GWC Certificate of Achievement for IGETC

This Certificate of Achievement is designed for students who intend to transfer to California State University (CSU) or the University of California (UC), or who are unsure if they will transfer to a CSU or UC campus. Students who complete this certificate with a grade of "C" or better in each course, will complete the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) with which all lower division general education units required by the CSU and UC (except Eleanor Roosevelt and Revelle Colleges at UCSD which require additional GE course work) are met. This certificate may not be advisable for some majors at certain CSU and UC campuses. Students should consult a GWC Counselor to make sure this is their best option.

To be eligible to transfer to a UC campus, students must complete 60 units of UC transferable courses with at least a 2.4 gpa. For this certificate a minimum of 12 residency units must be completed at GWC. Courses on this list are approved for a specific academic year. A course cannot be certified by GWC unless it was on the GWC IGETC list when it was taken by the student. General education courses may be added to the approved IGETC list during the year. You must request certification at the GWC Admissions & Records office when requesting your final transcript.

Honor Course Credit Limitation
Duplicate credit will not be awarded for both the honors and regular versions of a course. Credit will only be awarded to the first course completed with a grade of C or better.

AREA 1:

English Communication:
CSU: Complete all three groups. 9 semester units (or 12-15 quarter units).
UC: Complete Group A and Group B. Two courses, 6 semester units (or 8-10 quarter units).

Group A: English Composition
English G100* (or G100H*)

Group B: Critical Thinking-English Composition
English G110 (or G110H*)

Group C: Oral Communication (CSU ONLY)
Communication Studies G110* (or G110H*)

*Transfer Credit is limited by either UC or CSU or both; see Golden West College Counselor.

AREA 2:

Mathematical Concepts And Quantitative Reasoning:
One course, 3 - 5 semester units (or 4-5 quarter units).

Mathematics G100, G115*, G140, G150, G160* (or G160H*), G170*, G180* (or G180H*), G185, G230, G235, G240, G280, G285

*Transfer Credit is limited by either UC or CSU or both; see Golden West College
Counselor.

AREA 3:

Arts And Humanities:
Three courses, with at least one from Group A and one from Group B for a total of 9 semester units (or 12-15 quarter units).

Group A: Arts
Art G100, G105* (or G105H*), G106* (or G106H*)
Humanities G100* (or G100H*), G102, G103, G104, G108, G110* (or G110H*), G120* (or G120H*), G122, G126, G130, G132, G135, G140, G145, G170
Music G101* (or G101H*), G103, G104, G108, G126, G136, G165, G185
Photography G158
Theater Arts G100, G101, G102, G108

Group B: Humanities
Anthropology G135
Chinese G280
Economics G120
English G112, G114* (G114H*), G143, G150, G155, G160 (or G160H), G165 or G165H), G170, G171, G180, G280, G290, G295
Farsi G185 French G185, G280, G285, G290
German G280, G285
History G110, G120, G132, G135, G150, G160, G165, G170#, G175#, G180* (or G180H*), G185* (G185H*), G190, G195
Italian G185, G280, G285
Philosophy G101, G102, G110, G111, G120, G150
Political Science G150
Social Science G135
Spanish G185, G280, G285, G290
Vietnamese G185, G280, G285, G290

*Transfer Credit is limited by either UC or CSU or both; see Golden West College Counselor.

#If this course is being used to meet the CSU American Institutions requirement, it cannot be used to satisfy this area.

AREA 4:

Social And Behavioral Sciences:
Three courses, from at least two disciplines, for a total of 9 semester units (or 12-15 quarter units).

Anthropology G100, G130, G136, G140, G150
Communication Studies G175, G190
Criminal Justice G123
Economics G110, G120, G180, G285
Environmental Studies G100
Geography G100, G104, G195
History G110, G132, G135, G136, G185H
Peace Studies G100, G110
Philosophy G150
Political Science G100, G101, G110, G120* (or G120H*), G130, G150, G180#* (or G180H#*), G185
Psychology G100* (or G100H*), G150, G158, G160, G165, G185, G250
Social Science G133, G134, G136, G180
Sociology G100* (or G100H*), G133, G134, G150

*Transfer Credit is limited by either UC or CSU or both; see Golden West College Counselor.

#If this course is being used to meet the CSU American Institutions requirement, it cannot be used to satisfy this area.

AREA 5:

Physical And Biological Sciences:
Two courses, with one from Group A and one from Group B, for a total of 7 - 9 semester units (or 9-12 quarter units). One of the courses must include a lab. Underlining designates courses with a laboratory.

Group A: Physical Science
Astronomy G100, G100L
Chemistry G110*, G130*, G180, G185, G220*, G225*
Geography G180
Geology G100, G105*
Physical Science G100*, G100H*
Physics G110*, G111*, G120*, G125*, G185*, G280*, G285*, G290

Group B: Biological Science
Anthropology G120, G121
Biology G100* (or G100H*), G104, G104L, G110, G120, G155*, G170*, G175*, G180, G185, G190, G210
Psychology G250

*Transfer Credit is limited by either UC or CSU or both; see Golden West College
Counselor.

AREA 6:

Language Other Than English (UC ONLY):

Complete two years of a high school foreign language with grades of "C" or better (high school transcripts must be on file at GWC)
OR
Earn a minimum score in SAT II Subject Test in languages other than English. (test results must be on file at GWC)
OR
Complete at least one language course (OTHER THAN ENGLISH) at GWC numbered G180, or Spanish G110
OR
Complete with “C” grades or better, two years of formal schooling at the sixth grade level or higher in an institution where the language of instruction is not English
OR
See a GWC Counselor for other options for completing this requirement, including AP, IB, and credit by examination.

Note: This list was current at the time of printing. See a GWC Counselor for the most
up to date transfer information.