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

Yuba College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: General Education

Source: https://yc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Yuba-College-Catalog-26.pdf#page=117

This Certificate of Achievement is designed primarily for students planning to transfer to a California State University or University of California (UC) campus. It would also work for students planning to transfer to some California private and some out-of-state colleges and universities. Completion ensures that the student has met the lower division general education for all UC and CSU campuses as well as the lower division general education of some California private and out-of-state colleges and universities. In addition, students pursuing an AS-T or AA-T degree may complete the entire general education pattern for the degree by completing the CSU version of the IGETC for a minimum total of 37 units. must complete Cal-GETC to satisfy the entire general education required for the transfer degree.

A minimum of 34 total units is required with a specified number of units in each area. Courses may be listed in more than one area, but shall not be counted in more than one area, unless otherwise noted.

Each year courses are added and removed from the list of approved courses for this program. For courses to count for this certificate, the course must be on the approved list at the time it is completed. These changes are listed in the Yuba College catalog, on the Counseling Department Cal-GETC advising sheet, and on the ASSIST.org site. Students are advised to consult a counselor to ensure that they are enrolled in courses that will satisfy these requirements.

At this time, this Certificate of Achievement will not replace the Cal-GETC Certification document. Certification of Cal-GETC is a separate process initiated at the Admissions and Records Office and is usually completed at the same time students request final, official transcripts to be sent to the UC, CSU, California private, or out-of-state college or university to which the student has been accepted and plans to attend. Cal-GETC certification requires all classes to be completed with a “C” or better grade.

Students who complete this program should be able to:

1. Demonstrate effective expository and persuasive writing skills.
2. Demonstrate effective mathematical computation and quantitative reasoning skills.
3. Evaluate ideas about the natural universe using testable methodology.
4. Demonstrate global awareness with an understanding of cultural pluralism.
5. Evaluate methods of inquiry and evidence used in the behavioral sciences.

**Required courses**

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **AREA 1-ENGLISH COMMUNICATION (9 units)** | |  |
| **AREA 1A: English Composition** | | 3 |
| **AREA 1B: Critical Thinking and Composition** | | 3 |
| **AREA 1C: Oral Communication** | | 3 |
| **AREA 2-MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING (3 units)** | |  |
| **AREA 2: Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning** | | 3 |
| **AREA 3- ARTS AND HUMANITIES (6 units)** | |  |
| **AREA 3A: Arts** | | 3 |
| **AREA 3B: Humanities** | | 3 |
| **AREA 4- SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (Must be selected from two different disciplines) (6 units)** | |  |
| **AREA 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences** | | 3 |
| **AREA 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences** | | 3 |
| **AREA 5-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (7 units)** | |  |
| **AREA 5A: Physical Science** | | 3-4 |
| **AREA 5B: Biological Sciences** | | 3-4 |
| **AREA 5C: Laboratory Activity (included in a 5A or 5B course or taken separately to accompany a 5A or 5B course** | | 0-1 |
| **AREA 6: ETHNIC STUDIES (3 Units)** | |  |
| **AREA 6: Ethnic Studies** | | 3 |
| **Total units required for certificate** | | **34** |

For required courses, see the Cal-GETC Pattern in the Appendix or meet with a counselor.