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Components of a Bachelor’s Degree

 

A-E General Education Requirements (48)
9 of the 48 General Education units need to be upper interdisciplinary (330-349 or 430-449)
6 of the required 9 upper division interdisciplinary units may be completed within the major
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American Institutions Requirement
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Lower and Upper Major Requirements
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Foreign Language
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Multicultural Requirement
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Upper Writing Proficiency
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Electives as Needed
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Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science Degree
120–125 minimum units
Residency Requirement
At least 30 of the total units must be taken at CSUCI (excluding Open University and Extension units)


At least 24 of these units must be upper division



At least 12 of the 30 units must be in the major





At least 9 (upper) of the required 48 GE units must be completed in residency at CSUCI
Upper Division units required for graduation
At least 40 of the total required units for graduation must be in courses numbered 300-400
48 General Education (GE) units are required for the Baccalaureate Degree. A course may meet the content requirements for two or more program areas (majors, minors, and other sub-programs) with permission of the program, however the units for the course are counted only once toward the total units for graduation. Double counting between a program and General Education requirements is allowed; however, only six of the nine units of upper division, interdisciplinary General Education courses may be double counted between a major and General Education.

Courses in more than one category: A course may be found in more than one category. The student may choose which category requirements the course will fill, but a single course cannot fulfill requirements for two-categories or sub-categories.

Courses taken to meet the Title 5 U.S. History, U.S. Constitution and California State and Local Government are not counted toward the required 48 General Education units.

 

 

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