1. All students must complete 51 units of approved GE courses with letter grades. If a requirement is waived without unit credit, additional approved GE courses must be taken to complete a minimum of 48 GE units.

2. All three areas, CORE GE, Advanced

GE and American Institutions, must be completed by all students.

3. Transfer students may satisfy all Core GE by completing an Intersegmental GE Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or a CSU 39-unit breadth certification prior to transfer.  Second baccalaureate students satisfy Core GE with their first baccalaureate.

 4. All students must satisfy Advanced GE at SJSU regardless of GE completed at other institutions. EXCEPTION: Written Communication II may be satisfied prior 
to transfer.

5. If a course is listed as a sequence (AB), the entire sequence must be completed to satisfy the requirement.

 6. Written Communications and

Mathematical Concepts courses require a minimum grade of C.

 7. To find approved courses, check the GE

designator listed for the requirement. This designator is printed by each GE class section in the schedule of classes.

 8.  All GE courses must be on the

approved list of the California Community College (CCC), California State University (CSU), or University of California (UC) for CSU Breadth Requirements or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) where and when the course is taken.

 9. The following GE courses require

prerequisites to enroll:

•  Written Communication IA and IB:
English Placement Test (EPT)

•  Mathematical Concepts: 
Entry Level Math Test (ELM)

•  Advanced GE: Writing Skills Test (WST)