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Pasadena City College Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) Requirements

2010-2011 Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) Requirements

GENERAL INFORMATION

  1. The IGETC permits a student to transfer from a community college to a campus in either the California State University or University of California system without the need, after transfer, to take additional lower division general education courses to satisfy campus GE requirements.
  2. Completion of the IGETC is not a requirement for transfer to a CSU or a UC, nor is it the only way to fulfill the lower division, general education requirements of the CSU or UC prior to transfer. Consult a counselor for other requirements.
  3. Students planning to transfer to the CSU may elect to follow the CSU general education certification program. Students may also elect to fulfill the graduation requirements listed in the catalog of any specific CSU or UC campus.
  4. In order to fully certify IGETC, all areas must be met with a minimum grade of C prior to transfer. Failure to complete IGETC may result in additional lower division GE requirements after transfer. Please consult with a counselor regarding any exceptions to this program.
  5. The university systems reserve the right to change specific requirements.
  6. Courses asterisked can be used for certification only in a single area.

*  Courses listed in more than one area may be certified only in a single area
** Credit under review. See a counselor for details.
^  Courses may have credit limitations for UC.
    Please consult a counselor or www.assist.org (select "PCC/UC transferablecourses")

AREA 1 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION

All students will complete two courses (6 semester units), one from Group A and one from Group B. STUDENTS CONSIDERING TRANSFERRING TO CSU WILL TAKE ONE ADDITIONAL COURSE (THREE SEMESTER UNITS) FROM GROUP C.

GROUP A: ENGLISH COMPOSITION

(One course, 3 semester units)

English 1A

GROUP B: CRITICAL THINKING / ENGLISH COMPOSITION

(One course, 3 semester units)

English 1C
Philosophy 25
Physical Science 2

GROUP C: ORAL COMMUNICATION (CSU only)

(One course, 3 semester units)

Speech 1, 10

AREA 2 - MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING

(One course, 3 semester units)

Mathematics 3^, 5A, 5B, 5C, 9^, 10, 12^, 15, 22, 55
Statistics 18^, 50^

AREA 3 - ARTS AND HUMANITIES

(At least three courses, 9 semester units; at least one course from the Arts and one course from the Humanities)

ARTS

Architecture 24A, 24B
Art 1A, 1B, 2, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 7, 8, 9
Dance 21A, 21B
Italian 50
Music 7A, 7B, 21, 22, 23, 24A, 24B, 25, 26, 27, 28
Theater Arts 1, 5, 7A,7B

HUMANITIES

NOTE: Engl 1B can be used in Area 3 only if taken Fall 1994, or later

Chinese 10, 12
English 1B, 10, 11, 12*, 24, 25A, 25C, 25D, 25E, 25F, 25G, 25H, 25I, 25J, 26
English 30A, 30B, 30C, 44A,
English 44B, 44C, 45A, 45B, 46A, 46B, 47, 48, 49A, 50, 51, 52, 53,
English 54, 57, 59, 60, 61, 78A,
English 78B, 82A, 82B, 82C
French 5A, 5B, 10
German 5, 10, 12
History* 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 5A, 5B, 7A^,7B^, 8, 9A, 9B, 12, 16, 18, 19, 25A, 25B, 25C, 25D, 25F, 25I, 27A, 27B, 29A^, 29B^, 30, 31, 38, 41, 50
Humanities 1, 2, 3, 4
Italian 10, 12
Japanese 5, 10, 12
Linguistics 10, 11
Philosophy 1, 3, 7, 8, 20A, 20B, 31, 37
Religious Studies 1, 2, 3
Russian 11
Spanish 5, 6A, 6B, 12, 25, 42A^, 42B^, 44A^, 44B^

AREA 4 - SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

(At least three courses, 9 semester units, from at least TWO disciplines)

Anthropology 1, 1L, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 31
Economics 1A, 1B
English 12*
Geography 2, 3, 5, 10
History* 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 5A, 5B, 7A^, 7B^, 8, 9A, 9B, 12, 16, 18, 19, 25A, 25B,
History* 25C, 25D, 25F, 25I, 27A, 27B, 29A^, 29B^, 30, 31, 38, 41
Linguistics 12, 14, 16
Political Science 1*, 2, 6, 7, 21, 22
Psychology 1, 2, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 31, 33, 41
Sociology 1, 2, 14, 15, 16, 22, 29, 31, 41

AREA 5 - PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

(At least two courses, 7-9 semester units: one Physical Science course and one Biological Science course; at least one must include a laboratory)

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Astronomy 1^, 12^
Chemistry 1A^, 1B^, 2A^, 2B^, 8A, 8B, 10, 10L, 22
Geography 1, 1L
Geology 1^, 1F^, 2, 2F, 3^, 3F^, 4, 6, 8, 12^, 12F^, 12L^, 16, 22
Physical Science 3 and 3L, 37
Physics 1A^, 1B^, 1C^, 1D^, 2A^, 2B^, 10^, 10L^, 31A^, 31B^

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Anatomy 25^
Anthropology 1 and 1L
Biology 1A^, 1B, 1C^, 2, 3^, 4, 11^, 14, 16^, 35^, 37, 38^, 39, 40^
Microbiology 2
Physiology 1^, 2A^, 2B^
Psychology 2

LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH (UC REQUIREMENT ONLY)

(This proficiency can be met at PCC or completed in High School. Proficiency equivalent to 2 years of high school study in the same language. Copy of HS transcripts must be submitted for IGETC Certification)

The following courses fulfill this requirement:

American Sign Language 10B, 10C, 10D
Arabic 2
Armenian 2
Chinese 2, 2A^, 3, 4
French 2, 3, 4
German 2, 3, 4
Greek 2
Hebrew 2, 3
Italian 2, 3, 4
Japanese 2, 3, 4
Latin 2
Portuguese 2, 3, 4
Russian 2, 3, 4
Spanish 2, 2A^, 3, 4

UNITED STATES HISTORY, CONSTITUTION AND AMERICAN IDEALS
(CSU REOUIREMENT ONLY)

(No part of IGETC - May be completed prior to transfer; however, courses used to meet this requirement may NOT also be used in AREAS 3 and 4 of this document)

6 units, ONE course from (A) and ONE course from (B):

(A) History* 7A^, 7B^, 25A, 25B, 29A^, 29B^, 31, 41
(B) Political Science 1*

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Revised July 7, 2010 by dmchase@pasadena.edu