General Education - Model Course Syllabi
FOUNDATION
Area A - Fundamental Skills and Knowledge
A1 Oral Communication:
Communication
3,
7,
8
A2 Written Communication:
English
5B,
10
A3 Critical Thinking:
Africana
& American Indian Studies 20;
Anthropology
30;
Chicano
& Latin American Studies 30;
Communication
5,
Computer
Science 1;
Geography
25;
Geomatics
Engineering 5;
Natural
Science 4;
Philosophy
25,
45;
Sociology
3;
Women’s
Studies 12
B4 Quantitative Reasoning:
Decision
Sciences 71,
Mathematics
45,
75,
75A
BREADTH
Area B - Physical Universe and Its Life Forms
B1 Physical Sciences:
Chemistry
1A,
3A,
10;
Earth &
Environmental Sciences 1,
4;
Physical
Science 21;
Physics
2A,
4A
&
4AL,
10
B2 Life Sciences:
Biology
1A,
10,
11,
12
B3 Laboratory Component: B1 or B2 must have a lab
(All B1 and B2 courses taken at Fresno State have a lab
component.)
Area C - Arts and Humanities
C1 Arts:
Armenian
Studies 20;
Art
1,
20,
40,
50;
Art
History 10,
11;
Chicano
& Latin American Studies 9;
Drama
22,
62;
English
41,
43,
44;
Music
9,
74
C2 Humanities:
Armenian
1B,
2A,
2B;
Chinese
1A,
1B;
Communicative
Disorders and Deaf Studies 90,
92;
English
20,
30;
French
1B,
2A,
2B;
German
1B,
2A,
2B;
Greek
1A,
1B;
Hmong
1B;
Humanities
10,
11,
15,
20;
Italian
1A,
1B,
2A,
2B;
Japanese
1A,
1B;
Latin
1A,
1AH,
1B;
Linguistics
10;
Persian 1A,
1B;
Philosophy
1,
2,
10,
20;
Portuguese
1A,
1B;
Spanish
1B,
2A,
2B,
3,
4A,
4B
Area D - Social, Political & Economic Institutions & Behavior
D1 American History:
History
11,
12
D2 American Government:
Political
Science 2
D3 Social Science:
Africana
and American Indian Studies 1,
10,
15,
27,
36,
50;
Agricultural
Economics 1;
Anthropology
2,
3;
Armenian
Studies 10;
Asian
American Studies 15;
Child &
Family Studies 31;
Chicano
& Latin American Studies 3,
5;
Communicative
Disorders & Deaf Studies 98;
Criminology
10;
Economics
25,
40,
50;
Geography
2,
4;
History
20,
21;
Industrial
Technology 20;
Mass
Communication & Journalism 1;
Middle East Studies 10;
Political
Science 1,
71;
Psychology
10;
Sociology
1 or 1S,
2 or 2S;
Women’s
Studies 10
Area E - Lifelong Understanding and Self-Development
E Lifelong Understanding & Self-Development: Animal Science 67; Art 13; Child & Family Studies 38, 39; Dance 16, 70; Drama 32; Finance 30; Gerontology 10S, 18, 111; Health Science 90, 91, 110; Kinesiology 32 and KAC 6, 21, 24, 31, 33, 39, or 103; Linguistics 30; Nutrition 53; Psychology 61; Recreation & Leisure Studies 10S, 80; Women’s Studies 18
INTEGRATION (Upper Division)
IB Physical Universe and Its Life Forms: Anthropology 161; Chemistry 170; Earth & Environmental Sciences 112, 167, 168; Geography 115, 128; Health Science 161; Natural Science 115, 120, 121, 125, 131; Physical Science 131, 168; Physics 100; Plant Science 105; Psychology 126
IC Arts and Humanities:
Africana
and American Indian Studies 129;
Applied
Ethics 100;
Armenian
148;
Art
102;
Dance
171;
Drama
163;
English
101,
102,
103,
112,
113,
114,
174;
French
109,
149;
Humanities
104,
108,
110,
118;
Interdisciplinary
Art Studies 108;
Linguistics
115,
130;
Music
170A,
171,
187;
Philosophy
120,
150,
151;
Spanish
125,
129
ID Social, Political and Economic Institutions and
Behavior, Historical Background:
Africana
and American Indian Studies 103,
144;
Agricultural
Economics 155;
Anthropology
116W,
145;
Chicano
& Latin American Studies 114;
Criminology
101,
120,
153,
Economics
146,
167,
176,
183;
Geography
173 (formerly Geography 169) ;
Gerontology
100;
History
101;
Kinesiology
111;
Mass
Communication & Journalism 178;
Psychology
173;
Social Science 110;
Sociology
131,
143,
163;
Women’s
Studies 101
MULTICULTURAL/INTERNATIONAL
MI Multicultural/International:
Africana
and American Indian Studies 150,
164;
Anthropology
105W,
120,
123,
125;
Asian American 110;
Business
Administration 104;
Chicano
& Latin American Studies 160,
170;
Communication
164;
Communicative
Disorders & Deaf Studies 139;
Economics
181;
Geography
167;
Gerontology
161;
History
186;
Health
Science 104,
128;
Humanities
140;
Linguistics
147;
Mass
Communication & Journalism 175,
176;
Philosophy
131,
132;
Political
Science 120;
Recreation Administration
130;
Social
Science 180;
Social
Work 136;
Sociology
111,
142;
Women's
Studies 110,
120,
135
