General Education Requirements

In order to graduate, all Sixth College students must meet the requirements of UCSD, the major, and Sixth College General Education (GE) requirements.

• To find out the course requirements for your major, check with your department advisor.
• To find out requirements for graduation, see the Sixth College Graduation Checklist.

Every Sixth College student must fulfill 4 sets of GE course requirements. A course offered by your major department cannot also fulfill a GE course requirement except for the "Information Tech Fluency" and "Exploring Data" GE requirements.

Freshman Core Sequence: Culture, Art, and Technology (CAT) requirement

Students must complete the core sequence (CAT 1, 2, and 3) in order. You should complete the sequence during your freshman year or as soon as you've completed the Entry Level Writing Requirement. The sequence cannot be replaced with college courses taken at any other institution.

• CAT 1 (4 units)
• CAT 2 (6 units)
• CAT 3 (6 units)

Information Technology Fluency requirement

Students satisfy this requirement by taking Computer Science and Engineering 3 (CSE3) during Fall or Winter of their Freshman year.

Breadth requirement

Students must take 12 courses encompassing a variety of disciplines. View the 2009-2010 complete GE list (PDF) or the 2008-2009 complete GE list (PDF).

• Analytical and Scientific Methods (2 science courses)
• Art Making (PDF) (2 courses)
• Exploring Data (1 statistics course)
• Narrative, Aesthetic, and Historical Reasoning (2 humanities courses)
• Social Analysis (2 social science courses)
• Societal Context (2 courses)
• Structured Reasoning (1 math/ logic course)

Note: AP or IB credit may be used to satisfy only 1 course in each area.

Upper-division Practicum requirement

These courses must be taken in order:

1. Practicum course or project
2. CAT 125 (Practicum writing course)

For more information, contact Sixth College, (858) 534-1481.