California Code of Regulations
Title 5 - Education
Division 5 - Board of Trustees of the California State Universities
Chapter 1 - California State University
Subchapter 2 - Educational Program
Article 5 - General Requirements for Graduation
Section 40405 - General Education Objectives

(a) will have achieved the ability to think clearly and logically, to find and critically examine information, to communicate orally and in writing, and to perform quantitative functions;

(b) will have acquired appreciable knowledge about their own bodies and minds, about how human society has developed and how it now functions, about the physical world in which they live, about the other forms of life with which they share that world, and about the cultural endeavors and legacies of their civilizations;

(c) will have come to an understanding and appreciation of the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in human inquiries.

It is the intent of this section that the general education requirements be planned and organized in such a manner that students will acquire the abilities, knowledge, understanding, and appreciation suggested as interrelated elements and not as isolated fragments.

Acceptable programs include: The California State University General Education Requirements (Section 40405.1), the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (Section 40405.2), the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Section 40405.5), and General Education Reciprocity with the University of California (Section 40405.3).