GE Course Proposal Guidelines
The call for semester-based GE course proposals provides an overview of the GE requirements
and encourages faculty to refer to the revised University policy on General Education at
http://web.calstatela.edu/academic/aa/ugs/index.php. Also available at the same link are rubrics
for each of the Block and specific designation GE requirements.
To clarify the revised GE policy and questions regarding GE designation proposals please refer
to the following:
GE designations are as follows:
GE A1
GE A2
GE A3
GE B1
GE B2
GE B3
GE B4
GE C1
GE C2
GE C AM
GE D
GE D AM
GE E
IHE
GE UD B
GE UD C
GE UD D
(cl)
(d)
(re)
(wi)
Oral Communication
Written Communication
Critical Thinking and Composition
Physical Sciences
Biological Sciences
Physical-Biological Sciences
Quantitative Reasoning and Mathematical Concepts
Arts
Humanities
American Institutions (U.S. History)
Social Sciences
American Institutions (Government)
Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Introduction to Higher Education
Upper Division Natural Science and Quantitative Reasoning
Arts and Humanities
Social Sciences
Civic Learning/Community Engagement
Diversity
Diversity with focus on issues of Race and Ethnicity
Writing Intensive
In addition, please note the following:

IHE courses must meet the criteria for IHE as defined in the Faculty Handbook, the criteria
for Block E, as well as the GE Civic Learning/Community Engagement outcomes. IHE
courses should not use the GE E or (cl) designations, however; Block E and civic
learning/community engagement outcomes are assumed within the IHE designation.
However, if an IHE class is also meeting diversity requirements, it should add either the (d)
or (re) designation as appropriate.

Civic Learning (cl) designations are not available to courses that do not meet the
requirements for Upper Division GE (UD/B, UD/C, UD/D). Note that the requirements for a
civic learning/community engagement (cl) course differ from the requirements for service
learning. A civic learning/community engagement course does not require students to serve
as volunteers in the community. There are other approaches to providing community
engagement or civic learning experiences.

Diversity course designations (d and re) are not available to courses that do not satisfy at
least one other GE requirement at either the lower division or upper division level.

Writing Intensive course designation (wi) is available to any course that meets the criteria for
Writing Intensive courses. For the Writing Intensive (wi) designation, the course must fulfill
the (wi) criteria in the English language. Writing Intensive (wi) courses may be at the lower
or upper division, but must require satisfactory completion of blocks A2 and A3 as a prerequisite.

At least one upper-division Writing Intensive (wi) course must be offered in the major. The
course a department has designated to fulfill the Upper Division Writing Requirement in the
major may also be used to fulfill the Writing Intensive (wi) requirement in the major, as long
as that course requires satisfactory completion of the GWAR as a prerequisite, and meets all
the required (wi) learning outcomes.

All upper-division GE courses must include as prerequisites the completion of Blocks A and
B4, an additional course from Block B, and at least one course each from Blocks C and D