General Education

Campus Full Time
Delivery
Campus
Study mode
Full Time
Starts
Fall, Spring

Introduction

General Education is a program taught at Cosumnes River College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

Cosumnes River College offers a Cal-GETC Certificate designed for students planning to transfer to either a California State University campus or a University of California campus. Completion is intended to ensure that a student has met the lower division General Education requirements for all CSU and UC campuses. Students are required to work with a counselor to submit appropriate paperwork for certification.

The certificate requires a minimum of 34 units used to satisfy the Cal-GETC certification requirements. Students also may earn an Honors Certificate by completing a minimum of 15 units in Honors-approved coursework, including specific Honors seminar and Honors-designated courses and STEM options at approved levels.

Modules

  • Honors Seminar: Political Campaign Communication (3)
  • Honors Seminar: Persuasion within Social Issues (3)
  • Honors Seminar: Introduction to Critical Theory (3)
  • Honors Seminar: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock (3)
  • Honors Seminar in Critical Thinking and Composition: Philosophy of Happiness (3)
  • Honors Seminar: Philosophy of the Martial Arts (3)
  • Recent United States History - Honors (3)
  • American Government and Politics - Honors (3)
  • International Political Economy - Honors (3)
  • Academic Reading and Writing - Honors (3)
  • Honors - Literature Adapted into Film (3)
  • Honors Seminar in Genetics (3)

Admission Requirements

The minimum requirements for admission in General Education at Cosumnes River College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

  • program specific academic requirment set by Cosumnes River College.
  • English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Cosumnes River College as pre-requiste for admission in General Education.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Enrollment eligibility for the Honors Program is based on one of the following pathways:

  • HONORS PATHWAY ONE: Students who have completed at least 12 transfer-level college units are eligible if they have a minimum 3.0 GPA and are eligible for, or have successfully completed, ENGL C1000 (formerly known as ENGWR 300).
  • HONORS PATHWAY TWO: Students who have completed less than 12 transfer-level college units are eligible if they have a minimum 3.0 high school GPA and at least one of the following: a grade of B or better in AP-preparatory Honors English; or a grade of B or better in AP English; or a score of 4 or 5 on the AP English Exam.
  • HONORS PATHWAY THREE (CHALLENGE PATHWAY): Any student is eligible for the Honors Program if they submit a successful Honors Program Challenge Application, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Honors Admissions Committee their interest, motivation, preparation and potential for Honors Program study.

AP English Exam: score of 4 or 5.

Courses Units

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AP English Exam: score of 4 or 5.

Scholarships

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.