General Education Requirements
Private California colleges and universities and state public institutions require a certain number of units of General Education (G.E.) prior to the granting of undergraduate degrees. Most of these units must be in Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Basic Subjects (oral and written communication, logic, mathematics, and statistics). This requirement is satisfied at PSU when the student selects from the following list of G.E. courses. For the Bachelor's degree, students must select seventy-six (76) units. The following are required in the G.E. program for Bachelor's degrees:
| AREA AND COURSE | UNITS | |
| COMMUNICATIONS | 20 | |
| EN200 | Composition | 4 |
| EN210 | Communication Arts | 4 |
| EN220 | Research Methods and Bibliography | 4 |
| EN401 | Technical Writing | 4 |
| Elect one | EN300 Oral Communication PY330 Personal Dynamics and Leadership |
4 |
| HUMANITIES | 16 | |
| PL130 | Introduction to Philosophy | 4 |
| PL300 | World Cultures | 4 |
| EN250 | World Literature | 4 |
| Elect one | MA303 Symbolic Logic PL330 Comparative Systems of Thought |
4 |
| MATHEMATICS | 12 | |
| Elect three | MA101A College Algebra and Trigonometry MA201 Computer Math for Business Majors MA202B Calculus for Business Majors MA231 Calculus 1 MA232 Calculus 2 MA311 Calculus 3 |
4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| NATURAL SCIENCES | 8 | |
| PY130A | Physics: Mechanics, Fluids, Heat, and Sound | 4 |
| Elect one | BI101 General Biology ES101 Earth Sciences |
4 4 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES | 20 | |
| PY210 | Introduction to Psychology | 4 |
| Elect one | EC201 Microeconomics EC202 Macroeconomics |
4 4 |
| Elect one | HS130A United States History PS135 U.S. Government |
4 4 |
| Elect one | HS300 Western Civilization HS320 Non-Western Civilization |
4 4 |
| Elect one | SS130 Introduction to the Social Sciences SS140 Introduction to Sociology |
4 4 |
| TOTAL G.E. REQUIREMENTS FOR BACHELOR'S DEGREES | 76 | |