![]() ![]() Students will continue to enroll in the appropriate GE AREW course until they have satisfied the GE AREW requirement. Students taking 115 must enroll in that course in either of their first two semesters at CSUN. Students taking Stretch 113 or 114 must enroll in the course during their first semester at CSUN. Students will complete the appropriate course in the GE Analytical Reading and Expository Writing (AREW) sequence during their first year at CSUN.Students will enroll in GE Critical Thinking after completing GE Math (within their first 60 units). Students will enroll either simultaneously or within two consecutive semesters in GE Oral Communication and GE Writing. Students will enroll in the appropriate writing and math courses as advised until they complete GE Writing and GE Math within the first four semesters or 60 units, whichever comes first. All first-time freshmen will have mandatory advisement starting with their initial enrollment at the University and continuing each semester until the completion of Basic Skills. Students must earn a “C-” or better grade in all four courses in order to satisfy the GE Basic Skills requirement. Basic Skills PolicyĪll four sections of GE Basic Skills coursework must be completed by students within their first 60 units. One course in this section must include the Information Competence (IC) designation. Students must complete this section within their first 60 units. These fundamental courses in Analytical Reading and Expository Writing, Critical Thinking, Mathematics and Oral Communication will teach students how to read to understand and write about complex topics, how to distinguish correct from faulty reasoning, how to study and appreciate mathematical ideas and quantitative reasoning, and how to make public presentations of their own thoughts and research. Basic Skills (12 units)īasic Skills coursework provides students with the knowledge and abilities that they will find useful and necessary for other GE and University courses and in their pursuits after graduation. Students must take two IC-designated courses, one course in the Basic Skills section and one course in the Subject Explorations section. Students will progressively acquire information competence skills by developing an understanding of information retrieval tools and practices, as well as improving their ability to evaluate and synthesize information ethically. Students are required to take Information Competence (IC)-designated courses. After completing the course requirements for all sections, if fewer than 48 units have been completed, then one additional GE course selected from any of the GE sections must be completed to meet the 48-unit requirement. ***Note: The sum of the minimums for each section is 47 units. **Coursework in this section must include two lecture courses and the two laboratories, activities and/or field studies that are connected to the lectures. Total Units Required General Education Units*** The required pattern of General Education consists of 48 units distributed among these areas: Subject AreaĬomparative Cultural Studies/Gender, Race, Class, and Ethnicity Studies, and Foreign Languages ![]() Students are encouraged to speak to an advisor about their general education requirements. General Education Required Pattern of Courses* *GE Pattern is subject to change based on systemwide policy and campus curricular modifications. It is through the GE Program that CSUN ensures that all students gain a sincere appreciation of how the diverse cultures housed in the United States, and specifically Southern California, lead to creative thinking and expression during a time in human history when cultural diversity provides different perspectives and insights from which to view human endeavors. Students must gain an understanding of the major contributions made by individuals from diverse backgrounds in the sciences, business and economics, the arts, literatures, politics and technologies. Students must become lifelong learners and leave the University with a set of skills that includes the ability to read critically, to write and communicate orally with clarity and persuasiveness, to evaluate and draw appropriate inferences from limited information, and to access the wealth of technical, scientific and cultural information that is increasingly available in the global community. The vision of General Education (GE) is to ensure that all CSUN students have a broad background in disciplines at the University level in order to appreciate the breadth of human knowledge and the responsibilities of concerned and engaged citizens of the world.
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