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GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
for an ASSOCIATE DEGREE

There are three options available for completing the General Education requirements for the Associate Degree.  Requirements for Option A, Option B and Option C are listed below.

Option A

(Minimum 21 Units)

A minimum of 3 units is required from Areas A, B-1, C, D-1, D-3 and E. The remaining required 3 units may be selected from all courses listed under Areas A, B-1, B-2, C, D-3, or E. The area D-2 reading requirement may be met by an exam or an approved reading course.

Courses with the same prefix as the student’s major may not be used to fulfill general education requirements. Exceptions: Electronics (Area D-3), English 1 (Area D-1), and Mathematics (Area D-3).

If two courses are selected from the same General Education Area, they must have a different prefix for both to be used in satisfying general education requirements. Exceptions: English and Mathematics (Area D).

The same course can only be used in one area in satisfying general education requirements.
 

Area A - Natural Sciences  (Minimum 3 units)

Physical Science:

  • ASTR 10
  • CHEM 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,10, 11, 160
  • ENGR 30
  • GEOL 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • METER 10
  • PHYSC 12
  • PHYS 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10.

Biological Sciences:

  • BIOSC 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18.

Other courses that may be used in satisfying this requirement:

  • ANTH 1
  • NUTRI 10
  • GEOG 1
  • OHORT 50

Area B - Social and Behavioral Studies (Minimum 3 units)
 
1.
  • AMST 1, 2
  • HIST 17, 17H, 18, 18H, 28, 29, 37
  • POLSC 1, 1H, 5
  • SOCIO 2
The following courses do not fulfill the Area B requirement, but may be used to fulfill the minimum 21-unit general education requirement:
 
2.
  • ANTH 2, 7
  • COUN 50, 55, 83
  • CRIMJ 1
  • ECON 1, 2
  • GEOG 2, 4
  • HIST 7, 10, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33
  • HU DV 38, 39, 40, 50, 53, 58, 70
  • JOURN 11
  • POLSC 2, 3, 6, 16, 19
  • PSYCH 1, 1H, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 24, 30
  • SOCSC 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28
  • SOCIO 1, 23

Area C - Humanities  (Minimum 3 units)

  • AM STUDIES 1, 2
  • ART 1, 2, 10, 11, 12
  • CINMA 10, 11
  • ENGL 2, 2H, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 44, 58
  • FRLNG* 1-4, 11, 31-34
  • HIST 2, 2H, 3, 3H, 4, 4H, 5, 5H, 19, 20
  • HUMN 1, 2, 3
  • MUSIC 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26
  • PHLOS 3, 4, 5, 31, 32
  • PHOTO 35
  • SPAN 1S, 2S, 25
  • SPEECH 15
  • THEA 6, 10, 11, 13
  • TV 50

* FRLNG indicates any foreign language
   (FRNCH, GERMN, ITAL, LATIN, SPAN, etc.).

Area D - Language and Rationality  (Minimum 6 units)

All three sections (D1, 2, and 3) must be satisfied including one course selected from 1 and 3 below:
 
1.

Writing: ENGL 1 OR *ENGL 51 (English requirement).

* English 51 may be used in some vocational programs. See the Programs section of the SCC Catalog.
2.

Reading: This requirement may be satisfied by any one of the options listed below:

  1. Achieve a college level score of 95 or better on the reading comprehension section of the assessment test.
     

  2. Achieve a grade of C or better in a college-level reading class: ENGL 62, or a special program of study in the Reading Improvement Lab developed for students scoring between 87-94 on the reading comprehension section of the assessment test.
     

  3. Present proof of one of the following:

    • An Associate degree or higher from an accredited institution

    • A grade of C or better in a college-level reading course from another community college

    • College-level reading test scores from another college, or a score of 500 or better on the verbal section of the SAT, or a score of 23 or better on the English section of the ACT.
3.

Communication and Analytical Thinking (mathematics requirement). This requirement may be satisfied by any one of the options listed below:

  1. Three units of any course offered by the Mathematics Department except MATH 304
     

  2. ECTRN 132 and 133, or 134 and 135, or 140, or 141 when required by a two-year electronics major; or #IT 151
    (#IT 151 may be used in some vocational programs. See the Programs section of the SCC Catalog.)
     

  3. A qualifying score on a designated achievement test AND a minimum of 3 units from the courses listed below:

    • CIS 1, 10, 20, 22, 23, 25
    • ENGL 4, 4H, 20, 62
    • MATH 2, 4, 11, 12, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 31, 40, 51, 52, 103, 104
    • PHLOS 1
    • SPEECH 1, 1H, 2, 6, 10, 60

Area E - Cross-Cultural Studies  (Minimum 3 units)

  • ART 12
  • CINMA 11
  • COUN 55
  • ENGL 36
  • HIST 37
  • HU DV 53
  • HUMN 3
  • MUSIC 13
  • POLSC 5
  • SOCSC 22
  • THEA 13

Local District Requirement - Health/Physical Education

Two Physical Education activity courses (P.E. 1.1 through P.E. 9.30) or two Intercollegiate Athletic sports or any combination thereof that equates to two exposures

-or-

One Health Education course (H ED 2, or 3) and one Physical Education activity course (P.E. 1.1 through P.E. 9.30) or one Intercollegiate Athletic sport

Exemption: Students with a certified medical excuse.


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Option B

This option should be used by transfer students to UC or CSU systems in some majors.  See a counselor for more information.

To satisfy the general education requirements for the Associate Degree, completion of IGETC requirements may be used in lieu of the Solano Community College requirements listed above in Option A.

One of the two following IGETC requirements must be met:

  • The CSU Requirement in Oral Communications (Area 1, Group C)

  • The UC Requirement for Language Other Than English.

Students completing Option B are exempt from two Option A requirements:  Area D2 (Reading) and Health/Physical Education.

By completing a total of 60 units including IGETC, a student will qualify for a Liberal Arts degree.  Students may qualify for additional degrees if they have completed major requirements listed elsewhere in the SCC Catalog.

All Solano Community College IGETC courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.

Cross Cultural Requirement

At least one cross-cultural course must be completed in order to use this option to fulfill the Solano College general education requirement.  See Option A, Area E above.
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Option C

This option should be used by transfer students to the California State University system in some majors.  See a counselor for more information.

To satisfy the general education requirements for the Associate Degree, completion of the California State University (CSU) general education 39-unit breadth pattern (CSU GE Breadth) may be used in lieu of the Solano College requirements listed in Option A or B. In order to use this option, these courses must be completed with the grades required for admission to the CSU campuses. Please see a counselor for further information.

By completing a total of 60 units including the 39- unit CSU GE Breadth pattern, a student will qualify for a Liberal Arts degree. Students may qualify for additional degrees if they have completed major requirements listed elsewhere in the Catalog.

Cross Cultural Requirement

At least one cross-cultural course must be completed in order to use this option to fulfill the Solano College general education requirement.  See Option A, Area E above.
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Last updated: November 15, 2005