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CSU Transfer: Geography for Transfer, AA-T* CSU-GE 2 Years Full-Time

This is only a sample academic plan. Some CSU majors may have additional required or recommended courses for transfer. Please see a counselor to create a customized My Academic Plan (MAP) that will best meet your specific academic goals.

Semester 1

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
WR 1	College Writing 1	A2	4
MATH 10*	Introduction to Statistics	B4	3
GEOG 3	World Regional Geography	D & Major	3
Learning & Self Dev	Lifelong Learning and Self Development GE Course	E	3
Transfer Elective	CSU Transferable Elective (Courses 1-199)		1-3

Semester 2

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
COMM 1	Communication Fundamentals	A1	3
Critical Thinking	Critical Thinking GE Course	A3	3-4
GEOG 1	Physical Geography	B1 & Major	3
GEOG 1L	Physical Geography Laboratory	B3 & Major	1
GEOG 2	Cultural Geography	D & Major	3
Arts	Arts GE Course	C1	3

Summer

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
GEOG 102	Geography Field Studies: Western United States (Summer Only) (Recommended Elective)		2

Semester 3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
GEOG Major	Geography AA-T Major Course from List A	Major	3
GEOG Major	Geography AA-T Major Course from List A	D & Major	3
HIST 20 or HIST 21	American History Course	C2	3
Life Science	Life Science GE Course	B2	3
Transfer Elective	CSU Transferable Elective (Courses 1-199)		3

Semester 4

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
GEOG Major	Geography AA-T Major Course from List A or B	Major	3
GEOG Major	Geography AA-T Major Course from List A or B	Major	3
PS 1	American Government	D	3
Arts/Humanities	Arts or Humanities GE Course	C1 or C2	3
Transfer Elective	CSU Transferable Elective (Courses 1-199)		1-3

Students can take Math 10 or any other math course that meets the CSU transfer math requirement in CSU GE Area B4.

*Students may be eligible for one or more AA/AS/AA-T/AS-T degrees if they complete a GE transfer pattern, have specific courses, and have 60 transferable units. Please see a counselor for degree options and advisement.

Geography, AA AA-GE 2 Years Full-Time

This is only a sample academic plan. Please see a counselor and check IVC's catalog to create a customized My Academic Plan (MAP) that will best meet your specific academic goals.

Semester 1

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
WR 1	College Writing 1	1A	4
MATH 10*	Introduction to Statistics	2	3
GEOG 2	Cultural Geography	5 & Major	3
GEOG 3	World Regional Geography	Major	3
Lifelong Health**	Lifelong Health and Personal Development GE Course	9 A/B/C	1

Semester 2

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
Critical Thinking	Critical Thinking GE Course	1C	3-4
COMM 1	Communication Fundamentals	1B	3
GEOG 1	Physical Geography	3 & Major	3
GEOG 1L	Physical Geography Laboratory	Major	1
GEOG 10 or GEOG 12	Introduction To Weather and Climate or Introduction to GIS (Spring Only)	Major	2-3
Elective	Degree Applicable Elective (Courses 1-299)		3

Summer

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
GEOG 102	Geography Field Studies: Western United States (Summer Only)		2

Semester 3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
GEOG 20	Global Environmental Problems (Fall Only)	Major	3
Humanities	Humanities GE Course	6	3
Fine Arts	Fine Arts GE Course	7	3
Lifelong Health*	Lifelong Health and Personal Development GE Course	9 A/B/C	3
Elective	Degree Applicable Elective (Courses 1-299)		3

Semester 4

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
GEOG 3	World Regional Geography	4 & Major	3
GEOG 38	California Geography (Spring Only)	4 & Major	3
American Institutions	American Institutions GE Course	8	3
Elective	Degree Applicable Elective (Courses 1-299)		3
Elective	Degree Applicable Elective (Courses 1-299)		2-3

Students can take Math 10 or any other math course that meets the AA general education math requirement in GE Area 2.
Take one course from two different categories among GE areas 9A, 9B, and 9C. Please refer to the AA GE pattern for details.

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
DMA 70	Digital Video Production	Major	3
Film Major	Film Major Course from List A	Major	3
Natural Sciences	Natural Sciences GE Course	3	3
Fine Arts	Fine Arts and Languages GE Course	7	3
Cultural Diversity	Cultural Diversity GE Course	5	3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
Film Major	Film Major Course from List B	Major	3
Film Major	Film Major Course from List B	Major	3
American Institutions	American Institutions GE Course	8	3
Lifelong Health*	Lifelong Health and Personal Development GE Course	9 A/B/C	3
Social Sciences	Social Sciences GE Course	4	3

Take one course from two different categories among GE areas 9A, 9B, and 9C. Please refer to the AA GE pattern for details.

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
WR 2	College Writing 2	1C & Major	4
COMM 1	Communication Fundamentals	1B	3
HIST 2	History of World Civilizations Since 1500	5 & Major	3
Fine Arts	Fine Arts and Languages GE Course	7	3
Elective	Degree Applicable Elective (Courses 1-299)		3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
HIST 10	Western Civilization: Beginnings to the Reformation	6 & Major	3
History Major	History Major Course from List A	Major	3
Natural Sciences	Natural Sciences GE Course	3	3
Elective	Degree Applicable Elective (Courses 1-299)		3
Elective	Degree Applicable Elective (Courses 1-299)		3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
HIST 11	West and the World since the Renaissance	6 & Major	3
Social Sciences	Social Sciences GE Course	4	3
Lifelong Health*	Lifelong Health and Personal Development GE Course	9 A/B/C	3
American Institutions	American Institutions GE Course	8	3
Elective	Degree Applicable Elective (Courses 1-299)		3

Take one course from two different categories among GE areas 9A, 9B, and 9C. Please refer to the AA GE pattern for details.

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	IGETC Area/Major	Units
WR 2	College Writing 2 - Critical Thinking	1B	4
MATH 3B	Calculus 2	2A & Major	5
ECON 2 or 2H	Principles of Economics - Macro	4 & Major	3
COMM 1	Communication Fundamentals	1C	3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	IGETC Area/Major	Units
ECON 6	Environmental and Resource Economics (Fall Only)	4	3
POL 1 or POL 4	American Government or Introduction to Political Science	4	3
Arts/HUMANITIES	Arts or Humanities GE Course	3A or 3B	3
PHIL 1, PHIL 5, HIST 10 or HIST 11	Various Philosophy or History Courses (Recommended)	3B	3
Biological Science	Biological Science GE Course	5B	3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	IGETC Area/Major	Units
ECON 10 or 10H	Statistics for Business and Economics (Spring Only)	2A	3
ECON 13	Global Economics (Spring Only)	4	3
Physical Science	Physical Science GE Course	5A	3
Physical Science Lab	Physical Science Lab	5C	1
Transfer Elective	UC Transfer Elective (Courses 1-99)		3
Transfer Elective	UC Transfer Elective (Courses 1-99)		2-3

This sample academic plan assumes that student is eligible for Math 3A in the first semester.

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
ECON Major	Economics AA-T Major Course from List A	Major	3-5
HIST 20 or HIST 21	American History	C2	3
Physical Science	Physical Science GE Course	B1	3
Transfer Elective	CSU Transferable Elective (Courses 1-199)		3
Transfer Elective	CSU Transferable Elective (Courses 1-199)		3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
ECON Major	Economics Major Course from List B	Major	3-5
Arts/Humanities	Arts or Humanities GE Course	C1 or C2	3
Life Science	Life Science GE Course	B2	3
Science Lab	Life Science Lab	B3	1
PS 1	American Government	D	3
Transfer Elective	CSU Transferable Elective (Courses 1-199)		3

Students should take the math course or courses that is required or highly recommended by the specific CSU they plan to transfer to.

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
Critical Thinking	Various Critical Thinking GE Course	1C	3-4
ECON 10 or 10H	Statistics for Business and Economics (Spring Only)	2 & Major	3
COMM 1	Communication Fundamentals	1B	3
ECON 2 or 2H	Principles of Economics - Macro	Major	3
Fine Arts	Fine Arts and Languages GE Course	7	3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
ECON 6	Environmental and Resource Economics (Fall Only)	Major	3
American Institutions	American Institutions GE Course	8	3
PHIL 1, PHIL 5, HIST 10 or HIST 11	Various Philosophy or History Courses (Recommended)	6	3
Natural Sciences	Natural Sciences GE Course	3	3
Elective	Degree Applicable Elective (Courses 1-299)		3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
ECON 13	Global Economics (Spring Only)	Major	3
ECON Major	Economics AA Major Course from List B	Major	3-5
Lifelong Health**	Lifelong Health and Personal Development GE Course	9 A/B/C	3
Cultural Diversity	Cultural Diversity GE Course	5	3
Elective	Degree Applicable Elective (Courses 1-299)		3

This sample academic plan assumes that student is eligible for Math 11 or Math 3A in the first semester.
Take one course from two different categories among GE areas 9A, 9B, and 9C. Please refer to the AA GE pattern for details.

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
Critical Thinking	Critical Thinking GE Course	A3	3-4
MATH 3B	Analytic Geometry and Calculus II	Major	5
CS 6A	Computer Discrete Mathematics I	Major	3
Social Science	Social Science GE Course	D	3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
CS 40A	Computer Organization and Assembly Language I	Major	3
PHYS 4A	General Physics	B1/B3 & Major	4
HIST 20 or HIST 21	American History Course	C2	3
ARTS	Arts GE Course	C1	3
Social Science	Social Science GE Course	D	3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
PHYS 4B	General Physics	B1/B3 & Major	4
CS 41	Data Structures	Major	3
Arts/Humanities	Arts or Humanities GE Course	C1 or C2	3
PS 1	American Government	D	3
Life Science	Life Science GE Course	B2	3

This sample academic plan assumes that student is eligible for Math 3A in the first semester.
It is highly recommended that students with no previous programming experience should take at least CS10 or CS36 before CS38.

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	IGETC Area/Major	Units
WR 1 or 1H	College Writing 1	1A	4
MATH 10*	Statistics Course	2A	3
LIT 20	Survey of British Literature to 1776	3B & Major	3
ARTS	Arts GE Course	3A	3
Transfer Elective	UC Transfer Elective (Courses 1-99)		1-3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	IGETC Area/Major	Units
WR 2 or 2H	College Writing 2 - Critical Thinking	1B	4
LIT 21	British Literature from Blake to the Present	3B & Major	3
COMM 1	Communication Fundalmentals	1C	3
Social and Behavioral Science	Social and Behavior Sciences GE Course	4	3
Transfer Elective	UC Transfer Elective (Courses 1-99)		3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	IGETC Area/Major	Units
English Major	English Major Prep Course	Major	3
Biological	Biological Science GE Course	5B	3
Social and Behavioral Science	Social and Behavior Sciences GE Course	4	3
Transfer Elective	UC Transfer Elective (Courses 1-99)		3
Transfer Elective	UC Transfer Elective (Courses 1-99)		3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	IGETC Area/Major	Units
English Major	English Major Prep Course	Major	3
Social and Behavioral Science	Social and Behavior Sciences GE Course	4	3
Physical Science	Physical Science GE Course	5A	3
Physical Science Lab	Science Lab GE Course	5C	1
Transfer Elective	UC Transfer Elective (Courses 1-99)		3
Transfer Elective	UC Transfer Elective (Courses 1-99)		2-3

Students can take Math 10 or other math course that meets the UC transfer math requirement in IGETC GE Area 2A.

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
WR 1 or 1H	College Writing 1	A2	4
MATH 10*	Introduction to Statistics	B4	3
COMM 1	Communication Fundamentals	A1	3
Learning & Self Development	Lifelong Learning and Self Development GE Course	E	3
Transfer Elective	CSU Transferable Elective (Courses 1-199)		1-3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
WR 2 or 2H	College Writing 2: Critical Thinking, Writing	A3	4
LIT 1	Introduction to Literature	C2 & Major	3
ARTS	Arts GE Course	C1	3
Social Science	Social Science GE Course	D	3
Transfer Elective	CSU Transferable Elective (Courses 1-199)		3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
English Major	English Major Course from List A	C2 & Major	3
English Major	English Major Course from List B	Major	3
HIST 20 or HIST 21	American History Course	D	3
Physical Science	Physical Science GE Course	B1	3
Transfer Elective	CSU Transferable Elective (Courses 1-199)		3

Sample Educational Plan for a single term.
Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
English Major	English Major Course from List A	Major	3
English Major	English Major Course from List C	Major	3
Life Science	Life Science GE Course	B2	3
Life Science Lab	Life Science Lab	B3	1
PS 1	American Government	D	3
Transfer Elective	CSU Transferable Elective (Courses 1-199)		2-3

Students can take Math 10 or any other math course that meets the CSU transfer math requirement in CSU GE Area B4.

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Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
WR 1	College Writing 1	1A	4
MATH	Math GE Course	2	3-5
FILM 71 or 71H	Introduction to Film	6 & Major	3
Film Major	Film Major Course from List A	Major	3
Lifelong Health*	Lifelong Health and Personal Development GE Course	9 A/B/C	2

Course	Title	IGETC Area/Major	Units
WR 1	College Writing 1	1A	4
MATH 3A*	Calculus 1	2A & Major	5
ECON 1 or 1H	Principles of Economics - Micro	4 & Major	3
Arts	Arts GE Course	3A	3

Course	Title	CSU GE Area/Major	Units
WR 1	College Writing 1	A2	4
MATH 11 or MATH 3A*	Brief Course in Calculus or Analytic Geometry and Calculus	B4 & Major	4-5
ECON 1 or 1H	Principles of Economics - Micro	D & Major	3
Learning & Self Dev	Lifelong Learning and Self Development GE Course	E	3

Course	Title	AA GE Area/Major	Units
WR 1	College Writing 1	1A	4
MATH 11 or 3A*	Business Calculus or Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1	2 & Major	4-5
ECON 1 or 1H	Principles of Economics - Micro	4 & Major	3
Lifelong Health**	Lifelong Health and Personal Development GE Course	9 A/B/C	1
Elective	Degree Applicable Elective (Courses 1-299)		3