TRANSFER GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
BIG CHANGES COMING IN FALL 2025!
Effective Fall 2025, Assembly Bill 928 (AB 928) requires that California Community
Colleges (CCC) implement a singular lower-division general education (GE) pattern
called the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC). Cal-GETC will satisfy the lower-division GE requirements necessary for transfer
and admission to the California State University (CSU) and University of California
(UC) systems.
Students who begin at GCC prior to Fall 2025 can follow the CSU GE Breadth or IGETC
requirements, so long as they maintain continuous enrollment (have catalog rights).
Read more about Cal-GETC.
Meet with a counselor to complete your Student Education Plan (SEP) and to make sure
that the courses you're taking fulfill the GE and major requirements at the school
you plan on attending.
Students who have catalog rights prior to Fall 2025 may elect to complete the Cal-GETC
requirements but it is not required.
What is Cal-GETC?
Completion of Cal-GETC will permit a student to transfer from a California Community
College (CCC) to a California State University (CSU) or University of California (UC)
campus or program without the need, after transfer, to take additional lower-division,
general education courses to satisfy campus general education requirements.
Although it is strongly recommended that students complete Cal-GETC prior to transfer,
completion of Cal-GETC may not be appropriate for some engineering, math, science,
or other high unit majors. Some individual colleges or majors within a UC campus may
not accept or recommend Cal-GETC to fulfill all of their general education requirements.
See a counselor to discuss the best path for you.
2025-2026 Cal-GETC
Students who begin at GCC prior to Fall 2025 can follow the IGETC requirements, so
long as they maintain continuous enrollment (have catalog rights). This pattern will
not be updated beyond the 2024-2025 academic year.
For students following IGETC, courses taken in Fall 2025 or later can be applied toward
IGETC certification, so long as:
- The student has maintained continuous enrollment and has catalog rights to follow
the IGETC requirements
- The course is approved in the corresponding Cal-GETC area when it is completed
What is IGETC?
The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) is recommended for
community college students who plan to transfer to either the UC system or the CSU
system and want to complete the lower division coursework for general education.
The IGETC may be a suitable option for students who are unsure if they want to transfer
to a CSU or UC campus and wish to keep their options open.
IGETC shows course descriptions for each subject area.
2024-2025 IGETC
2023-2024 IGETC
2022-2023 IGETC
Students who begin at GCC prior to Fall 2025, can follow the CSU GE Breadth requirements,
so long as they maintain continuous enrollment (have catalog rights). This pattern
will not be updated beyond the 2024-2025 academic year.
For students following CSU GE Breadth, courses taken Fall 2025 or later can be applied toward CSU GE Breadth certification,
so long as:
- The student has maintained continuous enrollment and has catalog rights to follow
the CSU GE Breadth requirements
- The course satisfied the CSU GE Breadth area in the 2024-2025 academic year
What is CSU GE Breadth?
The California State University General Education Breadth (CSU GE Breadth) is recommended
for community college students who plan to transfer to the CSU system and want to
complete lower division coursework for general education.
CSU Breadth shows catalog course descriptions for each subject area.
2024-2025 CSU GE Breadth
2023-2024 CSU GE Breadth
2022-2023 CSU GE Breadth
USC does not accept Cal-GETC, IGETC, or CSU GE Breadth to fulfill their GE requirements.
Students planning to apply to USC are encouraged to make satisfactory progress toward
meeting USC General Education requirements. You can see which GCC courses fulfill
USC's requirements by using either of tools below.
The Transfer Planning Guide (TPG) helps students choose courses from a specific transfer
college before attending USC. Students identify the transfer college and their desired
major at USC. The TPG will display the General Education Course Requirements (Core
Literacies, Global Perspectives, Writing, and Foreign Language) and the major chosen.
USC Transfer Planning Guide
The Articulation Agreement lists courses which meet USC general education categories
and other core requirements, USC course equivalents, and all transferable courses.
Courses not listed in the agreement may be appropriate for transfer in some instances.
USC Articulation Agreement
2025-2026 USC GE Requirements
NOTE: Foreign language or lab science courses taught online will not earn course equivalence
and will not apply to the foreign language or GE Core Literacy requirements; they
earn elective units only.
