Online IGETC Courses


Online Courses Satisfying the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)

The IGETC is a general education pattern that community college transfer students can use to fulfill lower-division general education requirements in the CSU or many colleges in the UC system without the need to take additional lower-division general education courses after transfer. It is designed for use by California community college students. California community college transfers who have completed transfer units at a CSU, UC, or an independent college should consult with a counselor to determine if they are eligible to use IGETC. The current IGETC list may be found at www.assist.org. Although courses may be listed in more than one area, they may be used to satisfy the requirement in only one area.

The following list contains only online courses that meet the IGETC Requirements (to see all of the IGETC courses and additional information, please click on the following link: IGETC.)

Online IGETC Course List

Area 1. English Communication - Online

Course Requirement:
CSU - 3 courses required,1 each from group A, B and C.
UC - 2 courses required,1 each from Group A and B.

1-A. English Composition
Course Requirement – 3 units,1 course
English 122
Note: AP English Language and Composition or English Literature and Composition: Score of 4 or 5 may be used.

1-B. Critical Thinking – English Composition
Course Requirement – 3 units,1 course
Complete 1 course from:
English 126

1-C. Oral Communication
Course Requirement (CSU only)– 3 units, 1 course
Speech 120
Note: 1-C is a CSU requirement only. Students transferring to UC do not have to meet the Area 1-C,“oral communication” requirement.

Area 2. Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning - Online

Course Requirement – 3 units,1 course
Complete 1 course from:

Business 240+
Math 124,135+,142+,182+,191+,192+
Note: AP Math Calculus AB, AP Math Calculus BC, or AP Statistics with a score of 3,4,or 5 may be used for Area 2.

Area 3. Arts and Humanities - Online

Course Requirement – 9 units, at least 3 courses
This requirement includes taking at least one course from the Arts (3-A)and one from the Humanities (3-B).

3-A. Arts
Complete 1 or more courses from:
Art History 195,196
Film 140,280,282
Music Literature 110

3-B.Humanities
Complete 1 or more courses from:
English 154,163,173
†History 120*+,121*+,124*,126*,141*
†Courses used to satisfy the CSU US History, Constitution and American Ideals requirement may not be counted in Area 3.

Area 4. Social and Behavioral Sciences - Online

Course Requirement – 9 units, at least 3 courses
Complete at least 3 courses from at least 2 disciplines ‡:

Administration of Justice ‡ 120
Anthropology 130
Economics 220+,221+
†History 120*+,121*+,124*,126*,141*
Psychology ‡ 210,220
‡Two of the three courses must be from different disciplines. Administration of Justice and Sociology are in the same discipline. Family Life Education and Psychology are in the same discipline.
† Courses used to satisfy the CSU American History and Institutions requirement may not be counted in Area 4.

Area 5. Physical and Biological Sciences - Online

Course Requirement – 7-9 units, at least 2 courses
This requirement includes taking one physical science course and one biological science course from each of groups 5-A and 5-B.At least one course must have a laboratory.
Courses that meet the laboratory requirement are underlined and must be taken with matching lecture course.

5-A. Physical Science
Course Requirement – 3 -5 units
Complete at least 1 course from:
Astronomy 128+
Physics 110+
Note: AP Physics B or C score of 3,4,or 5 may be used for 5-A.AP Chemistry score of 3,4,or 5 may be used for both 5-A and 5-C.

5-B. Biological Science
Course Requirement – 3 -5 units, at least 1 course
Complete at least 1 course from:

Oceanography 110+
Note: AP Biology score of 3,4,or 5 may be used for 5-B.

5-C. Laboratory
Courses that meet the laboratory requirement are underlined in Area 5-A and 5-B and must be taken with matching lecture course.

Area 6. Language other than English (UC requirement only) - Online

Students shall demonstrate proficiency in a language other than English in one of the following ways:

  • Proficiency equivalent to two years of high school study in the same language .(A junior or senior high school transcript or approved test score must be on €le in the Admissions Office.)
    or
  • Must have successfully completed one of the following foreign language courses:
    Chinese 120
    Spanish 120+
    or
  • Requirement validated by more advanced course.

Please see a counselor for details on required test scores or other alternatives to demonstrating proficiency.

CSU graduation requirement in U.S. History, Constitution and American Ideals - Online

Course Requirement – 6 units
CSU, Choose 1 course from Group A and 1 course from Group B for a total of 6 units

Group A
History 120

Group B
History 121,124,126,

*Course may be listed in more than one area, but shall not be certified in more than one area.
+Indicates that transfer credit may be limited by either UC or CSU or both. Please consult with a counselor for additional information.


Note: Advanced placement exams – Acceptable scores of 3, 4, or 5 can be used in some areas towards meeting IGETC subject areas as noted in that section. Note that an acceptable score on an English exam may not be used to meet the Critical Thinking - English Composition requirement.

 

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