CSU GE
IGETC
UC TCA
CSU Evaluations
Golden Four
100

State the Executive Order Number that contains the CSU GE standards. (Bonus Daily double: Name the CCR section of Title 5 that refers to this)

What is E.O. 1100?

*Bonus* Title 5, section 40405.1

100

List any three (3) kinds of courses that cannot be used towards IGETC.

What are...

Pre-baccalaureate courses (including remedial English composition)
 Variable Topics
 Directed Study
 Independent Study
 International coursework from non-United States regionally accredited institutions
 Personal, Practical, Skills Courses
 Introductory courses to professional programs
 Performance Courses
 Creative Writing
 Logic
 Computer Science
 Trigonometry, unless combined with college algebra or pre-calculus

100

UC TCA policy for transferable English Composition requires this wordcount.

What is 5,000 words?
100

Assuming the CSU's local GE pattern mirrors CSUGE, our team currently passes along their course for these two GE patterns (or sets of attributes).

What are local GE and CSUGE?

100

For CSUGE, this is the minimum grade (letter grade equivalent).

What is "C-" or better?

200

List three of the "buzzwords" we look for in any potential Area A3 Critical Thinking course.

What are...

1. Logical Fallacies

2. Inductive Reasoning

3. Deductive Reasoning

200

Two parts: 1. This is the minimum grade for all IGETC courses; this is the minimum units for all IGETC areas (except for standalone Science lab).

1. What is C or better (or Pass/CR if = to C or better), and

2. What is 3 semester or 4 quarter units?

200

Name any of the common "not transferable" elements (or name any of the common elements that are found in transferable courses).

What is "too practical / applied / commercial / vocational"?

or 

What is focuses on theory / principles?

200

When a given CSU has a Pass or CR grade equal to a "C- or better," we convert their Pass or CR grade to this letter grade on SHATAEQ.

What is "TC-"?

200

This is the quantifiable difference that IGETC 1A (English Composition) has that CSUGE A2 does not.

What is the word count of 5,000 words for IGETC.

300
At minimum, potential A1 Oral Comm courses should have this many speeches.

What are two (or more) speeches?

300

Aside from area 5, list the two IGETC areas where the Standards state we may combine course sequences where the individual courses may be fewer than the typical IGETC minimum units.

What is area 1A and area 2A?

300

Language Other Than English for UC TCA should meet these two content/level standards.

What are 1. equivalent to two years of HS Foreign language and 2. contain a cultural component.
300

When a student has completed remedial Intermediate Algebra at a CSU, we change the units to this on SHATAEQ.

What is 0 units?
300

The extra quantifiable component that IGETC 1B Critical Thinking & Comp has that CSUGE A3 Critical thinking does not have.

What is IGETC's wordcount (5,000 words)?

or

What is the 2nd semester comp req of 5,000 words.
400

Name any component of the new Area F requirement (any content or effective date).

What is the course must be taught under Ethnic Studies, African Am Studies, Asian Am studies, etc...(or be cross listed)

or

What is must of a majority of the area F SLOs defined?

or 

This became effective for Fall 2021.



400

IGETC 6A Language other than English is proficiency equivalent to this many years of the same High School Foreign Language.

What is two years of HS foreign language?

400

List two commonly non-transferable classes.

Standalone Trigonometry courses

or

(Truly) variable topics courses.

or

Religious studies courses taught from only one perspective / meant to indoctrinate or convert

or

Remedial courses.


400

List any website or resource that might assist with *ideas* for possible course matches.

What is:

1. C-ID?

2. CSU Public TES website?

3. public ASSIST?

4. SHATATR prior evaluation matches?

400

This is the prerequisite difference between CSUGE B4 (Quantitative Reasoning) and IGETC 2A (Math & Quantitative Reasoning).

What is the prerequisite of Intermediate Algebra is only standard for IGETC?

or

What is the prerequisite changed for CSUGE (Fall 2018) to be any appropriate prerequisite?

500

This is the "magic date" when Area B4 Quantitative Reasoning prerequisite 'relaxed' - per our Articulation Officers.

What is Fall 2018?

500

One course from these areas may be deferred until CSU admission for students earning an ADT with IGETC for STEM.

What are areas 3 and 4 (CSU students)?

or

What are areas 3, 4, and 6 (UC students)?

500

Variable topics courses are transferable if...

EITHER:

1. student gets approval using a syllabus by the enrolling campus only after transfer 

OR

2. We can verify that the course was more of a rotating topics course (i.e., separate title and course number prefered)

500

The basis for "Pass Along" is found in this Appendix section of this manual. (two parts)

What is Appendix Q of the CIAC Handbook.

500

This is the difference between CSUGE's A1 (Oral Comm) and IGETC's 1C (Oral Comm).

What is this is a trick question!