English Language Communication and Critical Thinking
(Category A) - GE Approved Courses
- Written Communication (Foundation): GE Category A1
- Oral Communication (Foundation): GE Category A2
- Critical Thinking (Foundation): GE Category A3
The following courses are approved to meet the General Education requirements indicated. Please note the following in reviewing these approved course lists:
- Refer to the online schedule of classes to see which courses are being offered for a specific term and to double check which GE requirements the course satisfies during that term.
- Be aware that the GE Category (A-F) requirements must each be satisfied by a unique course. The "Other GE Categories" column below may indicate additional categories a course is certified in but does not mean that the course will meet more than one category requirement for an individual student.
- Additional General Education Requirements should be met by courses also meeting the GE Category requirements to minimize the number of units needed.
- Comments are added to the course lists below to highlight changes in the approved active GE course lists. See Previous Courses to research courses that previously met GE requirements.
- Students should regularly run their Academic Requirements Report on MyCSULB to monitor their completion of all degree requirements including General Education.
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May Intersession 2013(CCPE)
Summer 2013(CCPE)
Written Communication (Foundation): GE Category A1
The following courses will develop knowledge and understanding of the form, context, and effectiveness of written communication. In the course, students develop proficiency in written communication, examining communication from the rhetorical perspective and practicing reasoning and advocacy, organization, and accuracy. Students will practice the discovery, critical evaluation and reporting of information, as well as reading and writing effectively.
Subject/Number | Flag | Title | GE Designations | Other GE Designations | Cross Listed Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRS 100 | COMPOSITION | Foundation | |||
| ASAM 100 | COMPOSITION | Foundation | |||
| CHLS 104 | COMPOSITION | Foundation | |||
| ENGL 100 | COMPOSITION | Foundation |
Oral Communication (Foundation): GE Category A2
The following courses will develop knowledge and understanding of the form, context, and effectiveness of oral communication. In the course, students develop proficiency in oral communication, examining communication from the rhetorical perspective and practicing reasoning and advocacy, organization, and accuracy. Students will practice the discovery, critical evaluation and reporting of information, as well as reading, writing, and listening effectively.
Subject/Number | Flag | Title | GE Designations | Other GE Designations | Cross Listed Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMM 110 | INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION | Foundation | |||
| COMM 130 | ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SPEAKING | Foundation | |||
| COMM 132 | SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION | Foundation |
Critical Thinking (Foundation): GE Category A3
The following courses develop an understanding of logic and its relation to language; elementary inductive and deductive processes, including an understanding of the formal and informal fallacies of language and thought; ability to distinguish matters of fact from issues of judgment or opinion. In the course, students will develop the abilities to analyze, criticize, and advocate ideas to reason inductively and deductively; and to reach well-supported factual or judgmental conclusions.
Subject/Number | Flag | Title | GE Designations | Other GE Designations | Cross Listed Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A/ST 190 | TAO PRIMER OF BASIC REASONING | Foundation | |||
| AFRS 150 | CRITICAL THINKING IN AFRICANA STUDIES | Foundation | |||
| CECS 100 | CRITICAL THINKING IN THE DIGITAL INFORMATION AGE | Foundation | |||
| COMM 131 | ESSENTIALS OF ARGUMENTATION | Foundation | |||
| CWL 161 | READING THE WORLD | Foundation | |||
| ENGL 102 | CRITICAL READING AND WRITING | Foundation | |||
| ETEC 171 | CRITICAL THINKING USING COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY | Foundation | |||
| HIST 101 | FACTS EVIDENCE & EXPLANATION | Foundation | |||
| I S 100 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LITERACY | Foundation | |||
| I/ST 100 | GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP | Foundation | |||
| JOUR 160 | UNDERSTANDING NEWS MEDIA | Foundation | |||
| LING 100 | New Fall 2013 | THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE | Foundation | ||
| PHIL 170 | CRITICAL REASONING | Foundation | |||
| POSC 105 | INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING | Foundation | |||
| PSY 130 | CRITICAL THINKING | Foundation | |||
| UHP 100 | ANGLES OF VISION-HONORS | Foundation |