Berkeley City College (Formerly Vista Community College) 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 2006-2007 INTERSEGMENTAL GENERAL EDUCATION TRANSFER CURRICULUM (IGETC) Completion of all the requirements in the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) will permit a student to transfer from a community college to a campus in either the California State University or the University of California system with out the need, after transfer, to take additional lower-division, general education courses to satisfy campus general education requirements. D The course requirements for all areas must be completed before IGETC can be certified. (Any exceptions can be discussed with a counselor.) D All courses must be completed with grades of “C” or better. AREA 1 – ENGLISH COMMUNICATION CSU: 1 course from Group A 1 course from Group B 1 course from Group C UC: 1 course from Group A 1 course from Group B Group A: English Composition, 1 course (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units) English 1A Group B: Critical Thinking – English Composition, 1 course (3 semester or 4-5 Communication 5 quarter units) English 5 Group C: Oral Communication (CSU Requirement Only), 1 course (3 semester or 4-5 Communication 1A, 45 quarter units) AREA 2 – MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS & QUANITATIVE REASONING 1 course (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units) Math 1**, 2**, 3A**, 3B**, 3C, 3E**, 3F**, 11, 13, 16A**, 16B** AREA 3 – ARTS & HUMANITITES At least 3 courses, with at least 1 from the Arts and 1 from the Humanities: (9 semester or 12-15 quarter units) Arts: African American Studies 44B Art 1, 4, 13, 98 English 21 Humanities 21, 26 Multimedia Arts 123 Music 15A, 15B Humanities: Asian American Studies 30 English 1B, 17A, 17B, 20, 31, 32A, 32B, 33B, 37A, 37B, 44A, 44B, 82, 83, 85A, 85B, 85C French 1B History 33 Humanities 1, 10, 30A, 30B, 40 Philosophy 1, 16, 35 Spanish 1B, 2A, 2B, 10A, 10B, 38, 40 Women Studies 35 INTERSEGMENTAL GENERAL EDUCATION TRANSFER CURRICULUM (IGETC) 2006-2007 PAGE 2 AREA 4 – SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES At least 3 courses from at least 2 disciplines or an interdisciplinary sequence: (9 semester or 12-15 quarter units) African American Studies 1, 33 International Trade 34 American Sign Language 55A Labor Studies 10 Anthropology 2, 3, 5, 9A, 13, 15, 18 Political Science 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 20, 25, 34 Asian American Studies 45B Psychology 1A, 1B, 6, 7A, 10, 21, 24, 30 Communication 6 Social Science 1, 2 Economics 1, 2, 30** Sociology 1, 2, 3, 10, 13 Geography 2, 3, 5, 10 Women’s Studies 1 History 1, 2A, 2B, 3, 5, 7A, 7B, 8B, 10B, 12 , 17 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 31, 37, 38, 39, 40 AREA 5 – PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES At least 2 courses, 1 Physical Science course and 1 Biological Science course; at least 1 must include a laboratory (indicated by “L” in parentheses): (7-9 semester or 9-12 quarter units) Physical Sciences: Astronomy 10 Chemistry 1A(L), 1B(L), 30A(L)**, 30B(L) Geography 1, 1L Geology 10 Physical Science 10**, 20 Physics 2A(L), 2B(L), 10** Biological Sciences: Anthropology 1, 1L Biology 1A(L), 1B(L), 3(L), 10(L)**, 12A, 13, 25** LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH (UC Requirement Only) Completion of one course (4-5 semester units) at a college or university, with a “C” or better, that is equivalent to 2 years of high school language. See below for approved Vista courses; or Completion of two years of high school course work in one language other than English with a “C-” or better (verified by official high school transcript; or Satisfactory score on the College Board Subject Test (formerly SAT II) in a language other than English (see counselor for required scores); or Score of 3 or better on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination in a language other than English; or Score of 5 or better on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in a language other than English; or Satisfactory completion of a proficiency test administered by a community college, university or other college in a language other than English; or Completion of two consecutive years of formal schooling at the sixth grade level or higher in an institution where the language of instruction is not English (confirmed by appropriate documentation). College courses that meet the proficiency level: American Sign Language 50 French 1A Spanish 1A Note: Courses above proficiency level may also be used to meet this requirement and may also be used to clear another IGETC area. ** = Indicates that transfer-credit may be limited by either UC or CSU, or both. SPECIAL NOTE – Please consult a counselor for further information concerning the completion of IGETC. 10/06 rev. 1