SMC General Education Requirements

Symbol	What it means
("same as..." or "formerly same as...")	Courses that are (or were previously) offered in more than one discipline (cross-listed). Students may receive credit for only one of the cross-listed courses. See course descriptions for details.
()	Course in parenthesis is no longer offered.
	Course satisfies SMC’s Global Citizenship Degree Requirement.

At least 3 semester units selected from:

• ANATMY 1 Lab Course, 2 Lab Course
• ANTHRO 1, 5 Lab Course, 9, 10, 11
• AQUA 1, 3
• ASTRON 1, 2, 3 Lab Course, 4 Lab Course, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 (same as GEOL 10)
• BIOL 2, 3 Lab Course, (4), 9, 10 Lab Course, 15 Lab Course, 15N, 21 Lab Course, 22 Lab Course, 23 Lab Course, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35
• BOTANY 1 Lab Course, 3
• CHEM 9 Lab Course(satisfies GC if completed spring 2013 or later), 10 Lab Course, 11 Lab Course, 12 Lab Course, 19 Lab Course, 21 Lab Course, 22, 24 Lab Course, 31 Lab Course (Note: CHEM 9 is a terminal GE course, CHEM 19 is intended for CSU nursing majors and CHEM 10 is for STEM majors)
• GEOG 1, 3, 5 Lab Course, 12 Lab Course (same as GEOL 12)
• GEOL 1, 3, 4 Lab Course, 5 Lab Course, 7, 10 (same as ASTRON 10), 12 Lab Course (same as GEOG 12), 31, 32
• MCRBIO 1 Lab Course
• NUTR 1, 4 (if completed prior to winter 2017), (6)
• PHYSCS 6 Lab Course, 7 Lab Course, 8 Lab Course, 9 Lab Course, 12, 14 Lab Course, 21 Lab Course, 22, 23 Lab Course, 24
• PHYS 3 Lab Course
• PSYCH 2
• ZOOL 5 Lab Course, (17), (20)

6 semester units, with at least 3 semester units selected from each group:

• ECON 15 (same as HIST 15)
• ENVRN 14(same as HIST 14)
• HIST 10 , 11, 12, 14 (same as ENVRN 14), 15 (same as ECON 15), 27, 41, (45), (46)
• POL SC 1

• AD JUS 1, 2
• ANTHRO 2 , 3, 4, 7, 14 , 19 , 20, 21 , 22
• ASTRON 6
• BILING (1)
• BUS 1
• COM ST 9, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37
• ECE 11, (18)
• ECON 1, 2, 4 (same as ENVR 4), 5 (same as GLOBAL 5 and POL SC 5), 6, 8 (same as WGS 8), 15 (same as HIST 15)
• ENVRN 4 (same as ECON 4), 7 (same as GEOG 7), 22 (same as POL SC 22), 32 (same as HIST 32), 40 (satisfies GC requirement if completed fall 2011 or later) (same as PSYCH 40)
• ETH ST 1, 6, 7, 8, 9
• GEOG 2, 7 (same as ENVRN 7), 8 (same as URBAN 8), 11 (same as GLOBAL 11), 14
• GLOBAL 3 (same as MEDIA 3), 5 (same as ECON 5 and POL SC 5), 10 , 11 (same as GEOG 11)
• HIST 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 , 10 , 11, 12, 13, 14 (same as ENVRN 14), 15 (same as ECON 15), 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 (satisfies GC requirement if completed fall 2014 or later), 26, 27, 28, 29, 32 (same as ENVRN 32), 33, 34 (satisfies GC requirement if completed fall 2014 or later), 38, 39 (satisfies GC requirement if completed fall  2014 or later), 41, 42, 43, (45), (46), 47, (48) (formerly same as PHILOS 48), 52, 53, 55, 62
• MEDIA 1, 3 (same as GLOBAL 3), 4, 10
• NUTR 7
• PHILOS 48 (formerly same as HIST 48), 51 (same as POL SC 51), 52 (same as POL SC 52)
• POL SC 1, 2, 3, 5 (same as ECON 5 and GLOBAL 5), 7, 8, 11, 14, 21, 22 (same as ENVRN 22), 23, 24, 31, 47, 51 (same as  PHILOS 51), 52 (same as PHILOS 52)
• PSYCH C1000 (formerly PSYCH 1)
• PSYCH (1) (see PSYC C1000), 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 , 11, (12), 13, 14, (18), 19, 25, 40  (satisfies GC requirement if completed fall 2011 or later) (same as ENVRN 40)
• SOCIOL 1, 1s , 2, 2s , 4, 12, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
• URBAN 8 (same as GEOG 8)
• WGS 8(same as ECON 8), 10 (formerly WOM ST 10), 20  (formerly WOM ST 20), 30 (formerly WOM ST 30), 40

At least 3 semester units selected from: 

* (May be 1, 1.5, or 2 unit course. Additional course may be required to meet minimum 3 unit Humanities requirement.)

6 semester units, 3 units selected from each group; English and math requirement must be completed with a "C" or higher.

or

Group A: Upper-division courses in English may be used to satisfy competency requirements for the degree or Possession of an Associate degree, Bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university.

Group B: Upper-division courses in Math may be used to satisfy competency requirements for the degree or Possession of an Associate degree, Bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university.

• ENGL (1) (see ENGL C1000), C1000 (formerly ENGL 1) or 1D or BUS 31

• ACCTG 1, 2, 45 (same as BUS 45) (satisfies area if completed spring 2018 or later)
• BUS 45 (same as ACCTG 45) (satisfies area if completed spring 2018 or later)
• COM ST 21, 31
• CS 5, 6, 7 , 15, 17, 18, 19, 20A, 20B, 30, 32, 33, 34A, 36, 37, 50, 51, 52, 53A, 53B, 54, 55, 56, 77B, 80, 81, 82, 83, 83R, 84, 85, 86, 87A, 87B
• HIST 47
• MATH 1, 1B or 1C (if Math 18, 20, or 50 level satisfied), 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10 (formerly same as CS 10), 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 21, 26, 28, 29, 32, 41, 49, 50, 54 (see STAT C1000)
• PHILOS 7, 9
• PSYCH 7
• SOCIOL 4
• STAT C1000 (formerly MATH 54)

3 semester units from the courses listed below or successful completion of an SMC Study Abroad experience if completed spring 2008 or later (credit awarded through petition). NOTE: Many of these courses (noted with  above) are also in GE areas I, IIA, IIB, and III and can be used to satisfy BOTH areas.)

+ HIST 10, MEDIA 10, MUSIC 33, and 37 (satisfies area if completed fall 2013 or later) meet the UC Berkeley American Cultures  graduation requirement.