General Education & All-University Requirements (GEAR) Planning Guide 2021-22
Many of the GEAR courses can fulfill two requirements at once: GE/Major, GE/Minor, GE/DCG, DCG/Major, but
never GE/GE. Courses that meet the outcomes of more than GE area A-F, can only be used for one of those areas.]
Lower Division GE
Take GE Area A and B: Math before you earn 60 units (or 30 units for transfer students). Pass each with a C- or better.
A: Oral Communication (A1)
A: Written Communication (A2)
A: Critical Thinking (A3)
B: Laboratory Activity (B3)
C: Arts (C1) or Humanities (C2)
D: Social Science Discipline 1
D: Social Science Discipline 2
E: Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Upper Division GE
Take Upper Division GE after earning 60 units
All-University Requirements
One American Institutions course will also count for one GE Area D discipline. One Diversity and Common Ground (DCG)
course must be domestic in focus. The other may be either domestic or non-domestic.
American Institutions: U.S. History
American Institutions: U.S. Government
CA State & Local (part of in U.S. Gov. at HSU)
DCG Domestic or Non-Domestic
Unit Reminders
Complete at lea
st 30 units at Cal Poly Humboldt. Complete at least 9 units of GE at Cal Poly Humboldt.
Complete 120 total units.
Revised: 01-2022