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CSU General Education Requirements

This pattern is for students who began college fall 2021 or later and have maintained continuous enrollment.

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Students may follow the pattern of study outlined below or, the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) to meet lower-division general education requirements for the CSU system.

  • SMC does not accept foreign coursework from non-U.S. regionally accredited institutions to meet CSU GE requirements.
  • Important: Courses in Areas A1, A2, A3, and B4 must be completed with a grade of C- or higher in each course
  • For information regarding “CSU Certification” see the Transfer section of the catalog.

Applying Exam Credit To CSU GE

See the “Credit by Exam” charts at the end of this chapter for a list of the AP, IB, and CLEP exams that may be used on the CSU GE pattern.