Students who are planning to transfer to the University of California system or who are undecided about whether to transfer to a UC or CSU may satisfy general education requirements with IGETC. The IGETC will permit a student to transfer from a community college to a campus in either the UC or CSU system without the need to take additional lower division general education courses to satisfy campus general education requirements.

Transfer students to UC have the option of following IGETC or completing the general education requirement at the campus they plan to attend. Students pursuing majors that require extensive lower division preparation may not find the IGETC option to be advantageous. Check with a counselor before choosing your general education pattern.

IGETC courses must be completed with a "C" grade or better (P is acceptable).

For more information, please visit General Education for Transfer.

Fall 2023 – Summer 2024


This is the approved list for courses taken Fall 2023 through Summer 2024. See www.assist.org for prior years.


Group A: English Composition (one course)

  • ENGL 1A: College Composition
  • ENGL 1AX: College Composition with Support

Group B: Critical Thinking/English Composition (one course)

  • ENGL 1B: Literature and Composition
  • ENGL 1C: Critical Reasoning, Reading and Writing

FOR CSU ONLY: Group C: Oral Communication (one course)

  • CMST 54: Small Group Communication
  • CMST 60: Public Speaking
  • MATH 2: Pre-Calculus
  • MATH 2A: Precalculus College Algebra
  • MATH 2B: Precalculus Trigonometry
  • MATH 3A: Calculus+
  • MATH 3B: Calculus
  • MATH 4A: Calculus
  • MATH 4B: Differential Equations
  • MATH 6: Linear Algebra
  • MATH 8: Finite Math
  • MATH 9: Survey of Calculus+
  • MATH 13: College Algebra for Liberal Arts
  • MATH 14: Intro to Statistics
  • MATH 14S: Statistics with Support
  • SOC 3: Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

3A – ARTS

  • ART 1: Introduction to Art
  • ART 2: History of Western Art
  • ART 3: Western Art, Renaissance to Cont.
  • ART 4: World Art
  • ART 6: History of Modern Art
  • MUS 10: Music Appreciation
  • MUS 11: History of Jazz and Early Rock
  • MUS 14: World Music
  • MUS 15: History of Rock
  • MUS 16: History of Jazz
  • THTR 1: Introduction to Theatre+
  • THTR 5: 20th Century Multicultural Theatre
  • THTR 8: History of World Theatre I
  • THTR 9: History of World Theatre II

3B – HUMANITIES

  • ASL 2: American Sign Language 2
  • ASL 3: American Sign Language 3
  • ASL 4: American Sign Language 4
  • ENGL 10A: World Literature (to 1650)
  • ENGL 10B: World Literature (after 1650)
  • ENGL 11A: Survey of American Literature
  • ENGL 11B: Survey of American Literature
  • ENGL 13A: Survey of English Literature
  • ENGL 13B: Survey of English Literature
  • ENGL 14: Survey of Drama as Literature
  • ENGL 15: Literature By and About Women
  • ENGL 16: Poetry
  • ENGL 17: Intro to Shakespeare
  • ENGL 18: African American Literature
  • ENGL 19: Survey of the Bible as Literature
  • ENGL 20: World Mythology
  • ENGL 25: Linguistics
  • ENGL 36: Children’s Lit
  • FREN 2: French 2
  • GERM 2: German 2
  • HIST 2: World Civilization to 1500 C.E.
  • HIST 3: World Civilization 1500 to Present
  • HIST 25 (ETHS 25): African American History
  • HUM 2: Exploring the Humanities
  • HUM 4: Humanities Through the Film
  • HUM 70: Exploring Contemporary TV
  • JAPN 2: Japanese 2
  • JAPN 3: Japanese 3
  • JAPN 4: Japanese 4
  • PHIL 6: Intro. to Philosophy
  • PHIL 7: Ethics: Understand Right/Wrong
  • PHIL 14: Modern Western Philosophy
  • SPAN 2: Spanish 2
  • SPAN 3: Spanish 3
  • SPAN 4: Spanish 4
  • SPAN 12: Intermediate Spanish Conversation
  • ANTH 2: Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH 14: Religion, Myth, and Ritual
  • ANTH 25: Culture/History of N. Amer. Indian+
  • ARCH 3: Principles of Archaeology
  • CMST 10: Interpersonal Communication
  • CMST 50: Gender and Communication
  • ECE 1: Human Development
  • ECE 9: Child Growth and Development
  • ECON 1A: Principles of Economics (Micro)
  • ECON 1B: Principles of Economics (Macro)
  • ETHS 11: Intersectional Race/Ethnicity/Health
  • GEOG 1B: Human Geography
  • GEOG 7: California Geography
  • GEOG 8: World Geography
  • HIST 1A: History of Western Civilization
  • HIST 1B: History of Western Civilization
  • HIST 2: World Civilization to 1500 C.E.
  • HIST 3: World Civilization 1500 to Present
  • HIST 17A: United States History
  • HIST 17B: United States History
  • HIST 17BH: United States History/Hnrs
  • HIST 25 (ETHS 25): African American History
  • HIST 35 (ETHS 35): Hist of Mexican Americans
  • HIST 38: History of World Religions
  • HIST 40: History & Government of CA
  • HLTH 6: Culture and Health
  • POLS 1: Introduction to Political Science
  • POLS 2: Introduction to American Government
  • POLS 20: Politics of the Developing World
  • POLS 25: Intro to International Relations
  • PSYC 1A: General Psychology
  • PSYC 5: Human Sexuality
  • PSYC 14: Personal/Social Adjustment
  • PSYC 15: Social Psychology
  • PSYC 17: Abnormal Psychology
  • PSYC 20: Cross-cultural Psychology
  • PSYC 41: Cultural/Soc Context-Childhood
  • PSYC 46: Human Memory & Learning
  • SOC 1: Introduction to Sociology
  • SOC 1H: Introduction to Sociology/Hnrs
  • SOC 2: Social Problems
  • SOC 15: Sociology of Mass Media
  • SOC 25 (ETHS 3): Race, Ethnicity, & Society
  • SOC 30: Sociology of Gender

5A – Physical Sciences

  • ASTR 2: Stellar Astronomy
  • ASTR 3: Astronomy: The Solar System
  • CHEM 1A: General Chemistry
  • CHEM 1B: General Chemistry
  • CHEM 2A: Intro to Chemistry +
  • CHEM 2B: Intro to Org & Bio Chemistry+
  • CHEM 10: Chemistry for Liberal Arts+
  • CHEM 11: Chemistry Lab/Liberal Arts+
  • CHEM 70: Organic Chemistry
  • CHEM 70A: Organic Chemistry Lab
  • CHEM 71: Organic Chemistry
  • CHEM 71A: Organic Chemistry Lab
  • ESCI 1: The Active Earth
  • ESCI 2: Earth: The History of Our Planet
  • ESCI 3: Mineralogy & Crystal Optics
  • ESCI 6: Ancient Life
  • ESCI 7: Intro to Geology of California
  • ESCI 8: Planetary Geology
  • ESCI 9: Earthquakes, Volcanoes
  • ESCI 10: Environmental Geology
  • ESCI 12: Earth Science Survey+
  • ESCI 14: Meteorology
  • ESCI 14L: Meteorology Lab
  • ESCI 15: Oceanography
  • ESCI 16: Coastal Marine Sciences
  • ESCI 16L: Coastal Marine Sciences Lab
  • ESCI 17: Earth System Science
  • ESCI 18: Global Climate: Past/Present/Future
  • GEOG 1A: Physical Geography
  • GEOG 1AL: Physical Geography Lab
  • PHSC 1: Physical Science Survey+
  • PHYS 2A: General College Physics+
  • PHYS 2B: General College Physics+
  • PHYS 4A: Physics (Mechanics)+
  • PHYS 4B: Physics (Electricity & Magnetism)+
  • PHYS 4C: Physics (Heat, Waves, Optics, & Modern Physics)+

5B – Biological Sciences

  • AGNR 60: Environmental Science
  • AGNR 61: Environmental Science Lab
  • AGPS 20: Plant Science
  • ANAT 1: Human Anatomy
  • ANTH 1: Physical Anthropology
  • BIOL 1: Principles of Biology
  • BIOL 5: Intro to Human Biology+
  • BIOL 6: Intro to Human Biology Lab+
  • BIOL 10 General Biology+
  • BIOL 10H: General Biology/Hnrs
  • BIOL 10L: General Biology Lab
  • BIOL 11: Diversity of Life
  • BIOL 12: Field Biology
  • BIOL 12L: Field Biology Lab
  • BOT 1: General Botany
  • BOT 15: Plants and People
  • BOT 15L: Plants and People Lab
  • MICR 1: Microbiology
  • NHIS 5: Natural History of the Neotropics
  • NHIS 5L: Natural Hist of the Neotropics Lab
  • NHIS 15: Natural History of California
  • PHY 1: Physiology
  • ZOOL 1: General Zoology

Proficiency is required by UC. CSU transfers do not need to meet this requirement. Proficiency is defined as two years of high school study in the same language with a "C" grade or better. If you have not satisfied this requirement in high school, you must take one of these courses:

  • ASL 1: American Sign Language 1
  • ASL 2: American Sign Language 2
  • ASL 3: American Sign Language 3
  • ASL 4: American Sign Language 4
  • CHIN 1: Mandarin Chinese 1
  • FREN 1: French 1
  • FREN 2: French 2
  • GERM 1: German 1
  • GERM 2: German 2
  • JAPN 1: Japanese 1
  • JAPN 2: Japanese 2
  • JAPN 3: Japanese 3
  • JAPN 4: Japanese 4
  • SPAN 1: Spanish 1
  • SPAN 2: Spanish 2
  • SPAN 3: Spanish 3
  • SPAN 4: Spanish 4
  • SPAN 12: Intermediate Spanish Conversation
  • GROUP 1:
    • HIST 17A: United States History
    • HIST 17B: United States History
    • HIST 17BH: United States History – Honors
  • GROUP 2:
    • POLS 2: Introduction to American Government

+Transfer credit may be limited by either UC or CSU or both (usually due to duplication of content). Students should consult with a counselor for additional information.