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Purpose: An educated person must be able to read critically, communicate effectively, and think clearly.

Select one course from each of the following four categories for a minimum of 12 units.

  • Oral Communication - One A1 course (Area A).
  • Written Communication - One A2 course (Area A).
  • Critical Thinking - One A3 course (Area A).
  • Quantitative Reasoning - One B4 course (Area B).

 

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Oral Communication

  • COMM 3 - Fundamentals of Public Communication (Area A1)
  • COMM 7 - Persuasion (Area A1)
  • COMM 8 - Group Discussion (Area A1)

 

Written Communication

  • ENGL 5B - Academic Literacy II (Area A2)
  • ENGL 10 - Accelerated Academic Literacy (Area A2)

 

Critical Thinking

  • AFRS 20 - Critical Thinking about Race (Area A3)
  • ANTH 30 - Critical Thinking in Anthropology (Area A3)
  • CLAS 30 - Critical Thinking in Chicano and Latin American Studies (Area A3)
  • COMM 5 - Argumentation (Area A3)
  • CSCI 1 - Critical Thinking and Compter Science (Area A3)
  • GEOG 25 - Critical Thinking in Geography (Area A3)
  • GME 5 - Critical Reasoning (Area A3)
  • NSCI 4 - Science and Nonsense: Facts, Fads, and Critical Thinking (Area A3)
  • PHIL 25 - Methods of Reasoning (Area A3)
  • PHIL 45 - Introduction to Logic (Area A3)
  • SOC 3 - Critical Thinking about Society (Area A3)
  • WS 12 - Critical Thinking: Gender Issues (Area A3)

 

Quantitative Reasoning

  • DS 71 - Quantitative Analysis (Area B4)
  • MATH 45 - What Is Mathematics? (Area B4)
  • MATH 75 - Calculus I (Area B4)
  • MATH 75A - Calculus with Review IA (Area B4)

 

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