Take General Education (GE) Requirements Abroad:
- Take up to 18 units toward your GE requirements.
- Global Cultures (GC) credit is to be granted to any student who takes at least 3 units while studying abroad.
- Writing (W) credit is granted to any student who completes a UD-3 course (Arts or Humanities) and at least one other UD Pathway course, either UD-2 or 5 (Science or Mathematical Concepts/Quantitative Reasoning) or UD-4 (Social and Behavioral Sciences) while studying abroad.
- 9 units of GE Areas completed abroad may be applied to the GE Minor in Global Studies.(opens in new window)
Ask a Study Abroad & Exchange Advisor about how you can complete all three upper-division pathway requirements (typically during a summer or semester term).
For more information on General Education, visit the University Catalog(opens in new window).
Pre-Approved General Education (GE) Courses:
The GE course forms below do not require a Pathway Coordinator's signature, as they have been pre-approved for GE. However, for a GE Minor(opens in new window), course approvals are required by a Pathway Coordinator.
CSU IP Approved GE Course Forms
Other GE Course Approvals:
If the GE course(s) I want to take is/are not pre-approved in the forms above, who can approve my GE courses for substitutions?- Lower-Division GE courses = Graduation Advisors
- Upper-Division GE Pathway courses = Pathway Coordinators(opens in new window)/Graduation Advisors(opens in new window)
- GE Minor courses = Pathway Coordinators (opens in new window)specific to the GE Minor
Connect with the Study Abroad & Exchange team (SSC 440) for more information.
