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  "edition": "2026-2027",
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      "markdown": "**Please Note:** Although courses may be listed in two areas, they can only be counted in one area. ALL COURSES MUST BE COMPLETED WITH A \"C\" OR BETTER\n\n### English Communication - Total 9 Credits Minimum\n\n#### English Composition"
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      "markdown": "#### Critical Thinking And Composition"
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      "markdown": "#### Oral Communication"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "COMM C1000",
          "title": "Introduction Public Speaking",
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      "markdown": "### Mathematic Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning - Total 3 Credits Minimum"
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          "code": "STAT C1000",
          "title": "Introduction to Statistics",
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          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MAT 108",
          "title": "Liberal Arts Math",
          "units": "3-4 units effective Spring 2027",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MAT 110",
          "title": "College Algebra",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MAT 130",
          "title": "Finite Math",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSY 155",
          "title": "Introduction to Statistical Analysis for the Social Sciences",
          "units": "3",
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      "markdown": "### Arts & Humanities - Total 6 Credits Minimum\n\n**1 COURSE IN ARTS AND 1 COURSE IN HUMANTIES**\n\n#### Arts"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "ART 101",
          "title": "Introduction to Art",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARTH C1100",
          "title": "Survey of Art from Prehistory to the Medieval Era",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ARTH C1200",
          "title": "Survey of Art from the Renaissance to Contemporary",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENG 125",
          "title": "Introduction to Film",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        }
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      "markdown": "#### Humanities"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENGL C1002",
          "title": "Introduction to Literature",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENG 122",
          "title": "Survey of World Literature I",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENG 125",
          "title": "Introduction to Film",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENG 140",
          "title": "Survey of American Literature II",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ENG 222",
          "title": "Survey of World Literature II",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIS 110",
          "title": "World Civilization I",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIS 120",
          "title": "World Civilization II",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIS 125",
          "title": "California History",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST C1001",
          "title": "United States History to 1877",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST C1002",
          "title": "United States History since 1865",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHI 100",
          "title": "Introduction to Philosophy",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHI 120",
          "title": "Introduction to Ethics",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ASL 125",
          "title": "American Deaf Culture",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
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      "markdown": "### Social & Behavioral Sciences - Total 6 Credits Minimum\n\n**MUST BE IN 2 DIFFERENT DICIPLINES**"
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          "code": "ANT 101",
          "title": "Cultural Anthropology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANT 102",
          "title": "Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANT 107",
          "title": "Anthropology of Religion",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANT 201",
          "title": "Introduction to Archaeology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CDEV C1000",
          "title": "Child Growth and Development",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ECON C2002",
          "title": "Principles of Macroeconomics",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ECON C2001",
          "title": "Principles of Microeconomics",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GGR 103",
          "title": "World Geography",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GGR 120",
          "title": "Introduction to Human Geography",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIS 110",
          "title": "World Civilization I",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIS 120",
          "title": "World Civilization II",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIS 125",
          "title": "California History",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST C1001",
          "title": "United States History to 1877",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "HIST C1002",
          "title": "United States History since 1865",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "POLS C1000",
          "title": "American Government and Politics",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOCI C1000",
          "title": "Introduction to Sociology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOC 115",
          "title": "Introduction to Chicano/a Studies",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOC 120",
          "title": "Research Methods in Sociology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOC 121",
          "title": "Social Problems",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOC 140",
          "title": "Introduction to Gender",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SOC 160",
          "title": "Introduction to Crime",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "SPE 105",
          "title": "Introduction to Intercultural Communication",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSYC C1000",
          "title": "Introduction to Psychology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSY 115",
          "title": "Human Sexuality",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSY 150",
          "title": "Introduction to Research Methods",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSY 201",
          "title": "Lifespan Development",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSY 205",
          "title": "Introduction to Biological Psychology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSY 210",
          "title": "Abnormal Psychology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PSY 215",
          "title": "Social Psychology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANT 115",
          "title": "Ancient North America",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANT 120",
          "title": "Indigenous Peoples of North America",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        }
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      "markdown": "### Physical And Biological Sciences - Total 7 Credits Minimum\n\n**COURSES MUST BE IN 2 DIFFERENT DICIPLINES, 1 MUST BE A LAB COURSE**\n\n#### Physical Sciences"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "ASTR C1001",
          "title": "Introduction to Astronomy",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AST 105",
          "title": "Astronomy: The Solar System",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "AST 110",
          "title": "Astronomy: Beyond the Solar System",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GGR 101",
          "title": "Physical Geography",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEL 101",
          "title": "Physical Geology",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEL 103",
          "title": "Environmental Geology",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEL 105",
          "title": "Natural Hazards and Disasters",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHY 100",
          "title": "Physics Concepts",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CHE 101",
          "title": "Introduction to General Chemistry",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CHE 109",
          "title": "Chemistry for Health Sciences and Nursing Disciplines",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CHE 210",
          "title": "General Chemistry I",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "CHE 211",
          "title": "General Chemistry II",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        }
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      "markdown": "#### Biological Sciences"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANTH C1001",
          "title": "Introduction to Biological Anthropology",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIOL C1001",
          "title": "Introduction to Biology",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIO 111",
          "title": "Basic Microbiology",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIO 190",
          "title": "Biology Sequence I for Majors",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIO 191",
          "title": "Biology Sequence II for Majors",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIO 210",
          "title": "Human Anatomy",
          "units": "4",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIO 211",
          "title": "Human Physiology",
          "units": "5",
          "indent": false
        }
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      "markdown": "#### Lab"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "ANTH C1001L",
          "title": "Biological Anthropology Lab",
          "units": "1",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BIOL C1001L",
          "title": "Introduction to Biology Lab",
          "units": "1",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEL 102",
          "title": "Physical Geology Laboratory",
          "units": "1",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEL 104",
          "title": "Environmental Geology Lab",
          "units": "1",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GEL 106",
          "title": "Natural Hazards and Disasters Laboratory",
          "units": "1",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "GGR 102",
          "title": "Physical Geography Laboratory",
          "units": "1",
          "indent": false
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "ETH 101",
          "title": "Introduction to Ethnic Studies",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "ETH 210",
          "title": "Introduction to Mexican American Studies",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        }
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