Berkeley City College
2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
UC Berkeley - College of Letters & Science and
American Cultures Requirements
2019-2020 ADVISING FORM
Student’s Name: __________________________________ ______________________ ______________________
Last First Student I.D. # Major
Full completion of IGETC satisfies the Essential Skills & Seven-Course Breadth Requirements, see majors in other colleges
for their Breadth Requirements.
For more specific information, please see a Counselor before enrolling in these courses.
Legend: R=Remaining IP=In Progress C=Completed
ESSENTIAL SKILLS
1 Reading & Composition (R&C):
Students may also satisfy this requirement with a score or grade of:
5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature & Composition; or
5 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Exam in English A1 Credential Exam; or
A, B, or C on the General Certificate Exam “A” Level English Exam.
The first half of this requirement can be satisfied by scoring:
4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature & Composition; or
4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language & Composition
Transfer students must fulfill this requirement with one of the options mentioned above or take the courses (with
a grade of “C-” or better; course MUST be taken for a letter grade only) listed:
ENGL 1A and 1B
College: _____________________________________
Courses from Other College:______________________ Exam: _____________________ Score:__________________
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IP
C
2 Quantitative Reasoning (QR):
Students may also satisfy this requirement with a score or grade of:
600 on the SAT Reasoning Test; or
570 on the Math Achievement Test (SAT II Math Subject Exam) Level I or 520 Level II; or
28 on the ACT; or
3 or better on the Advanced Placement Exam in Calculus AB or BC; or
3 or better on the Advanced Placement Exam in Computer Science; or
3 or better on the Advanced Placement Exam in Statistics; or
5 or better on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Math Exam; or
A, B, or C on the General Certificate Exam “A” Level Mathematics Exam.
Transfer students must fulfill this requirement with one of the options mentioned above or take one course (with
a grade of “C-” or better; course MUST be taken for a letter grade only) listed:
MATH 1, 2, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3E, 3F, 13, 16A, 16B
College: _____________________________________
Course from Other College:_______________________ Exam: _____________________ Score:__________________
3 Foreign Language (FL):
Students may also satisfy this requirement with a score or grade of:
Grade C- or better in the third year a high school foreign language or the second semester of a foreign
language taught at UC Berkeley; or
550 on the SAT II Foreign Language Subject Exam, if taken before May 1995; or
590 on the SAT II Subject Exam, if taken May 1995 or later; or
3 or better on the Foreign Language Advanced Placement Exam; or
A, B, or C on the General Certificate “A” or “0” Level Foreign Language Exam
Important Note: In order to satisfy the Foreign Language requirement for UC’s, student must select a
language course other than their native language or unit credit will not be awarded
Transfer students must fulfill this requirement with one of the options mentioned above or take one course (with
a grade of “C-” or better; course MUST be taken for a letter grade only) listed:
ARAB 1B ASL 51, 52, 53, 55B, 57 FREN 1B PORT 1B SPAN 1B
College: _____________________________________
Course from Other College:_______________________ Exam: _______________________ Score:________
________
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SEVEN-COURSE BREADTH: One course from each area
Must be completed before graduation from Berkeley, students should make every effort to complete as many of the
Seven-Course Breadth areas as possible before transfer.
Guidelines:
- Requirements have to be met with course work - no AP or IB Exam credit.
- Courses may be taken for a grade of “C-“ or better or P/NP or CR/NC (if P or CR means “C-“ or better).
- Courses must carry a minimum of 2 units.
- Courses from one’s major department may be used.
- Not more than 2 courses offered by the same department may be used.
- Courses used for breadth credit may not be used to meet R&C, QR and FL Requirements.
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IP
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1 Arts and Literature: One course
ART 1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 16,182(*) HIST 33
ENGL 10A, 10B, 17A, 17B, 21, 50 , HUMAN 1, 5, 21, 26, 30B, 52(**), 53, 55, 182(*)
85A, 85B, 85C M/LAT 30A, 30B
MMART 123 MUSIC 15A, 15B
SPAN 38, 39, 40 WS 52(**)
(*), (**) Students will receive credit for one course only.
College: __________________________________________ Course from Other College:____________________________
2 Biological Sciences: One course
ANTHR 1 BIOL 1A, 1B, 3, 10, 13, 25, 33, 34 GEOG 1 PHYSC 20
College: __________________________________________ Course from Other College:____________________________
3 Historical Studies: One course
ART 1, 2, 3, 4, 13
ASL 55A, 55B HIST 1, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 7A, 7B, 8B,19,
HUMAN 55 21, 31, 32, 33
MMART 123
College: __________________________________________ Course from Other College:____________________________
4 International Studies: One course
ASAME 30 HIST 31
GEOG 3 POSCI 2, 3, 20
College: __________________________________________ Course from Other College:____________________________
5 Philosophy and Values: One course
HUMAN 30A(*), 40 PHIL 1, 2, 10, 16, 20A, 20B,31A (*), 35(**), 37 WS 35(**)
(*), (**) Students will receive credit for one course only.
College: __________________________________________ Course from Other College:____________________________
6 Physical Sciences: One course
ASTR 10 CHEM 1A, 1B, 12A, 12B, 30A, 30B
GEOG 1 PHYSC 20
PHYS 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 10
College: __________________________________________ Course from Other College:____________________________
7 Social and Behavioral Sciences: One course
AFRAM 1, 33 ANTHR 1, 2, 3, 13, 18, 55
ASAME 30 ASL 55A, 55B
BUS 10 CHDEV 51
COMM 6. 19 ECON 1, 2
GEOG 3 HIST 1, 2A, 2B, 7A, 7B, 8B,19, 21, 31, 33
HLTED 27, 46F HUMAN 5 PHIL 11
POSCI 1, 2, 3, 6. 20 PSYCH 1A, 6, 21
SOC 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 13 SOCSC 2 WS 1
College: ___________________________________________ Course from Other College:____________________________
AMERICAN CULTURES REQUIREMENT: One course (may be completed prior to transfer)
HIST 7A, 7B, 19, 21 SOC 5
College: ___________________________________________ Course from Other College:____________________________
Essential Skills & Seven-Course Breadth Completed: YES American Cultures Req. Completed: YES
Updated 11/04/2019