California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) Certificate of Achievement

Description

Courses approved for Cal-GETC are responsive to the need for students to develop knowledge of, or skills related to, quantitative reasoning, information literacy, intellectual inquiry, global awareness and understanding, human diversity, civic engagement, English communication competency, ethical decision-making, environmental systems, and technology. Completion of this certificate ensures that the student has met the lower division General Education requirements for all CSU and UC campuses. To achieve the Certificate of Achievement, a “C” grade or higher is required in each course. No CLEP credits can be used for the Cal-GETC.

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Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, the student will:

• Demonstrate an ability to think logically and critically in solving problems; explain conclusions; and evaluate, support, or critique the thinking of others through effective oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate the abilities to reason quantitatively, practice computational skills, and explain and apply mathematical or quantitative reasoning concepts to solve problems.
• Demonstrate a better understanding of the interrelationship between the self and the creative arts and of the humanities in a variety of cultures.
• Solve problems and issues from respective disciplinary perspectives and will examine issues in their contemporary as well as historical settings and in a variety of cultural contexts; and explore the principles, methodologies, value systems and ethics employed in social scientific inquiry.
• Analyze of scientific theories, concepts, and data about both living and non-living systems; to achieve an understanding and appreciation of scientific principles and the scientific method, as well as the potential limits of scientific endeavors and the value systems and ethics associated with human inquiry.
• Articulate concepts and theory regarding the intersection of race and racism as they relate to class, gender, sexuality, religion, national origin, immigration, ability, language from marginalized communities to include the cultures, traditions and contributions of these groups in a multicultural environment.