2011-12 Academic Year - Bad Request - Humboldt State University

Components of the Degree
120 units
40 upper division (B.A. majors)
The major requires from 24 to 80 units.
In general, 15 units per semester each fall and spring semester leads
to graduation in 4 years. Some majors may require more. Check your
major’s 4-year plans available at
www.humboldt.edu/humboldt/programs/type.
The general education (GE) component requires 48 units. Some of these
units may simultaneously satisfy major, minor, or diversity/common
ground requirements.
Diversity & common ground (DCG) requires two cours es. These may
also simul tane ously satisfy major, minor, or GE requirements.
The elective component can be from 0 to 40 units,
depending on the chosen major and/or minor.
An optional minor requires at least 12 units.
The Institutions component requires two courses or exams;
one Institutions course may count in G.E.
Liberal Studies/Ele men tary Education,
and Liberal Studies/Child Development
(Ele men tary Education) majors have
GE requirements incorporated into the
major requirements.
Environmental Resources Engineering
majors should consult their advisors regarding
special provisions for fulfilling GE.
Students must complete GE Basic
Subjects and Mathematical Concepts/
Quantitative Reasoning courses with
grades of C- or higher.
Students must complete GE Basic
Subjects (Area A) and Mathematical
Concepts/Quantitative Reasoning courses
(a portion of Area B) by the time they
earn 60 units. Transfer students who
come to HSU with more than 30 units
must complete these courses by the time
they earn 30 units at Humboldt.
Information and advice regarding GE requirements
are available from your advisor
and at the Advising Center, SBS 295.
Lower Division Component
Students must complete a minimum of 36
low er division units in approved GE courses.
These break down to a minimum of nine units
in each of four areas, designated A, B, C, and
D. Each area has specific requirements and
goals, de scribed on the following pages.
Upper Division Component
Upper division GE courses build upon knowledge
and abilities developed in low er division
GE cours es. Students must complete nine
Major &
Electives
upper division units: three units each from
areas B, C, and D.
In addition, all students need three units
in an area E course (human integration).
Humboldt State offers area E courses at
an upper division level, but transfer students
can meet the re quire ment with transferable
lower division units appropriately certified
by a CSU or California Community College.
Transfer Students
Students who transfer to Humboldt from
a California Community College, and who
have followed the approved CSU or IGETC
general education pattern, may satisfy up
to 39 semester units of GE with transfer
coursework. Transfer students from accredited
private or non-California colleges
will have their transfer courses applied to
GE through individual review of transcripts.
Send tran scripts of all previous work to
the Office of Admissions. A Degree Audit
Report for Students (DARS) will be made
available at the time of orientation or initial
enrollment that indicates how courses taken
elsewhere apply to Humboldt’s all-university
requirements (general education, American
institutions, diversity and common ground,
unit minimums and limits, etc.) and in many
cases, the major program. The DARS report
also reflects HSU courses completed and
in-progress, and is available to enrolled
students whose first term of enrollment was
fall 2003 or later.
A minimum of nine units of GE coursework must
be completed in residence (i.e., at Humboldt)
to satisfy the residency requirement.
Minor
(optional)
General
Education
Institutions
DCG
Lower Division
General Education
Lower Division Area A — Basic Subjects
Communication in the English language—to
include both oral and written commu nication
and critical thinking.
Area A courses sharpen a stu dent’s ability to
think clearly and logically, to find and critically
examine information, and to com mu nicate
orally and in writing. They help students write
better papers, ask critical questions, and
improve overall understanding of material.
Requirements. Students need a minimum of
nine lower division units in area A, including
a 3-unit course in each of three cate gories:
oral commu nication, written com muni ca tion,
and critical thinking. It is strongly recommended
that students take these classes
in the first year. It is required they be completed
before earning 60 units. (Students
who transfer in with more than 30 units
must complete these before they complete
30 units at HSU.) A minimum grade of C- is
required in each course.
You should expect to have to
study at least two hours per
week per unit of coursework in
order to succeed.
A student taking a full load
of 15 units should study 30
hours per week.
60 Planning Your Bachelor’s Degree
2011-2012 Humboldt State University Catalog