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General Education requirements

The 2024-25 catalog's GE areas, with the courses that satisfy each one and whether SDSU is offering them in Spring 2027. This is one list for every student - for what counts toward your own major, see the degree planner.

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Catalog year:2026-272025-262024-25
I - Communication and Critical Thinking9 units · see sub-areas below
I.1 - Oral CommunicationUnits vary · 3 courses
I.2 - Written CommunicationUnits vary · 9 courses
I.3 - Critical ThinkingUnits vary · 8 courses
II-III - Foundations of Learning28 units · see sub-areas below
II.A.1 - Physical SciencesUnits vary · 14 courses
II.A.2 - Life SciencesUnits vary · 4 courses
II.A.3 - LaboratoryUnits vary · 9 courses
II.A.4 - Mathematics/Quantitative ReasoningUnits vary · 26 courses
II.B - Social and Behavioral SciencesUnits vary · 38 courses
II.C.1 - Arts: Art, Cinema, Dance, Music, and TheatreUnits vary · 23 courses
II.C.2 - Humanities: History, Languages other than English, Literature, Philosophy, Religious StudiesUnits vary · 114 courses
III - Lifelong Learning and Self-DevelopmentUnits vary · 36 courses
IV - Explorations of Human Experience9 units · see sub-areas below
IV.A - Natural SciencesUnits vary · 31 courses
IV.B - Social and Behavioral ScienceUnits vary · 166 courses
IV.C - HumanitiesUnits vary · 200 courses

This area has more courses than shown here.

V - Ethnic Studies3 units · 30 courses

General Education requirements are the same for every student in a catalog year, but which catalog year applies to you depends on when you started. The degree planner checks your own requirements against your real catalog year and major.