IGETC General Education Requirements

General Education is an academically rigorous component of the Skyline College curriculum that contributes to student success because it develops intellectual depth, breadth of outlook, and problem-solving skills. The GE Program provides students with a foundation of knowledge, abilities, and experiences so that they can succeed in their discipline majors, transfer, and engage in lifelong learning. Skyline’s Philosophy of General Education is published in the college catalog.

Through CurricUNET, faculty may propose that their courses be designated in the IGETC pattern either when proposing a new course or through the course modification process. All GE courses are college-level courses, i.e. GE courses are not pre-college basic skills courses.

Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)

IGETC is a GE pattern that fulfills all lower-division GE requirements at all CSU and most UC campuses/majors. It is also accepted by some private/independent or out of state universities.

• Area 1: English Communication
• Area 1A: English Composition 
• Area 1B: Critical Thinking 
• Area 1C: Oral Communication
  
• Area 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning 
• Area 3: Arts and Humanities
• Area 3A: Arts
• Area 3B: Humanities

• Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences 
• Area 5: Physical and Biological Sciences
• Area 5A: Physical Science 
• Area 5B: Biological science 
• Area 5C: Science Laboratory

Area 6: Language Other than English

U.S. History, Constitution and American Ideals (CSU requirement only)