General Education Requirements for Butte College AA and AS Degrees
A student completing the Butte College General Education pattern for the Associate’s Degree will be able
to:
1) utilize knowledge gained during his or her educational experience when evaluating and
appreciating the physical environment, the culture, and the society in which he or she lives;
2) demonstrate an increased level of self-understanding; and
3) actively examine values inherent in proposed solutions to major social problems.
Competency Requirements
A student meeting the Writing Competency Requirement will be able to:
To be filled in later
A student meeting the Mathematics Competency Requirement will be able to:
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A student meeting the Reading Competency Requirement wil l be able to:
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A student meeting the Multicultural Competency Requirement (courses below designated
with +) will be able to:
To be filled in later
A - Natural Science
Minimum requirement: one 3-unit course
A student completing courses in the Natural Sciences area will be able to:
1) demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of the scientific method; and
2) understand the relationships between science and other human activities.
Agricultural Science ................... AGS 22, 30, 50
Animal Science .................................ANS 20, 26
Anthropology........................................ ANTH 2
BiologyBIOL 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21
Chemistry ..... CHEM 1, 2, 10, 20, 21, 22, 51, 52
Environmental Horticulture ...................... EH 33
Foods and Nutrition ................................... FN 2
Geography .........................................GEOG 2, 3
Geology . GEOL 10/11*, 20/21*, 30/31*, 50/51*
Honors ................................................. HON 5, 7
Natural Resources ........................ NR 27, 28/29*
Physical SciencePSC 4, 6, 10, 20/21*, 30, 50/51*, 52/51*, 60/61*
Physics .............PHYS 10/11*, 21, 22, 41, 42, 43
Plant Science ..................PLS 15+ & 16*, 20, 25
* Meets Natural Science only when taken with corresponding lecture course.
B - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Minimum requirement: one 3-unit course
A student completing courses in the Social and Behavioral Sciences area will be able to:
1) demonstrate an awareness of the method of inquiry used by the social and behavioral sciences;
2) think critically about the ways people act and have acted in response to their societies; and
3) appreciate how societies and social sub-groups operate.
Administration of Justice ......................... AJ 1, 2
Agriculture……………………………….AGR 10
AnthropologyANTH 4+,13+, 14+, 16, 18+, 20A-E+, 21+, 32+, 33+, 34+
Business .................................................. BUS 20
Child Development and Family RelationsCDF 12, 14
Economics ............................. ECON 2, 4, 20, 25
Geography ............. GEOG 4+, 5+, 8+, 10+, 12+
History . HIST 4, 6+, 8, 10, 12+, 14+, 18+, 20+, 28+, 30+
Honors ................................................. HON 3, 4
Humanities............................................ HUM 23
Multicultural StudiesMCS 32+, 34+, 36+, 38+, 50+
Natural Resources ................................... NR 26+
Political SciencePOS 2, 3, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 30 +
Psychology ........... PSY 2, 4, 16, 24, 36, 41+, 52
Radio-TV Film .................................... RTVF 12
Sociology...............................SOC 2, 3, 4+, 8, 12, 14, 23, 30+
Communication Studies.......................................... CMST 9+
+ Meets Multicultural competency.
C - Humanities
Minimum requirement: one 3-unit course
A student completing courses in the Humanities area will be able to:
1) demonstrate an awareness of the ways in which people throughout the ages and in different cultures
have responded to themselves and the world around them in artistic and cultural creation; and
2) demonstrate aesthetic understanding and an ability to make value judgments.
Art........................................ ART 1, 2, 3+, 4, 6+
Drama ...............................................DRAM 2, 8
EnglishENGL 4, H4, 6, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 18, and
..... ENGL 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 28, 32, 34, 35 +, 47
Fashion ................................................ FASH 74
French ........................................ FREN 1, 2, 3, 4
German ..................................... GERM 1, 2, 3, 4
Greek ................................................... GRK 1, 2
History ..................................................... HIST 2
Honors ........................................... HON 1, 2, 6+
Humanities................ HUM 8, 13, 17, 22, 26, 27
Italian .................................................. ITAL 1, 2
Japanese ......................................... JPN 1, 2, 3, 4
Latin .............................................. LATN 1, 2, 3
Music ....................................... MUS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7
Philosophy ........... PHIL 2, 4, 16, 18+, 54, 55, 58
Physical Science ..................................... PSC 54
Radio-TV Film .............................. RTVF 13, 15
Russian ................................................. RUS 1, 2
Spanish .......... SPAN 1, 2, 3, 4, 14+, 16+, 22, 33
Communication Studies................... CMST 6, 16
+ Meets Multicultural competency.
D - English Composition
Minimum requirement: one 3-unit course
A student completing courses in the English Composition area will be able to:
demonstrate the principles and applications of language toward logical thought, clear and precise expression and
critical evaluation of communication in whatever symbol system the student uses.
English .................................... ENGL 2, H2, 119
E - Communications and Analytical Thinking
Minimum requirement: one 3-unit course
A student completing courses in the Communication and Critical Thinking area will be able to:
demonstrate the principles and applications of language toward logical thought, clear and precise expression and
critical evaluation of communication in whatever symbol system the student uses.
Computer Science ...................... CSCI 2, 6, 8, 20
Drafting Technology ............................ DFT 4, 6
English ................................................. ENGL 11
Mathematics ........ MATH 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 13,18, 19, 20, and
MATH 26, 30, 31, 32, 40, 42, 44, 108, 108A / B, 109, 124
Philosophy ....................................... PHIL 6, 7, 8
Communication Studies........CMST 2, 3+, 4, 14
+ Meets Multicultural competency.
F - Self Integration and Physical Education
One 3-unit course plus two PE Activity courses. The DD214 may be used to satisfy this requirement.
Self Integration:
A student completing courses in the Self-Integration area will be able to:
1) demonstrate and understanding of the human being as an integrated physiological, social, and
psychological organism; and
2) consider a majority of the following topics as they relate to decision making; substance abuse,
sexuality, nutrition, mental health, fitness, disease prevention, stress, health care (including the
effects of environmental issues and consumerism) and instruction which results in increased
sensitivity to issues of aging, death and dying.
Business……………………………….BUS 62
Counseling ............................................ CSL 20+
English ................................................. ENGL 31
Health .................................................... HLTH 2
Life Management .....................................LM 40
Psychology ............................................. PSY 20
Physical Education
A student completing courses in the Physical Education area will be able to:
1) To be filled in by P.E.