Berkeley City College
2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
General Education Requirements for AA/AS Degrees
2020-2021 ADVISING FORM
Student’s Name: __________________________________ ______________________ ______________
Last First Student I.D. # Major
A minimum grade point average 2.0 or better is required in both overall grade point average and G.E. Requirements.
Grade “C” or better is required in each course for the major, English Composition (Area 4a) & Mathematics (Area 4b).
Eligibility for graduation upon satisfactory completion of 60 degree-applicable units.
At least 12 of the 60 degree-applicable units must be completed at Berkeley City College.
While a course may satisfy more than one G.E. Requirement, it may not be counted more than once, (see exception for Ethnic
Studies-Area 5).
It is the student’s responsibility to file a “Petition for an Associate Degree” by the deadline date (see Class Schedule for deadline).
For more specific information, please see a Counselor before enrolling in these courses.
Legend: R=Remaining IP=In Progress C=Completed
AREA 1 NATURAL SCIENCE: One course with a minimum value of 3 semester units.
ANTHR 1 GEOG 1, 18, 19
ASTR 10 GEOL 10
BIOL 1A, 1B, 3, 4, 10, 13, 25, 33, 34, 50A, 50B, 50C PHYSC 20
CHEM 1A, 1B, 12A, 12B, 18, 30A, 30B PHYS 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 10
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Course from Other College:___________________________ Advanced Placement: _________________________
R
IP
C
AREA 2 SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: One course with a minimum value of 3 semester units.
AFRAM 1, 33 GEOG 3, 18
ANTHR 2, 3, 13, 18, 55 HIST 1, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 7A, 7B,19, 21, 31
ART 181, 182(*) HLTED 1
ASL 55A HUMAN 15, 182(*)
BUS 5 HUSV 117, 118
CHDEV 51 LRNRE 222
COMM 6, 10, 19, 20 POSCI 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 19, 20
ECON 1, 2, 20 PSYCH 1A, 6,21, 28
EDUC 1 SOCSC 2
ETHST 1, 2 SOC 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 18, 120
WS 1
(
*) or (**) Students will receive credit for one course only.
College: __________________________________________
Course from Other College:___________________________ Advanced Placement: _________________________
AREA 3 HUMANITIES: One course with a minimum value of 3 semester units.
AFRAM 33 HUMAN 1, 5, 15, 21, 26, 30A(*), 30B, 40,
ARAB 1A, 1B, 30A 52(+), 53, 55, 57, 182(+++)
ART
1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 16, 18,181, 182(+++) HUSV 119
ASAME 11, 30 M/LAT 30A, 30B, 33
ASL 50, 51, 52, 53 MMART 122B, 123
CHIN 1 MM/DI 22
COM 5 MUSIC 10, 15A, 15B, 24
ENGL 1B, 10A, 10B, 14, 15, 17A, 17B, 20 21, 44B PHIL 1, 2, 10, 11, 16, 20A, 20B, 31A(*), 35(++), 37
47, 50 85A, 85B, 85C, 217A PORT 1A, 1B
FREN 1A, 1B SPAN 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 10A, 10B, 15, 22A, 22B,
35B, 38, 39, 40
WS 35(++), 52(+)
(*), (+),, (++) (+++) Students will receive credit for one course only.
College: __________________________________________
Course from Other College:___________________________ Advanced Placement: _________________________
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AREA 4 LANGUAGE AND RATIONALITY: One course from each sub area must be completed.
4a. English Composition: One course, 3 semester units minimum (unless otherwise noted) with a grade of “C” or
better.
COMM 5
ENGL 1A, 1B, 5 ESOL 52, 52A, 52B
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Course from Other College:___________________________ Advanced Placement: _________________________
R
IP
C
4b. Mathematics: (with a grade of “C” or better) May be met by one of the two plans listed below.
Plan I: Completion of one course, 3 semester units minimum (unless otherwise noted) from the following list.
EDUC 18 MATH 1, 2, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3E, 3F, 13,16A, 16B, 18, 50, 203, 230
Plan II: Credit by Examination of Mathematics 203
(1) Students interested in Credit by Examination should contact the Mathematics Department Chair.
(2) Examination may be repeated one time only when the grade is less than “C”.
College: __________________________________________
Course from Other College:___________________________ Advanced Placement: __________________________
4c. Computer Literacy: May be met by one of the two plans listed below.
Plan I: Completion of one course, 1 semester unit minimum from the following list.
BUS 24, 102
CIS All courses numbered 1 through 248 with a minimum value of 1 semester unit
LIS 85
Any credit course in MMART, MM/AN, MM/DI, MM/MW, or MM/VI
Plan II: Credit by Examination of CIS 200
Examination will be offered by the CIS Dept.
College: __________________________________________
Course from Other College:___________________________
4d. Oral or Written Communication, or Literature: One course with a minimum value of 3 semester units.
BIOL 32
BUS 19
COMM 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 19, 20, 45
ENGL All courses numbered 1 through 247+ (except 48s, 49s, 130, and 208).
ESOL 50A, 50B, 52A, 52B, 52
MMART 109, 110, 113, 120
MM/VI 5, 16
College: ___________________________________________
Course from Other College:____________________________ Advanced Placement: ____________________________
AREA 5 ETHNIC STUDIES: One course with a minimum value of 3 semester units.
AFRAM 1, 33 ETHST 1, 2
ANTHR 55 HIST 1, 19
ASAME 11, 30 M/LAT 30A, 30B, 33
COMM 6 MUSIC 15A, 15B
ENGL 50 SOC 5
Note: Any course listed in Area 5-Ethnic Studies that is also listed in another area may be used to satisfy both
areas. However, the units are counted only once.
College: ___________________________________________
Course from Other College:____________________ ________ Advanced Placement: _____________________________
This list will be revised as courses are added or deleted from the curriculum.
Revised: 5/27/2020