A
- Aerospace Engineering (AERO)
 - Agribusiness (AGB)
 - Agricultural Communication (AGC)
 - Agricultural Education (AGED)
 - Agriculture (AG)
 - Animal Science (ASCI)
 - Anthropology (ANT)
 - Architectural Engineering (ARCE)
 - Architecture (ARCH)
 - Art (ART)
 - Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASTR)
 - Athletics (ATHL)
 
B
- Biology (BIO)
 - Biomedical Engineering (BMED)
 - BioResource and Agricultural Engineering (BRAE)
 - Botany (BOT)
 - Business (BUS)
 
C
- Chemistry (CHE) Solano Campus
 - Chemistry (CHEM)
 - Child Development (CD)
 - Chinese (CHIN)
 - City and Regional Planning (CRP)
 - Civil Engineering (CE)
 - College of Liberal Arts (CLA)
 - Communication Studies (COMS)
 - Computer Engineering (CPE)
 - Computer Science (CSC)
 - Computers (COM) Solano Campus
 - Construction Management (CM)
 - Cooperative Education (CEP) Solano Campus
 - Cruise (CRU) Solano Campus
 - Curriculum and Instruction (CI)
 
D
- Dairy Science (DSCI)
 - Dance (DANC)
 - Data Science (DAT) Solano Campus
 - Data Science (DATA)
 - Deck Labs (DL) Solano Campus
 
E
- Early Start Math (ESM)
 - Earth Science (ERSC)
 - Economics (ECO) Solano Campus
 - Economics (ECON)
 - Education (EDUC)
 - Educational Leadership and Administration Program (ELAP)
 - Electrical Engineering (EE)
 - Emergency Management (EM) Solano Campus
 - Engineering (ENG) Solano Campus
 - Engineering (ENGR)
 - Engineering Plant Operations (EPO) Solano Campus
 - Engineering Technology (ET) Solano Campus
 - English (EGL) Solano Campus
 - English (ENGL)
 - Environmental Design (EDES)
 - Environmental Engineering (ENVE)
 - Environmental Sciences (ESCI)
 - Ethnic Studies (ES)
 - Experience Industry Management (EIM)
 
F
- Fire Protection Engineering (FPE)
 - Firefighting (FF) Solano Campus
 - Food Science (FDSC)
 - Food Science and Nutrition (FSN)
 - French (FR)
 
G
- Geography (GEOG)
 - Geology (GEOL)
 - German (GER)
 - Global Studies and Marine Affairs (GMA) Solano Campus
 - Government (GOV) Solano Campus
 - Graduate Studies (GS)
 - Graduate Studies-Accounting (GSA)
 - Graduate Studies-Business (GSB)
 - Graphic Communication (GRC)
 
H
- Health (HLTH)
 - Higher Education Counseling and Student Affairs (HCSA)
 - History (HIS) Solano Campus
 - History (HIST)
 - Honors (HNRS)
 - Honors Contract (HNRC)
 - Humanities (HUM) Solano Campus
 
I
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME)
 - Industrial Technology and Packaging (ITP)
 - Interdisciplinary Studies in Liberal Arts (ISLA)
 - International Business and Logistics (IBL) Solano Campus
 - Italian (ITAL)
 
J
K
L
- Landscape Architecture (LA)
 - Language (LAN) Solano Campus
 - Law (LAW) Solano Campus
 - Leadership (LDR) Solano Campus
 - Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies (LAES)
 - Liberal Studies (LS)
 - Library (LIB) Solano Campus
 
M
- Management (MGT) Solano Campus
 - Marine Science (MSCI)
 - Maritime Policy and Management (MPM) Solano Campus
 - Materials Engineering (MATE)
 - Mathematics (MATH)
 - Mathematics (MTH) Solano Campus
 - Mechanical Engineering (ME)
 - Microbiology (MCRO)
 - Military Science Leadership (MSL)
 - Music (MU)
 
N
- Natural Resources (NR)
 - Nautical Science (NAU) Solano Campus
 - Naval Science (NSC) Solano Campus
 - Nutrition (NUTR)
 
O
P
- Philosophy (PHIL)
 - Physical Education (PE) Solano Campus
 - Physical Science (PSC)
 - Physics (PHY) Solano Campus
 - Physics (PHYS)
 - Plant Sciences (PLSC)
 - Political Science (POLS)
 - Psychology (PSY)
 
R
S
- Science and Mathematics (SCM)
 - Sociology (SOC)
 - Soil Science (SS)
 - Spanish (SPAN)
 - Special Education (SPED)
 - Statistics (STAT)
 
T
U
W
Bailey College of Science and Mathematics (OCN, SCM)
- Biological Sciences (BIO, BOT, MCRO, MSCI)
 - Chemistry and Biochemistry (CHE, CHEM)
 - Kinesiology and Public Health (HLTH, KINE, PE)
 - Liberal Studies (LS)
 - Mathematics (ESM, MATH, MTH)
 - Physics (ASTR, GEOL, PHY, PHYS, PSC)
 - School of Education (EDUC, ELAP, HCSA, SPED)
 - Statistics (DAT, DATA, STAT)
 
College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Science (AG)
- Agribusiness (AGB)
 - Agricultural Education and Communication (AGC, AGED)
 - Animal Science (ASCI, DSCI)
 - BioResource and Agricultural Engineering (BRAE)
 - Experience Industry Management (EIM)
 - Food Science and Nutrition (FDSC, FSN, NUTR)
 - Marine Transportation (CRU, DL, NAU)
 - Military Science (LDR, MSL)
 - Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences (ERSC, ESCI, NR, SS)
 - Naval Science (NSC)
 - Plant Sciences (PLSC)
 - Wine and Viticulture (WVIT)
 
College of Architecture and Environmental Design (EDES)
- Architectural Engineering (ARCE)
 - Architecture (ARCH)
 - City and Regional Planning (CRP)
 - Construction Management (CM)
 - Landscape Architecture (LA)
 
Orfalea College of Business (BUS, ECO, ECON, GSA, GSB, IBL, ITP, MGT)
 
College of Engineering (EM, ENG, ENGR, FF, FPE, TEM)
- Aerospace Engineering (AERO)
 - Biomedical Engineering (BMED)
 - Civil and Environmental Engineering (CE, ENVE)
 - Computer Engineering (CPE)
 - Computer Science (COM, CSC)
 - Electrical Engineering (EE)
 - Engineering Technology (CEP, EPO, ET)
 - General Engineering (ENGR)
 - Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME)
 - Materials Engineering (MATE)
 - Mechanical Engineering (ME)
 
College of Liberal Arts (CLA, HUM)
- Art and Design (ART)
 - Communication Studies (COMS)
 - English (EGL, ENGL)
 - Ethnic Studies (ES)
 - Graphic Communication (GRC)
 - History (HIST)
 - Humanities (ISLA)
 - Journalism (JOUR)
 - Music (MU)
 - Philosophy (GMA, HIS, MPM, PHIL, RELS)
 - Political Science (GOV, LAW, POLS)
 - Psychology and Child Development (CD, PSY)
 - Social Sciences (ANT, GEOG, SOC)
 - Theatre and Dance (DANC, TH)
 - Women's, Gender and Queer Studies (WGQS)
 - World Languages and Cultures (CHIN, FR, GER, ITAL, JPNS, LAN, SPAN, WLC)
 
Extended, Professional, and Continuing Education (GS)
 
Interdisciplinary or University-Wide  
General Education Requirements and Courses
General Education (GE) Requirements
- 43 units required.
 - See the complete GE course listing.
 - A grade of C- or better is required in one course in each of the following GE Areas: 1A (English Composition), 1B (Critical Thinking), 1C (Oral Communication), and 2 (Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning).
 
| Lower-Division General Education | ||
| Area 1 | English Communication and Critical Thinking | |
| 1A | Written Communication | 3 | 
| 1B | Critical Thinking | 3 | 
| 1C | Oral Communication | 3 | 
| Area 2 | Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning | |
| 2 | Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | 
| Area 3 | Arts and Humanities | |
| 3A | Arts | 3 | 
| 3B | Humanities: Literature, Philosophy, Languages other than English | 3 | 
| Area 4 | Social and Behavioral Sciences (Area 4 courses must come from at least two different course prefixes.) | |
| 4A | American Institutions (Title 5, Section 40404 Requirement) | 3 | 
| 4B | Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 | 
| Area 5 | Physical and Life Sciences | |
| 5A | Physical Sciences | 3 | 
| 5B | Life Sciences | 3 | 
| 5C | Laboratory (may be embedded in a 5A or 5B course) | 1 | 
| Area 6 | Ethnic Studies | |
| 6 | Ethnic Studies | 3 | 
| Upper-Division General Education | ||
| Upper-Division 2/5 | Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning or Physical and Life Sciences | 3 | 
| Upper-Division 3 | Arts and Humanities | 3 | 
| Upper-Division 4 | Social and Behavioral Sciences (Area 4 courses must come from at least two different course prefixes.) | 3 | 
| Total Units | 43 | |
GE COURSES BY AREA
AREA 1: English Communication and Critical Thinking (9 units)
1A Written Communication (3 units)
| EGL 1100 | English Composition | 3 | 
| EGL 1102 | Stretch English Composition II | 3 | 
| ENGL 1132 | Writing and Rhetoric Stretch (Part II) | 3 | 
| ENGL 1133 | Multilingual Writing and Rhetoric | 3 | 
| ENGL 1134 | Writing and Rhetoric | 3 | 
| ES 1134 | Writing and Rhetoric | 3 | 
1B Critical Thinking (3 units)
| COMS/HNRS 1126 | Argument and Advocacy | 3 | 
| COMS 1145 | Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing | 3 | 
| EGL 2220 | Critical Thinking | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 1145 | Writing Arguments | 3 | 
| ENGL 1146 | Writing Arguments Across Cultures | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 1147 | Writing Arguments about STEM | 3 | 
| ENGL 1148 | Critical Thinking for Technical Writers | 3 | 
| ES 1145 | Writing, Reasoning, and Argumentation | 3 | 
| PHIL 1126 | Logic and Argumentative Writing | 3 | 
| WGQS 1145 | Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing on Gender and Sexuality | 3 | 
1C Oral Communication (3 units)
| COMS/HNRS 1101 | Public Speaking | 3 | 
| COMS/HNRS 1102 | Public Speaking in Digital Spaces | 3 | 
| EGL 1110 | Speech Communication | 3 | 
| EGL 1120 | Professional Communication | 3 | 
| ENG 1112 | Introduction to Technical Communication | 2 | 
| ME 4490 | Engineering Design Process | 3 | 
AREA 2: Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning (3 units)
| DATA 1000 | Statistical and Data Literacy | 3 | 
| DATA 1264 | Calculus for Data Science I | 4 | 
| MATH 1001 | Nature of Modern Mathematics | 3 | 
| MATH 1004 | Stretch College Algebra | 5 | 
| MATH 1005 | Stretch Precalculus | 5 | 
| MATH 1006 | College Algebra | 3 | 
| MATH 1007 | Precalculus | 3 | 
| MATH/HNRS 1261 | Calculus I | 4 | 
| MATH/HNRS 1262 | Calculus II | 4 | 
| MATH 1264 | Calculus for Data Science I | 4 | 
| MATH 1267 | Business Calculus | 3 | 
| MTH 1100 | College Algebra and Trigonometry | 4 | 
| MTH 1105 | Finite Mathematics for Business | 3 | 
| MTH 1107 | Elementary Statistics | 3 | 
| MTH 2205 | Calculus for Business | 3 | 
| MTH 2210 | Calculus I | 4 | 
| MTH 2211 | Calculus II | 4 | 
| MTH 2212 | Calculus III | 4 | 
| MTH 2215 | Differential Equations | 3 | 
| NAU 2205 | Ship Stability | 3 | 
| STAT 1000 | Statistical and Data Literacy | 3 | 
| STAT 1110 | Applied Statistical Concepts and Methods | 3 | 
| STAT 1210 | Business Statistics I | 3 | 
| STAT 1220 | Business Statistics II | 3 | 
| STAT 1510 | Statistics I | 3 | 
AREA 3: Arts and Humanities (6 units)
3A Arts (3 units)
| ART 1101 | Fundamentals of Drawing | 3 | 
| ART 1111 | Introduction to the Visual Arts | 3 | 
| ART 1112 | European/U.S. Art: A Thematic History | 3 | 
| ART 1130 | Fundamentals of Digital Media Art | 3 | 
| ART 1160 | Introduction to Digital Photography | 3 | 
| ART 1184 | Beginning Sculpture | 3 | 
| ART 1187 | Ceramics I | 3 | 
| COMS 2208 | Performance, Literature, and Culture | 3 | 
| DANC 2221 | Dance Appreciation | 3 | 
| EGL 2225 | Creative Writing | 3 | 
| ENGL 2272 | Introductory Topics in Cinematic Expression | 3 | 
| ES 2220 | African American Popular Culture | 3 | 
| ES 2221 | Native American Popular Culture | 3 | 
| ES 2222 | Asian American Popular Culture | 3 | 
| ES 2223 | Latina/o/x Popular Culture | 3 | 
| GRC 1100 | Visual Literacy and Communication | 3 | 
| HUM 1115 | Maritime Arts | 3 | 
| HUM 1120 | Introduction to Visual Arts | 3 | 
| HUM 2215 | Introduction to Cinema | 3 | 
| ISLA 2240 | Introduction to Media Arts and Technologies | 3 | 
| LS 2370 | Performing Arts for Children: Theory and Practice | 3 | 
| MU 1101 | Music Fundamentals | 3 | 
| MU/HNRS 1120 | Music Appreciation | 3 | 
| MU 2221 | Jazz Styles | 3 | 
| MU 2227 | Popular Music of the United States | 4 | 
| TH 2210 | Introduction to Theatre | 3 | 
| TH 2227 | Theatre History I | 3 | 
| TH 2228 | Theatre History II | 3 | 
| WGQS/HNRS 2301 | Gender and Sexuality in Visual and Popular Culture | 3 | 
3B Humanities: Literature, Philosophy, Languages other than English (3 units)
| CHIN 1141 | Elementary Chinese Language and Culture I Study Abroad | 3 | 
| CHIN 1142 | Elementary Chinese Language and Culture II Study Abroad | 3 | 
| CHIN 2201 | Intermediate Chinese Language and Culture I | 4 | 
| CHIN 2202 | Intermediate Chinese Language and Culture II | 4 | 
| CHIN 2241 | Intermediate Chinese Language and Culture I Study Abroad | 3 | 
| CHIN 2242 | Intermediate Chinese Language and Culture II Study Abroad | 3 | 
| EGL 2200 | Introduction to Literature | 3 | 
| ENGL 2230 | British Literature: Beginnings to 1789 | 3 | 
| ENGL 2231/HNRS 2233 | British Literature: 1789 to the Present | 3 | 
| ENGL 2241 | U.S. Literature: Beginnings to 1865 | 3 | 
| ENGL 2242 | U.S. Literature: 1830 to Present | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 2251 | Introduction to Classical Literature | 3 | 
| ENGL 2252 | Introduction to Medieval through Enlightenment Literature | 3 | 
| ENGL 2253 | Introduction to Literature in the Age of Revolution | 3 | 
| ENGL 2255 | Children's Literature in a Diverse Society | 3 | 
| ENGL 2259 | Introduction to Dramatic Literature | 3 | 
| ENGL 2274 | Survey of Queer and Trans Literature and Media | 3 | 
| FR 2201 | Intermediate French Language and Culture I | 4 | 
| FR 2202 | Intermediate French Language and Culture II | 4 | 
| FR 2233 | Critical Reading in French Literature | 3 | 
| GER 2201 | Intermediate German Language and Culture | 4 | 
| GER 2233 | Introduction to German Literature | 4 | 
| ITAL 1141 | Elementary Italian Language and Culture I Study Abroad | 3 | 
| ITAL 1142 | Elementary Italian Language and Culture II Study Abroad | 3 | 
| ITAL 2201 | Intermediate Italian I | 4 | 
| ITAL 2202 | Intermediate Italian II | 4 | 
| ITAL 2241 | Intermediate Italian Language and Culture I Study Abroad | 3 | 
| ITAL 2242 | Intermediate Italian Language and Culture II Study Abroad | 3 | 
| JPNS 2201 | Intermediate Japanese I | 4 | 
| JPNS 2202 | Intermediate Japanese II | 4 | 
| LAN 1110 | Spanish I | 3 | 
| LAN 1115 | Spanish II | 3 | 
| LAN 1120 | Chinese I | 3 | 
| LAN 1125 | Chinese II | 3 | 
| LS 2255 | Children's Literature in a Diverse Society | 3 | 
| PHIL/HNRS 2230 | Philosophical Classics: Knowledge and Reality | 3 | 
| PHIL/HNRS 2231 | Philosophical Classics: Ethics and Political Philosophy | 3 | 
| SPAN 1141 | Elementary Spanish Language and Cultures I Study Abroad | 3 | 
| SPAN 1142 | Elementary Spanish Language and Cultures II Study Abroad | 3 | 
| SPAN 2201/HNRS 2204 | Intermediate Spanish I | 4 | 
| SPAN 2202/HNRS 2205 | Intermediate Spanish II | 4 | 
| SPAN 2206 | Spanish for Heritage Speakers | 3 | 
| SPAN 2233 | Introduction to Hispanic Literature | 3 | 
| SPAN 2241 | Intermediate Spanish Language and Cultures I Study Abroad | 3 | 
| SPAN 2242 | Intermediate Spanish Language and Cultures II Study Abroad | 3 | 
Upper-Division 3 (3 units)
AREA 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 units)
Area 4 includes two lower-division courses (4A and 4B) and one upper-division course (see Upper-Division Area 4 below). These three courses must come from at least two different course prefixes.
4A American Institutions (Title 5, Section 40404 Requirement) (3 units)
| ES/HNRS 1112 | Race, Culture, and Politics in the United States | 3 | 
| GOV 2200 | American Government | 3 | 
| HIST 2201/HNRS 2203 | United States History to 1877 | 3 | 
| HIST/HNRS 2202 | United States History Since 1877 | 3 | 
| HIST 2206 | United States Cultures | 3 | 
| POLS 1112 | U.S. and California Government | 3 | 
| WGQS/HNRS 2201 | Gender and Sexuality in US Society and Politics | 3 | 
4B Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 units)
| ANT 2201 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 | 
| ANT 2202 | World History Before Writing | 3 | 
| COMS 2211 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 | 
| COMS 2217 | Small Group Collaboration and Creativity | 3 | 
| ECO 1100 | Macroeconomics | 3 | 
| ECO 1101 | Microeconomics | 3 | 
| GEOG 1150 | Human Geography | 3 | 
| GMA 1100 | International Relations | 3 | 
| GMA 1105 | Ocean Politics | 3 | 
| GMA 2215 | Comparative Politics | 3 | 
| GMA 2220 | Comparative Maritime Politics | 3 | 
| GMA 2225 | Southeast Asia-Maritime Mainland | 3 | 
| GMA 2235 | GIS Mapping and Spatial Analysis | 3 | 
| GMA 2240 | World Geography | 3 | 
| GMA 2250 | Environmental Policy | 3 | 
| HIS 1100 | Survey of American History to 1877: Precontact Through the Civil War | 3 | 
| HIS 1101 | Survey of American History from 1877: Civil War Through Civil Rights | 3 | 
| HIST 2210 | World History to 1800 | 3 | 
| HIST 2211 | European History to 1500 | 3 | 
| HIST 2212 | European History since 1500 | 3 | 
| HIST/HNRS 2213 | Modern Political Economy | 3 | 
| HIST/HNRS 2216 | Comparative Social Movements | 3 | 
| HIST 2222 | World History to 1500 | 3 | 
| HIST/HNRS 2223 | World History since 1500 | 3 | 
| HIST 2225 | The World at War | 3 | 
| HLTH 1155 | Multicultural Perspectives and Health | 3 | 
| HLTH 1160 | Women's Health and Society | 3 | 
| HLTH 2261 | Social Determinants of Health | 3 | 
| JOUR 2228 | Media, Self and Society | 3 | 
| PSY 2201 | Introductory Psychology | 3 | 
| RELS 2201 | Religion, Dialogue, and Society | 3 | 
| SOC 1110 | Comparative Societies | 3 | 
| SOC 2218 | International Political Economy | 3 | 
| WGQS 1101 | Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Queer Studies | 3 | 
| WGQS/HNRS 2401 | Sexuality Studies | 3 | 
AREA 5: Physical and Life Sciences (7 units)
5A Physical Sciences (3 units)
| ASTR 1101 | Introduction to the Solar System | 3 | 
| ASTR 1102 | Introduction to Stars and Galaxies | 3 | 
| CHE 1110 | General Chemistry | 3 | 
| CHE 2205 | Chemistry of Power Plant Processes | 3 | 
| CHEM 1110 | World of Chemistry | 4 | 
| CHEM 1112 | Chemistry in Context | 3 | 
| CHEM 1120 | Fundamentals of Chemical Structure and Properties | 4 | 
| CHEM 1122 | Fundamentals of Chemical Reactivity | 4 | 
| GEOL 2203 | The Geologic Record: Fossils and the History of Life | 3 | 
| OCN 1105 | Introduction to Oceanography | 3 | 
| PHY 1100 | General Physics I | 3 | 
| PHY 1105 | General Physics II | 3 | 
| PHY 1120 | Physics for Future Leaders | 3 | 
| PHY 2200 | Engineering Physics I | 3 | 
| PHY 2205 | Engineering Physics II | 3 | 
| PHYS 1104 | Introductory Physics | 3 | 
| PHYS 1111 | Contemporary Physics for Nonscientists | 3 | 
| PHYS 1121 | College Physics I | 4 | 
| PHYS/HNRS 1141 | General Physics I | 4 | 
| PHYS/HNRS 1143 | General Physics II | 4 | 
| PSC 1101 | Physical Science for Elementary Educators I | 4 | 
| PSC 2201 | Physical Oceanography | 3 | 
5B Biological Sciences (3 units)
| ANT 2250 | Biological Anthropology | 3 | 
| BIO 1111 | General Biology | 3 | 
| BIO 1113 | Biology of Sex | 3 | 
| BIO 1114 | Plant Diversity and Ecology | 4 | 
| BIO 1150 | Life: History and Diversity | 4 | 
| BIO 1151 | Life: Molecules and Cells | 4 | 
| BIO 2213 | Life Science for Engineers | 3 | 
| BIO 2215 | Biodiversity of California | 3 | 
| BIO 2217 | Wildlife Conservation Biology | 3 | 
| BOT 1121 | General Botany | 4 | 
| MCRO 2221 | Introduction to Microbiology | 4 | 
| MSCI 1111 | The Oceans | 3 | 
| OCN 1100 | Marine Biology | 3 | 
| OCN 1110 | Marine Ecology | 3 | 
| PSY 2240 | Biopsychology | 3 | 
5C Laboratory (1 unit)
| May be embedded in 5A or 5B course, as long as 7 units are met for lower-division Area 5 | ||
| BIO 1112 | Biology Laboratory for Non-Majors | 1 | 
| BIO 1114 | Plant Diversity and Ecology | 4 | 
| BIO 1150 | Life: History and Diversity | 4 | 
| BIO 1151 | Life: Molecules and Cells | 4 | 
| BOT 1121 | General Botany | 4 | 
| CHE 1110L | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 | 
| CHEM 1110 | World of Chemistry | 4 | 
| CHEM 1120 | Fundamentals of Chemical Structure and Properties | 4 | 
| CHEM 1122 | Fundamentals of Chemical Reactivity | 4 | 
| MCRO 2221 | Introduction to Microbiology | 4 | 
| OCN 1100L | Marine Biology Laboratory | 1 | 
| OCN 1110L | Marine Ecology Laboratory | 1 | 
| OCN 2200L | Introduction to Oceanography Laboratory | 1 | 
| PHY 1100L | General Physics I Laboratory | 1 | 
| PHY 1105L | General Physics II Laboratory | 1 | 
| PHY 1120L | Physics for Future Leaders Laboratory | 1 | 
| PHY 2200L | Engineering Physics I Laboratory | 1 | 
| PHYS 1121 | College Physics I | 4 | 
| PHYS/HNRS 1141 | General Physics I | 4 | 
| PHYS/HNRS 1143 | General Physics II | 4 | 
| PSC 1101 | Physical Science for Elementary Educators I | 4 | 
AREA 6: Ethnic Studies (3 units)
| ES 2252 | Global Origins of Race in the U.S. | 3 | 
| ES 2253 | Introduction to American Indian Studies | 3 | 
| ES 2254 | Introduction to African American Studies | 3 | 
| ES 2255 | Introduction to Latina/o/x Studies | 3 | 
| ES 2256 | Introduction to Asian American Studies | 3 | 
| ES 3304 | Race and American Literature | 4 | 
| ES 3312 | Race and Media Studies | 4 | 
| ES 3382 | Racial Capitalism | 4 | 
Upper-Division General Education (9 units)
Upper Division 2 or Upper Division 5 Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning or Physical and Life Sciences (3 units)
| One course in Upper-Division Area 2/5 | ||
| AERO 3300 | Engineering Numerical Analysis | 4 | 
| AERO/HNRS 3310 | Air and Space | 3 | 
| ASTR 3324 | Longitude, Navigation, and Timekeeping | 3 | 
| BIO 3312 | Human Genetics | 3 | 
| BIO 3315 | Biology of Cancer | 3 | 
| BIO 3318 | Genetic Engineering Technology | 3 | 
| BOT 3311 | Plants, People and Civilization | 4 | 
| CHEM 3318 | Genetic Engineering Technology | 3 | 
| CHEM 3350 | Biochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications | 4 | 
| CHEM 3352 | Biochemistry | 4 | 
| CHEM 3374 | Chemical and Biological Warfare | 3 | 
| ENVE 3323 | Engineering for the Environment | 3 | 
| ENVE 3324 | Introduction to Air Pollution | 3 | 
| GEOG/AG/EDES/ENGR/ISLA/SCM/UNIV 3350 | The Global Environment | 3 | 
| GMA 3370 | International Political Economy | 3 | 
| GRC 3200 | Color Management | 3 | 
| ISLA 3305 | Public Engagements with STEM | 3 | 
| MATH 3051 | Combinatorics I | 3 | 
| MATH 3111 | Number Theory | 3 | 
| MATH 3301 | Complex Analysis | 3 | 
| MATH 3351 | Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems | 3 | 
| MCRO 3321 | Microbes, Food, and Microbiome | 3 | 
| MGT 4410 | Quantitative Managerial Methods | 3 | 
| NAU 3330 | Meteorology | 3 | 
| OCN 3320 | Oceans and Climate | 3 | 
| PHYS 3305 | Classical Mechanics I | 3 | 
| PSC 3320 | Energy, Society, and the Environment | 3 | 
| PSC/HNRS/UNIV 3392 | Collaboratively Developing Sustainable Technologies Globally | 3 | 
| PSY 3344 | Behavioral Genetics | 3 | 
| SCM 3360 | Selected Environmental Issues of California's Central Coast | 3 | 
| STAT 3210 | Engineering Statistics | 3 | 
| STAT 3310 | Probability and Random Processes for Engineers | 3 | 
| UNIV/AG/ISLA/SCM 3330 | Cal Poly Land: Nature, Technology, and Society | 3 | 
| WGQS/ES/HNRS 3350 | Gender, Race, Culture, Science, and Technology | 4 | 
Upper-Division 3 Arts and Humanities (3 units)
| ART 3310 | Art of the Americas | 3 | 
| ART 3311 | Nineteenth Century Art of Europe and the United States | 3 | 
| ART 3314 | History and Contemporary Practices of Photography | 3 | 
| ART 3317 | Asian Art Survey | 3 | 
| ART 3320 | Michelangelo | 3 | 
| ART 3321 | Themes in Renaissance Art | 3 | 
| ART 3322 | Themes in Modern and Contemporary Art | 3 | 
| ART 3323 | New Media Art History | 3 | 
| ART 3324 | Politics of Abstraction | 3 | 
| ART 3327 | Intersectional Feminist Art Histories | 3 | 
| COMS 3308 | Group Performance of Literature | 3 | 
| COMS 3386 | Communication, Media, and Politics | 3 | 
| DANC 3321 | Cultural Influence on Dance in the United States | 3 | 
| EGL 3309 | British Literature of the Sea | 3 | 
| EGL 3310 | U.S. Literature of the Sea | 3 | 
| EGL 3315 | World Literature of the Sea | 3 | 
| EGL 3320 | Literature of the Fantastic | 3 | 
| EGL 3330 | Literature and Psychology | 3 | 
| EGL 3340 | Multicultural Literature in America | 3 | 
| EGL 3345 | Literature and the Environment | 3 | 
| ENGL 3311 | Writing With Style | 3 | 
| ENGL 3313 | Multilingual/Multimodal: Writing Transnational Spaces | 3 | 
| ENGL 3317 | Humanistic Perspectives in Technical and Professional Editing | 3 | 
| ENGL 3330 | British Literature: Beginnings to 1485 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3331 | British Literature: 1485 to 1660 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3332 | British Literature: 1660 to 1798 | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3333 | British Literature: 1798 to 1832 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3334 | British Literature: 1832 to 1914 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3335 | British Literature: 1914 to Present | 3 | 
| ENGL 3339 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 | 
| ENGL 3340 | Intermediate U.S. Literature: Beginnings to 1865 | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3341 | U.S. Literature: 1865 to 1914 | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3342 | U.S. Literature: 1914 to 1956 | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3343 | U.S. Literature: 1956 to Present | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3345 | Women Writers of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries | 3 | 
| ENGL 3346 | Multiethnic Literature of the U.S. | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3347 | African American Literature | 3 | 
| ENGL 3348 | Asian American Literature | 3 | 
| ENGL 3349 | Trans Literatures | 3 | 
| ENGL 3350 | The Modern Novel | 3 | 
| ENGL 3351 | Modern Poetry | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3352 | Modern Drama | 3 | 
| ENGL 3354 | The Bible as Literature and in Literature and the Arts | 3 | 
| ENGL 3371 | Film Styles and Genres | 3 | 
| ENGL 3372 | Film Directors | 3 | 
| ENGL 3373 | Topics on Gender Representations in Film | 3 | 
| ENGL 3374 | Disability and Diversity in U.S. Film | 3 | 
| ENGL 3375 | World Cinema | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3380 | Themes in Literature and Culture | 3 | 
| ENGL 3381 | Topics in Diversity in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century US Literature | 3 | 
| ENGL 3386 | Creative Nonfiction | 3 | 
| ENGL 3387 | Fiction Writing | 3 | 
| ENGL 3388 | Poetry Writing | 3 | 
| ENGL 3611 | Literary Themes | 4 | 
| ENGL 3618 | Research Topics in Diversity in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century U.S. Literature | 4 | 
| ENGL 3621 | Contemporary U.S. Dramatic Literature | 3 | 
| ENGL 3624 | Topics in Queer and Trans Literature and Media | 3 | 
| ENGL 3625 | Research Topics in Queer and Trans Literature and Media | 4 | 
| ENGL 3626 | Intermediate Topics in Film | 4 | 
| ES 3300 | Chicana/o/x Non-Fiction Literature | 4 | 
| ES 3301 | Latina/o/x Literature of the United States | 4 | 
| ES 3302 | Chicana/o/x Literature | 4 | 
| ES 3303 | Latina/o/x Poetry | 4 | 
| ES 3324 | Chicana/o/x Film | 4 | 
| ES 3340 | Cultural Production and Ethnicity | 4 | 
| FR 3305 | Literature in French | 3 | 
| FR 3350 | French Literature in English Translation | 3 | 
| GER 3304 | German Culture and Society | 3 | 
| GER 3305 | German Literature | 3 | 
| GER 3350 | German Literature in English Translation | 3 | 
| HIST 3307 | Modern European Thought and Culture | 4 | 
| HIST 3309 | Cultures of the African Diaspora | 4 | 
| HIST 3319 | A Cultural History of Southeast Asia | 4 | 
| HIST 3320 | The Age of Revolution in the Americas | 4 | 
| HIST 3337 | Colonial Latin America | 4 | 
| HUM 3325 | Globalization of Culture | 3 | 
| HUM 3350 | Maritime Culture | 3 | 
| HUM 3380 | Ethical Inquiry | 3 | 
| ISLA/HNRS 3303 | Values and Technology | 3 | 
| ISLA/HNRS 3320 | Issues in Values, Media and Culture | 3 | 
| ISLA 3335 | Feminist Studies of Popular Culture and Whiteness | 3 | 
| ISLA 3345 | Independent Cinema and Film Festivals | 3 | 
| ISLA 3360 | Feminist Studies of Disability in Popular Culture | 3 | 
| KINE 3325 | Sport and Physical Activity Throughout Civilizations | 3 | 
| MU 3324 | Music and Society | 3 | 
| PHIL 3301 | Philosophical Topics | 3 | 
| PHIL 3309 | Early Greek Philosophy through Plato | 3 | 
| PHIL 3310 | Aristotle and Hellenistic Philosophy | 3 | 
| PHIL 3312 | Medieval Philosophy | 3 | 
| PHIL 3313 | Early Modern Rationalism | 3 | 
| PHIL 3314 | Early Modern Empiricism | 3 | 
| PHIL 3315 | Kant and 19th Century European Philosophy | 3 | 
| PHIL 3317 | History of Analytic Philosophy | 3 | 
| PHIL 3318 | Phenomenology | 3 | 
| PHIL 3319 | Existentialism | 3 | 
| PHIL 3321 | Philosophy of Science | 3 | 
| PHIL 3322 | Philosophy of Technology | 3 | 
| PHIL/HNRS 3323 | Ethics, Science, and Technology | 3 | 
| PHIL 3327 | Robot Ethics | 3 | 
| PHIL 3328 | Technologies and Ethics of Warfare | 3 | 
| PHIL 3331 | Ethics | 3 | 
| PHIL 3332 | History of Ethics | 3 | 
| PHIL 3333 | Political Philosophy | 3 | 
| PHIL 3334 | Philosophy of Law | 3 | 
| PHIL/HNRS 3335 | Social Ethics | 3 | 
| PHIL 3336 | Feminist Ethics, Gender, Sexuality and Society | 3 | 
| PHIL 3337 | Business Ethics | 3 | 
| PHIL 3339 | Biomedical Ethics | 3 | 
| PHIL 3340 | Environmental Ethics | 3 | 
| PHIL 3341 | Professional Ethics | 3 | 
| PHIL 3342 | Philosophy of Religion | 3 | 
| PHIL 3343 | Power, Alienation, and Political Life | 3 | 
| PHIL 3350 | Aesthetics | 3 | 
| PHIL 3351 | Philosophy of Literature | 3 | 
| PHIL 3361 | Indian Philosophy | 3 | 
| PHIL 3362 | Chinese and East Asian Philosophy | 3 | 
| PHIL 3369 | Postmodernism | 3 | 
| RELS 3301 | Religions of Asia | 3 | 
| RELS 3302 | Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | 3 | 
| RELS 3304 | Judaism | 3 | 
| RELS 3306 | Hinduism | 3 | 
| RELS 3307 | Buddhism | 3 | 
| RELS 3310 | Christianity | 3 | 
| RELS 3311 | Islam | 3 | 
| RELS 3370 | Religion, Gender, and Society | 3 | 
| RELS 3372 | Spiritual Extremism: Asceticism, Mysticism, and Madness | 3 | 
| RELS 3374 | Religion and Violence | 3 | 
| RELS 3378 | Religion and Contemporary Values | 3 | 
| RELS 3390 | Topics in Religious Studies | 3 | 
| SPAN 3305 | Literary Works in Spanish | 3 | 
| SPAN 3307 | Spanish and Latin American Film | 3 | 
| SPAN 3340 | Chicanx/Latinx Works in Spanish | 3 | 
| SPAN 3350 | Hispanic Literature in English Translation | 3 | 
| SPAN 3351 | Chicanx/Latinx Works in English | 3 | 
| TH 3305 | Diversity in U.S. Theatre | 3 | 
| TH 3390 | Global Theatre and Performance | 3 | 
| WGQS 3327 | Intersectional Feminist Art Histories | 3 | 
| WGQS 3335 | Feminist Studies of Popular Culture and Whiteness | 3 | 
| WGQS 3336 | Feminist Ethics, Gender, Sexuality and Society | 3 | 
| WGQS 3360 | Feminist Studies of Disability in Popular Culture | 3 | 
| WGQS 3370 | Religion, Gender, and Society | 3 | 
| WGQS 3385 | Porn Studies | 4 | 
| WLC 3307 | World Cultures through Film | 3 | 
| WLC 3310 | Humanities in World Cultures | 3 | 
| WLC 3312 | Humanities in Chicanx/Latinx Cultures | 3 | 
| WLC 3350 | Literatures in World Cultures | 3 | 
Upper-Division 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 units)
Area 4 includes two lower-division courses (see 4A and 4B above) and one upper-division course (Upper-Division Area 4). These three courses must come from at least two different course prefixes.
| ANT 3345 | Human Behavioral Ecology | 3 | 
| ANT 3360 | Human Cultural Adaptations | 3 | 
| ART 3333 | Social Justice Art: Activist Cultures, Politics, and Pedagogies | 3 | 
| COMS 3305 | Persuasion | 3 | 
| COMS 3316 | Intercultural Communication | 3 | 
| COMS 3320 | Intergroup Communication | 3 | 
| COMS 3384 | Media Effects | 3 | 
| ENG 3310 | Engineering Ethics | 3 | 
| ENGL 3310 | Corporate Communication | 3 | 
| ES 3310 | Hip-Hop, Poetics, and Politics | 4 | 
| ES 3311 | Beyonce: Race, Feminism, and Politics | 4 | 
| ES 3325 | African American Genders and Sexualities | 4 | 
| ES 3330 | Chinese American Experiences | 4 | 
| ES 3335 | Filipina/o/x American Experiences | 4 | 
| ES 3345 | Queer Ethnic Studies | 4 | 
| ES 3351 | Gender, Race, Class, Nation: Critical Computing and Engineering Studies | 4 | 
| ES 3360 | Indigeneity and the Land | 4 | 
| ES 3380 | Critical Race Theory | 4 | 
| ES 3381 | Social Constructions of Whiteness | 4 | 
| GEOG 3308 | Global Geography | 3 | 
| GEOG 3370 | Geography of Latin America | 3 | 
| GEOG 3380 | Geography of the Caribbean | 3 | 
| GMA 3300 | U.S. Foreign Policy | 3 | 
| GMA 3310 | The Geopolitics of Energy | 3 | 
| GMA 3315 | China and its Neighbors | 3 | 
| GMA 3320 | Ocean Environmental Management | 3 | 
| GMA 3325 | Indian Ocean Rim | 3 | 
| GMA 3330 | Maritime Security | 3 | 
| GMA 3335 | Maritime California | 3 | 
| GMA 3340 | International Migration | 3 | 
| GMA 3350 | Political Geography | 3 | 
| GMA 3355 | Cross-Cultural Competence | 3 | 
| GMA 3365 | Polar Politics | 3 | 
| GMA 4405 | International Maritime Organizations | 3 | 
| GMA 4415 | Strategy and War | 3 | 
| GMA 4420 | Cybersecurity | 3 | 
| GMA 4425 | Civil Conflict | 3 | 
| HIS 3300 | Maritime History of the United States | 3 | 
| HIST 3306 | The Witch-Hunts in Europe: 1400-1800 | 4 | 
| HIST 3308 | The Transatlantic Slave Trade | 4 | 
| HIST/HNRS 3310 | East Asian Cultures and Civilizations | 4 | 
| HIST 3311 | Comparative World Environmental History and Sustainability | 4 | 
| HIST 3316 | Modern East Asia | 4 | 
| HIST/HNRS 3317 | The Lure of the Sea | 4 | 
| HIST 3318 | The City in the Modern World | 4 | 
| HIST 3321 | United States Civil War | 4 | 
| HIST 3322/3322 | Modern United States History | 4 | 
| HIST 3326 | United States Foreign Relations since 1898 | 4 | 
| HIST 3333 | Early Modern Europe: 1450-1800 | 4 | 
| HIST/HNRS 3334 | Modern Europe: 1789-1914 | 4 | 
| HIST 3335/HNRS 3336 | Modern Europe since 1914 | 4 | 
| HIST 3336 | The Allies at War: Democracy, Dictatorship, and the Struggle for Freedom - 1939-1945 | 4 | 
| HIST 3338 | Modern Latin America | 4 | 
| HIST 3350/HNRS 3353 | The Scientific Revolution: 1500-1800 | 4 | 
| HIST 3351 | The History of Modern Science Since 1800 | 4 | 
| HIST 3355/HNRS 3336 | History of Network and Information Technologies | 4 | 
| HLTH 3305 | Drugs in Society | 3 | 
| HLTH 3322 | Public Health Policy and Advocacy | 3 | 
| HLTH 3344 | Health Care Systems | 3 | 
| HLTH 3348 | Public Health and Mental Health | 3 | 
| KINE 3323 | Sport and Gender | 3 | 
| KINE 3324 | Sports, Media, and United States Popular Culture | 3 | 
| KINE 3382 | Psychological Aspects of Injury in Sport and Physical Activity | 3 | 
| LAW 3300 | International Law | 3 | 
| LAW 3315 | Admiralty Law | 3 | 
| LS 3350 | Identity and Equity in American Schools | 3 | 
| POLS 3325 | Global Political Issues | 3 | 
| POLS 3332 | World Food Systems | 3 | 
| POLS 3337 | U.S. and China in the Contemporary World | 3 | 
| POLS/HIST 3338 | Critical Issues in U.S. Politics | 3 | 
| POLS 3348 | Early U.S. Political Thought | 3 | 
| POLS 3349 | Contemporary U.S. Political Thought | 3 | 
| PSC 3391 | Engaging in Sustainable Global Development | 3 | 
| PSY 3304 | Intergroup Dialogues | 3 | 
| PSY 3311 | Environmental Psychology | 3 | 
| PSY 3318/3318 | Psychology of Aging | 3 | 
| PSY 3352 | Psychology of Conflict and Justice | 4 | 
| RELS 3344 | Approaches to Religion and Spirituality | 3 | 
| SOC 3315 | Global Race and Ethnic Relations | 3 | 
| SOC 3321 | Migration | 3 | 
| SOC 3326 | Sociology of the Life Course | 3 | 
| SOC 3343 | Sociology of the Global South | 3 | 
| SOC 3350 | Identity and Equity in American Schools | 3 | 
| SPAN 3380 | Spanish for the Professions | 3 | 
| UNIV/HNRS/PSC 3391 | Engaging in Sustainable Global Development | 3 | 
| WGQS 3301 | Contemporary Issues in Women's and Gender Studies | 3 | 
| WGQS 3302 | Contemporary Issues in Queer Studies | 3 | 
| WGQS 3330 | Feminist/Queer Transnational Studies | 3 | 
| WGQS 3345 | Queer Ethnic Studies | 4 | 
| WGQS 3351 | Gender, Race, Class, Nation: Critical Computing and Engineering Studies | 4 | 
| WLC 3315 | Critical Issues in Latin American Studies | 3 | 
Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR)
The Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR) is a CSU Board of Trustees mandate designed to ensure that students can write proficiently before they enter the professional workforce. All Cal Poly students who are seeking a degree, including Master's degrees and teaching credentials, must fulfill the GWR before a diploma can be awarded.
Further information on pathways to meeting this degree requirement may be obtained from the Office of Writing and Learning Initiatives, Kennedy Library (35) Room 202A (805-756-2067), or on the GWR webpage, https://writingandlearning.calpoly.edu/gwr.
GWR Courses
| Code | Title | Units | 
|---|---|---|
| ARCH 4460 | Senior Architectural Thesis Theory and Research Seminar | 3 | 
| BIO 4443 | Climate Change Biology | 4 | 
| BIO 4452 | Cell Biology | 3 | 
| BIO 4461 | Senior Project - Research Proposal | 2 | 
| BIO 4463 | Senior Project - Meta-analysis in Biology | 2 | 
| COMS 3332 | Rhetorical Criticism | 3 | 
| COMS 3385 | Media Criticism | 3 | 
| ENGL 3310 | Corporate Communication | 3 | 
| ENGL 3311 | Writing With Style | 3 | 
| ENGL 3313 | Multilingual/Multimodal: Writing Transnational Spaces | 3 | 
| ENGL 3315 | Writing Sustainability, Equity, and Resilience | 3 | 
| ENGL 3317 | Humanistic Perspectives in Technical and Professional Editing | 3 | 
| ENGL 3330 | British Literature: Beginnings to 1485 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3331 | British Literature: 1485 to 1660 | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3332 | British Literature: 1660 to 1798 | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3333 | British Literature: 1798 to 1832 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3334 | British Literature: 1832 to 1914 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3335 | British Literature: 1914 to Present | 3 | 
| ENGL 3339 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 | 
| ENGL 3340 | Intermediate U.S. Literature: Beginnings to 1865 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3341 | U.S. Literature: 1865 to 1914 | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3342 | U.S. Literature: 1914 to 1956 | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3343 | U.S. Literature: 1956 to Present | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3345 | Women Writers of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3347 | African American Literature | 3 | 
| ENGL 3348 | Asian American Literature | 3 | 
| ENGL 3349 | Trans Literatures | 3 | 
| ENGL 3350 | The Modern Novel | 3 | 
| ENGL 3351 | Modern Poetry | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3352 | Modern Drama | 3 | 
| ENGL 3371 | Film Styles and Genres | 3 | 
| ENGL 3372 | Film Directors | 3 | 
| ENGL 3373 | Topics on Gender Representations in Film | 3 | 
| ENGL 3374 | Disability and Diversity in U.S. Film | 3 | 
| ENGL 3375 | World Cinema | 3 | 
| ENGL 3375 | World Cinema | 3 | 
| ENGL/HNRS 3380 | Themes in Literature and Culture | 3 | 
| ENGL 3381 | Topics in Diversity in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century US Literature | 3 | 
| ENGL 3393 | Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writing | 4 | 
| ENGL 3611 | Literary Themes | 4 | 
| ENGL 3618 | Research Topics in Diversity in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century U.S. Literature | 4 | 
| ENGL 3621 | Contemporary U.S. Dramatic Literature | 3 | 
| ENGL 3625 | Research Topics in Queer and Trans Literature and Media | 4 | 
| ENGL 3626 | Intermediate Topics in Film | 4 | 
| ENGL 3627 | Intermediate Topics in Writing | 4 | 
| ENGL 3632 | Writing Grant Proposals and Fundraising Appeals | 3 | 
| ENGL 3636 | Copywriting | 3 | 
| GRC 4290 | User Experience Research Methods | 3 | 
| HIST 3307 | Modern European Thought and Culture | 4 | 
| HIST 3350/HNRS 3353 | The Scientific Revolution: 1500-1800 | 4 | 
| HIST 3351 | The History of Modern Science Since 1800 | 4 | 
| HLTH 3305 | Drugs in Society | 3 | 
| KINE 3323 | Sport and Gender | 3 | 
| KINE 3324 | Sports, Media, and United States Popular Culture | 3 | 
| KINE 3325 | Sport and Physical Activity Throughout Civilizations | 3 | 
| MATE 4300 | Materials Selection for the Life Cycle | 3 | 
| PHYS 3339 | Communicating Physics | 1 | 
| TH 3305 | Diversity in U.S. Theatre | 3 | 
United States Cultural Pluralism (USCP)
USCP courses must fulfill all of the following criteria; and, according to AS-836-17, they must also address the Diversity Learning Objectives (DLOs). USCP courses must:
- Focus on one or more diverse groups (identified in the Cal Poly Statement on Diversity) whose contributions to American society have been impeded by cultural, legal, economic, and political conflict or whose social, cultural, legal, economic, and political opportunities have been restricted in the United States;
 - Cover the historical and/or contemporary social issues resulting from conflict or restricted opportunities that include but are not limited to problems associated with discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, nationality, abilities, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or race in the United States;
 - Address the diverse intellectual, philosophical, and cultural perspectives of historically marginalized people in the United States;
 - Emphasize the voices and contributions of historically marginalized groups in the United States such that the course content must prominently include sources written and/or produced by historically marginalized people;
 - Foster critical thinking skills by using intersectional frameworks of analyses that are necessary for adequately understanding and analyzing various social issues related to diversity and equity in the United States;
 - Require students to examine critically their own beliefs, attitudes, and potential biases related to historically marginalized people in the United States.
 
In addition to satisfying these criteria, USCP courses must also address the Diversity Learning Objectives.
Students are required to complete one USCP course. This course also fulfills a requirement for Major, Support, General Education, or Free Elective category.
USCP and General Education Area F are separate degree requirements. The same course (either Cal Poly or transfer) cannot satisfy both requirements.
The following courses fulfill the United States Cultural Pluralism requirement.
| Code | Title | Units | 
|---|---|---|
| COMS 3316 | Intercultural Communication (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 3 | 
| DANC 3321 | Cultural Influence on Dance in the United States (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 2203 | Literature Survey: The Multicultural Eighteenth Century | 4 | 
| ENGL 2204 | Literature Survey: Multicultural Romanticism | 4 | 
| ENGL 2241 | U.S. Literature: Beginnings to 1865 (3B) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 2274 | Survey of Queer and Trans Literature and Media (3B) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3303 | Intermediate Literature: The Multicultural Eighteenth Century | 4 | 
| ENGL 3304 | Intermediate Literature: Multicultural Romanticism | 4 | 
| ENGL 3340 | Intermediate U.S. Literature: Beginnings to 1865 (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3342 | U.S. Literature: 1914 to 1956 (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3343 | U.S. Literature: 1956 to Present (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3345 | Women Writers of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3346 | Multiethnic Literature of the U.S. (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3347 | African American Literature (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3348 | Asian American Literature (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3349 | Trans Literatures (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3374 | Disability and Diversity in U.S. Film (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3381 | Topics in Diversity in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century US Literature (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3618 | Research Topics in Diversity in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century U.S. Literature (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 4 | 
| ENGL 3621 | Contemporary U.S. Dramatic Literature (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3624 | Topics in Queer and Trans Literature and Media (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| ENGL 3625 | Research Topics in Queer and Trans Literature and Media (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 4 | 
| ES 1112 | Race, Culture, and Politics in the United States (4A) 1 | 3 | 
| ES 2220 | African American Popular Culture (3A) 1 | 3 | 
| ES 2221 | Native American Popular Culture (3A) 1 | 3 | 
| ES 2222 | Asian American Popular Culture (3A) 1 | 3 | 
| ES 2223 | Latina/o/x Popular Culture (3A) 1 | 3 | 
| ES 3300 | Chicana/o/x Non-Fiction Literature (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 4 | 
| ES 3301 | Latina/o/x Literature of the United States (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 4 | 
| ES 3302 | Chicana/o/x Literature (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 4 | 
| ES 3303 | Latina/o/x Poetry (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 4 | 
| ES 3310 | Hip-Hop, Poetics, and Politics (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 4 | 
| ES 3324 | Chicana/o/x Film (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 4 | 
| ES 3325 | African American Genders and Sexualities (Upper-Division 4) | 4 | 
| ES 3330 | Chinese American Experiences (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 4 | 
| ES 3335 | Filipina/o/x American Experiences (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 4 | 
| ES 3345 | Queer Ethnic Studies (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 4 | 
| ES 3360 | Indigeneity and the Land (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 4 | 
| ES 3380 | Critical Race Theory (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 4 | 
| ES 3381 | Social Constructions of Whiteness (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 4 | 
| HIST 2201 | United States History to 1877 (4A) 1 | 3 | 
| HIST 2202 | United States History Since 1877 (4A) 1 | 3 | 
| HIST 2206 | United States Cultures (4A) 1 | 3 | 
| HIST 2208 | Survey of California History | 3 | 
| HIST 3321 | United States Civil War (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 4 | 
| HIST 3322 | Modern United States History (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 4 | 
| HIST 4405 | Black History in the United States to 1877 | 4 | 
| HIST 4406 | Black History in the United States since 1877 | 4 | 
| HLTH 1155 | Multicultural Perspectives and Health (4B) 1 | 3 | 
| HLTH 1160 | Women's Health and Society (4B) 1 | 3 | 
| JOUR 2219 | Mass Media in a Cross-Cultural Society | 3 | 
| KINE 3323 | Sport and Gender (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 3 | 
| KINE 3324 | Sports, Media, and United States Popular Culture (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 3 | 
| LS 3350 | Identity and Equity in American Schools (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 3 | 
| MU 2221 | Jazz Styles (3A) 1 | 3 | 
| MU 2227 | Popular Music of the United States (3A) 1 | 4 | 
| MU 3325 | Music of the United States | 4 | 
| PHIL 3336 | Feminist Ethics, Gender, Sexuality and Society (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| POLS 3310 | Politics of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the U.S. | 3 | 
| POLS 3343 | Civil Rights in the U.S. | 3 | 
| POLS 4445 | Voting Rights and Representation | 3 | 
| PSY 3359 | Topics in Multicultural Psychology | 4 | 
| PSY 3372 | Multicultural Psychology | 4 | 
| PSY 4475 | The Social Psychology of Prejudice | 4 | 
| RELS 3370 | Religion, Gender, and Society (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| SOC 2216 | U.S. Race and Ethnic Relations | 3 | 
| SOC 3321 | Migration (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 3 | 
| SOC 4423 | Gender and Work | 4 | 
| SPAN 2206 | Spanish for Heritage Speakers (3B) 1 | 3 | 
| SPAN 3340 | Chicanx/Latinx Works in Spanish (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| SPAN 3351 | Chicanx/Latinx Works in English (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| TH 3305 | Diversity in U.S. Theatre (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| WGQS 2201 | Gender and Sexuality in US Society and Politics (4A) 1 | 3 | 
| WGQS 3301 | Contemporary Issues in Women's and Gender Studies (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 3 | 
| WGQS 3302 | Contemporary Issues in Queer Studies (Upper-Division 4) 1 | 3 | 
| WGQS 3327 | Intersectional Feminist Art Histories (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
| WGQS 3350 | Gender, Race, Culture, Science, and Technology (Upper-Division 2/5) 1 | 4 | 
| WGQS 3385 | Porn Studies (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 4 | 
| WGQS 4450 | Feminist Theory | 4 | 
| WLC 3312 | Humanities in Chicanx/Latinx Cultures (Upper-Division 3) 1 | 3 | 
- 1
 Course also satisfies General Education (GE) requirement.
Selected Topic Courses
Selected topic courses are academic credit-bearing courses in the Cal Poly catalog that provide a generic course vehicle to offer special topics on an "as needed basis." The most common selected topic courses, 270, 470, 471, 570, 571, are available to all academic programs, and have the same generic course description. The specific topic title appears in the Class Schedule and on the students' transcripts.
A list of selected topic course descriptions can be found at Selected Topic Courses on the website of the Office of the Registrar.
Sustainability Focused Courses
 Sustainability Related Courses
Sustainability Focused Courses
Sustainability is an integral part of the content and learning objectives of the following courses. These courses have been reviewed by the Academic Senate’s Sustainability Committee for their relation to Cal Poly’s Sustainability Learning Objectives (SLOs) and illustrate how sustainability issues are relevant across the university’s entire curriculum. These courses help students identify, analyze, and design innovative solutions for currently unsustainable environmental, economic, and social practices.
In 2019, Cal Poly was awarded a gold rating by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The sustainability focused courses offered at Cal Poly are a key part of that rating. If you are an instructor who teaches a course focused on or related to sustainability that is not included in SUSCAT, or if you are a student who has taken such a course but do not see it listed here, please contact suscat@calpoly.edu.
| Code | Title | Units | 
|---|---|---|
| AG/EDES/ENGR/GEOG/ISLA/SCM/UNIV 3350 | The Global Environment | 3 | 
| AG 4452 | Leadership Seminar on Issues Affecting California Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources | 4 | 
| AGB 3326 | Natural Resources Economics and Valuation | 3 | 
| ARCH 3341 | Architectural Systems Integration I | 4 | 
| ARCH 3342 | Architectural Systems Integration II | 5 | 
| ARCH 4401 | Advanced Architectural Design | 5 | 
| ASCI 2232 | Small Ruminant and Rangeland Management | 3 | 
| BIO 2217 | Wildlife Conservation Biology | 3 | 
| BIO 3343 | Principles of Conservation Biology | 3 | 
| BIO 4427 | Wildlife Management | 4 | 
| BIO 4443 | Climate Change Biology | 4 | 
| BIO 4446 | Ecosystem Ecology | 4 | 
| BRAE 2220 | Introduction to Biological Systems | 4 | 
| BRAE 3348 | Energy for a Sustainable Society | 3 | 
| BRAE 3349 | Water for a Sustainable Society | 3 | 
| BRAE 4448 | Bioconversion | 3 | 
| CE 3337 | Water Resources & Environmental Engineering | 4 | 
| CE 5527 | Sustainable Mobility | 3 | 
| CE 5533 | Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management | 4 | 
| CHEM 3372 | Environmental Chemistry | 3 | 
| CM 3317 | Sustainability and the Built Environment | 3 | 
| CRP 3336 | Introduction to Environmental Planning | 4 | 
| CRP 4404 | Environmental Law | 4 | 
| CRP 4408 | Water Resource Law and Policy | 4 | 
| CRP 4445 | Green Infrastructure | 3 | 
| CRP 4458 | Hazard Mitigation Planning and Resilient Design | 3 | 
| CRP 5103 | Creating Sustainable and Resilient Communities | 4 | 
| EDES 1123 | Place, People, and the Built Environment | 3 | 
| EDES 3350 | The Global Environment | 3 | 
| EDES 4406 | Sustainable Environments | 4 | 
| EDES 4408 | Implementing Sustainability Principles | 4 | 
| EE 4420 | Sustainable Energy Generation | 3 | 
| EE 4434 | Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage Systems | 3 | 
| EE 4450 | Solar Photovoltaic System Engineering I | 3 | 
| EE 5520 | Advanced Solar-Photovoltaic Systems Design | 3 | 
| EIM 3313 | Sustainability in the Experience Industry | 3 | 
| EIM 3328 | Environmental Leadership and Community Engagement | 3 | 
| ENGL 3315 | Writing Sustainability, Equity, and Resilience | 3 | 
| ENGR 3350 | The Global Environment | 3 | 
| ENVE 3337 | Water Resources & Environmental Engineering | 4 | 
| ERSC 3335 | Soil, Water, and Civilization | 3 | 
| FDSC 1110 | Introduction to Food Science and Sustainability | 3 | 
| GEOG 3350 | The Global Environment | 3 | 
| HIST 4432 | United States Environmental History | 4 | 
| HLTH 4410 | Global Health | 3 | 
| HNRS 1164 | Sustainability and Communities | 3 | 
| HNRS 3391 | Engaging in Sustainable Global Development | 3 | 
| HNRS 3392 | Collaboratively Developing Sustainable Technologies Globally | 3 | 
| ISLA 3350 | The Global Environment | 3 | 
| ITP 4411 | Packaging Sustainability | 3 | 
| LA 2203 | Landscape Ecology: Concepts, Issues, and Interrelationships | 3 | 
| LA 3320 | Studio IV - Landscape Performance and Design | 4 | 
| LA 3322 | Studio V - Environmental Planning and Design | 4 | 
| LA 4410 | Sustainability, Resilience, and Climate Ecology in Design | 3 | 
| LA 4413 | Social Equity and Design | 3 | 
| LA 4414 | Advanced Landscape Construction | 3 | 
| LA 5521 | Ecological Urban Design | 3 | 
| MATE 4420 | Biotechnology for Sustainable Materials | 4 | 
| MATE 4481 | Materials and the Environment | 3 | 
| ME 4456 | HVAC&R Air and Water Distribution for Sustainable Building Environments | 3 | 
| ME 4457 | Environmentally Efficient and Sustainable Refrigeration Systems | 3 | 
| MSCI 1111 | The Oceans | 3 | 
| MSCI 4439 | Marine Fisheries and Conservation | 4 | 
| NR 3304 | Agroecology | 4 | 
| NR 3306 | Natural Resource Ecology and Habitat Management | 4 | 
| NR 3316 | Environmental Literacy: An Integrative STEM Approach | 3 | 
| NR 3323 | Human Dimensions in Natural Resources Management | 3 | 
| NR 3324 | Social Dimensions of Sustainable Food Systems | 3 | 
| NR 3326 | Natural Resources Economics and Valuation | 3 | 
| NR 3328 | Environmental Leadership and Community Engagement | 3 | 
| NR 3349 | Water for a Sustainable Society | 3 | 
| NR 3360 | Ethnicity, Culture, and the Environment in the United States | 3 | 
| NR 4404 | Environmental Law | 4 | 
| NR 4408 | Water Resource Law and Policy | 4 | 
| NR 4414 | Sustainable Forest Management and Forest Operations | 2 | 
| NR 4416 | Environmental Impact Analysis and Management | 4 | 
| NR 4417 | Natural Resource Protection and Policy | 3 | 
| NR 4442 | Environmental Life-Cycle Analysis | 3 | 
| NR 4445 | Systems Thinking in Environmental Management | 3 | 
| PHYS 3314 | Ocean Dynamics | 3 | 
| PLSC 1123 | Introduction to Sustainable Site Horticulture | 3 | 
| PLSC 3301 | Horticultural Production Techniques | 3 | 
| PLSC 3332 | Sustainable Site Design and Systems | 3 | 
| PLSC 3444 | Climate Smart Agriculture | 3 | 
| PSC 3320 | Energy, Society, and the Environment | 3 | 
| PSC 3391 | Engaging in Sustainable Global Development | 3 | 
| PSC 3392 | Collaboratively Developing Sustainable Technologies Globally | 3 | 
| PSY 3311 | Environmental Psychology | 3 | 
| SCM 3316 | Environmental Literacy: An Integrative STEM Approach | 3 | 
| SCM 3350 | The Global Environment | 3 | 
| SCM 3360 | Selected Environmental Issues of California's Central Coast | 3 | 
| SOC 3308 | Sociology of the Environment | 4 | 
| SOC 4431 | World Population Processes and Problems | 4 | 
| SS 1130 | Soils in Environmental and Agricultural Systems | 3 | 
| SS 2221 | Soil Health and Plant Nutrition | 4 | 
| SS 3444 | Climate Smart Agriculture | 3 | 
| UNIV 3350 | The Global Environment | 3 | 
| UNIV/PSC/HNRS 3391 | Engaging in Sustainable Global Development | 3 | 
| UNIV/PSC/HNRS 3392 | Collaboratively Developing Sustainable Technologies Globally | 3 | 
Sustainability Related Courses
The “sustainability-related” courses listed here, like the sustainability focused courses above, have also been reviewed by the Academic Senate’s Sustainability Committee for their relation to Cal Poly’s Sustainability Learning Objectives (SLOs) and also illustrate how sustainability issues are relevant across the university’s entire curriculum. While these courses address crucial issues in environmental, economic, and social sustainability, they may not center these issues as prominently in the course content and learning objectives. For that reason, they are listed as sustainability- “related” rather than sustainability-“focused.”
In 2019, Cal Poly was awarded a gold rating by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The sustainability related courses offered at Cal Poly are a key part of that rating. If you are an instructor who teaches a course focused on or related to sustainability that is not included in SUSCAT, or if you are a student who has taken such a course but do not see it listed here, please contact suscat@calpoly.edu.
| Code | Title | Units | 
|---|---|---|
| ARCH 2241 | Architectural Technology Fundamentals I | 4 | 
| ARCH 2242 | Architectural Technology Fundamentals II | 4 | 
| ARCH 5501 | Architectural Graduate Research Studio I | 5 | 
| ARCH 5502 | Architectural Graduate Research Studio II | 5 | 
| BIO 3327 | Wildlife Ecology | 3 | 
| BIO 4422 | Environmental Physiology | 4 | 
| BUS 4401 | Strategic Management | 3 | 
| CE 1111 | Introduction to Civil Engineering | 1 | 
| CM 3318 | Housing and Communities | 3 | 
| CRP 3334 | Cities in a Global World | 3 | 
| EIM 3302 | Environmental and Wilderness Education | 3 | 
| ELAP 5512 | Education Organization and Management | 3 | 
| FDSC 3330 | Food Processing and Engineering I | 4 | 
| FSN 1111 | Elements of Food Processing | 3 | 
| GEOG 3308 | Global Geography | 3 | 
| GEOG 3370 | Geography of Latin America | 3 | 
| GEOG 3380 | Geography of the Caribbean | 3 | 
| GRC 3080 | Product Development for Cross-Device Interaction | 3 | 
| GRC 4700 | Advanced Consumer Packaging | 3 | 
| GSB 5563 | International Business Tour | 3 | 
| HIST 3311 | Comparative World Environmental History and Sustainability | 4 | 
| ITP 1150 | Power Systems and Renewable Energy | 3 | 
| ITP 3341 | Packaging Polymers and Processing | 3 | 
| LA 2210 | Materials and Techniques of Landscape Construction | 4 | 
| LA 2220 | Studio II - Site Based Design | 3 | 
| LA 2222 | Studio III - Design for Implementation | 3 | 
| LA 3304 | Contemporary Issues in Cultural Landscapes | 3 | 
| MATE 2190 | Materials Science of Sports, Food, and Functional Clothing | 3 | 
| MATE 3359 | Living in a Material World | 3 | 
| ME 3355 | Introduction to Sustainable Energy Usage in Buildings | 3 | 
| ME 4438 | Nuclear Power Plant Design and Operation | 3 | 
| ME 4439 | Nuclear Energy Resources | 4 | 
| ME 4455 | Building Energy Performance and Modeling | 3 | 
| NR 1140 | Careers in Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences | 1 | 
| NR 3312 | Technology of Wildland Fire Management | 3 | 
| NR 4413 | Agricultural Law | 4 | 
| PHYS 3310 | Physics of Energy | 2 | 
| PSC 2201 | Physical Oceanography | 3 | 
| SS 1120 | Introductory Soil Science | 4 | 
| SS 3321 | Soil Morphology | 4 | 
| SS 4440 | Forest and Range Soils | 3 |