courses: each from a different department.)
Anthropology+
ANTHR 2, 3
ARCHE 1
ECON 1A, 1B
ES 20
PS 1, 1H, 2, 3, 4, 5
Psychology+
ECE 31
PSYCH 1, 6, 8, 12, 26, 31, 33
WS 7
SOC 1, 1H, 2, 2H
QUANTITATIVE REQUIREMENT (Q): One quantitative methods course that involves use of advanced algebra,
statistics, or calculus.
ASTRON 11
BUS 9
CHEM 1A, 1B, 2
MATH 2, 4, 5A, 5B, 5C, 10, 12, 13, 18
PHYS 2A, 2B, 4A, 4B, 11
COMPOSITION REQUIREMENT (C): Two courses in composition are required, one course from C1 and one course
from C2. If not satisfied at entrance, a course must be completed during the first three quarters of enrollment.
C1: (choose one course)
C2: (choose one course)
ENGL 1A, 1AH, 1AMC, 1AMCH
ENGL 1B, 1BMC, 1C, 2, 2H, 2MC, 2MCH, PHILO 49
WRITING-INTENSIVE REQUIREMENT (W): This course must be taken while in residence at UCSC.
ARTS REQUIREMENT (A): One course in the arts is required, usually from art, art history, music, or theater arts.
ART 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4, 5, 7A, 7B, 31A, 31B, 32,
34A, 34B, 36, 37A, 37B, 45
AH 10, 11, 11H, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20A, 20B, 52,
53, 77
AP 9A, 9B, 45
DANCE 10, 57*, 58*, 59*, 60*, 61*, 63*, 64*, 65*,
66*, 69*, 70*, 71*, 72*, 76*, 78*
DM 1
ENGL 12A, 12B, 12C, 12D, 12F, 49A
MUS 1, 2, 5, 6, 9A, 10, 10M (82), 11A, 11LA, 12,
13A, 77, (82)
TA 7, 8, 9, 10A, 10B, 10C, 12A*, 12B, 13A, 13B,
14, 15, 17, 18, 28, 31, 33, 34, 35, 74, 77
THIRD WORLD STUDIES REQUIREMENT (E): One course is required that studies either ethnic minorities in the
United States or a non-Western society or culture.
AH 16, 17, 18, 19, 52
ANTHR 6, 7
BBS 32
ENGL 1BMC, 2MC, 2MCH, 24A, 24B, 39, 40, 41A, 41B, 45
HIST 6, 16A, 16B, 16C, 18A, 18B, 19A,
19B, 19C, 21A, 21AH, 21B, 21BH, 23, 24, 29A, 29B
MUS 11LA, 12
PHILO 14
SOC 3, 8
SPAN 30B
TA 8
WS 2, 5
TOPICAL COURSE REQUIREMENT (T): These courses apply information from one or more disciplines to issues of
broad social or intellectual interest. We do not apply transfer courses to the topical requirement. Students entering with
fewer than 45 quarter units must take 3 topical courses while in residence at UCSC, no more than one from each academic
division; with 45-83.9 quarter units, two courses will be required; with 84-104.9 quarter units, one course will be required;
with 105 or more quarter units, the topical course requirement will be waived.
*Courses less than three semester units must be combined with courses in the same department in order to satisfy a
general education requirement.
+Limit of one course; these subject areas are considered the same department.
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