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Transfer Articulation

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Articulated General Education and Transfer Requirements

PAU's general education requirements largely mirror the requirements to transfer to a CSU. We have outlined below a general articulation plan as it relates to courses guaranteed to transfer from a CA community college to the CSU system. This list is not comprehensive - we encourage students to complete a transfer evaluation to get a clear sense of how many courses they may transfer to PAU.

You can also visit https://resource.assist.org/ to see a list of courses at your community college that are certified to meet the CSU general education requirements.

General Education
PAU General Education Area Unit Requirements

Any course designated as a CSU Transfer area:

Area A – English Language, Communication and Critical Thinking Minimum of 9 semester units or 12 quarter units
A1—Oral Communication
 
A2—Written Communication
 
A3—Critical Thinking

 

Area B – Scientific Inquiry

Minimum of 6 semester units or 8 quarter units. Includes one course from each: Physical Science and Life Science

B1—Physical Sciences

B2—Life Science

Area C – Arts and Humanities

Minimum of 9 semester units or 12 quarter units. Select courses in at least two disciplines.

C1—Art

C2—Humanities

Area D – Social Sciences

Minimum of 9 semester units or 12 quarter units. Select courses in at least two disciplines

Any Area D

Area E – Human Understanding and Development

Minimum of 3 semester units or 4 quarter units.

Any Area E

Mathematics Minimum of 3 semester units or 4 quarter units of transfer-level math.

 

Students who have taken and passed an Introduction to Statistics course prior to enrolling at PAU will not be required to take MATH320 or MATH325.

B4—Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning

Introduction to Psychology Minimum of 3 semester units or 4 quarter units. May also be called General Psychology

 

 
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