Cal. Code Regs. tit. 5 § 40405

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 49, December 6, 2024

Section 40405 - General Education Objectives

General education requirements in The California State University are so designed that, taken with the major depth program and elective credits presented by each candidate for the bachelor's degree, they will assure that graduates from the several campuses in the system have made noteworthy progress toward becoming truly educated persons. Particularly, the purpose of the general education requirements is to provide means whereby graduates:

(a) will have achieved the ability to think clearly and logically, to find and critically examine information, to communicate orally and in writing, and to perform quantitative functions;

(b) will have acquired appreciable knowledge about their own bodies and minds, about how human society has developed and how it now functions, about the physical world in which they live, about the other forms of life with which they share that world, and about the cultural endeavors and legacies of their civilizations;

(c) will have come to an understanding and appreciation of the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in human inquiries.

It is the intent of this section that the general education requirements be planned and organized in such a manner that students will acquire the abilities, knowledge, understanding, and appreciation suggested as interrelated elements and not as isolated fragments.

Acceptable programs include: The California State University General Education Requirements (Section 40405.1), the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (Section 40405.2), the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Section 40405.5), and General Education Reciprocity with the University of California (Section 40405.3).

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 5, § 40405

Note: Authority cited: Section 89030, Education Code. Reference: Section 89030, Education Code.

1. New section filed 7-11-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 28).
2. Amendment of Note filed 3-19-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 12).
3. Amendment filed 9-16-91; operative 10-16-91 (Register 92, No. 2).
4. Amendment repealing first paragraph filed 7-19-2004; operative 7-19-2004. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Education Code section 89030.1(Register 2004, No. 36).
5. Amendment of section heading and section filed 7-24-2024; operative 7/24/2024 pursuant to Education Code section 89030.1. Exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act and OAL review pursuant to Education Code section 89030(b). Submitted to OAL for courtesy filing and for printing only pursuant to Education Code section 89030.1(e) (Register 2024, No. 30).