California State University - Monterey Bay

Seaside, CA

CSU-Monterey Bay says, "the founding educators of CSUMB identified knowledge, skills, and attitudes anticipated as crucial to student success in the 21st-century world and workplace, then articulated them in a set of 13 University Learning Requirements. These ULRs will give you deep multicultural and community awareness and a broad knowledge base." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Composition because the "English Communication" requirement may be satisfied by writing-intensive courses offered in a range of departments that do not focus primarily on composition and writing instruction.

  • 2. Literature

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Literature because the "Literature and Popular Culture" requirement may be fulfilled with non-literature courses.

  • 3. Foreign Language

    YES
  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for U.S. Government or History because the "Democratic Participation" and "U.S. Histories" requirements may be satisfied by courses narrow in scope.

  • 5. Economics

    NO
  • 6. Mathematics

    YES
  • 7. Science

    YES
  • General Education Assessment

    California State University - Monterey Bay uses one or more of the following instruments to assess undergraduate progress in core collegiate skills: the Council on Aid to Education Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), the Educational Testing Service Proficiency Profile, or the ACT Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP). For more information, visit www.voluntarysystem.org.

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