Policies and Procedures

All four sections of GE Basic Skills coursework must be completed by students within their first 60 units. Students must earn a “C-” or better grade in all four courses in order to satisfy the GE Basic Skills requirement. All first-time freshmen will have mandatory advisement starting with their initial enrollment at the University and continuing each semester until the completion of Basic Skills.

Coursework must be completed as follows:

Students will enroll in the appropriate writing and math courses as advised until they complete GE Writing and GE Math/Quantitative Reasoning within the first four semesters or 60 units, whichever comes first. Students will enroll either simultaneously or within two consecutive semesters in GE Oral Communication and GE Writing. Students will enroll in GE Critical Thinking after completing GE Math/Quantitative Reasoning (within their first 60 units).

1.  Students will take the appropriate course(s) in the GE Analytical Reading and Expository Writing (AREW) sequence during their first year at CSUN. Students taking the two-semester stretch writing sequence must enroll during their first semester at CSUN. Students taking the one-semester writing course must enroll in either of their first two semesters at CSUN. Students will continue to enroll in the appropriate GE AREW course(s) until they have satisfied the GE AREW requirement.
2. Students will take a GE Math/Quantitative Reasoning course during their first year at CSUN.
3. Students will take coursework in GE Critical Thinking after they complete GE Math/Quantitative Reasoning but still within their first 60 units.
4. Students will take coursework in GE Oral Communication within their first 60 units.