Graduation pie

In order to Graduate:

The first thing you need is enough units. You will be taking 4-5 classes during your first semester toward your degree of 120 units (BA degree).

Within those units you will have certain requirements as illustrated in the pie chart below:

Your requirements are divided into 4 parts:

General Education

Your major

Additional requirements, such as English, US History & Government

Electives, extra classes you pick to give you more units to graduate.


As a freshman, we give you early registration for classes so that you:

take certain requirements during your first two semesters

encounter little difficulty in getting those requirements



In order to graduate from college you will need:

at least 120 units

48 units of General Education

a complete major program

some English composition courses, US History and Government courses

Let's start with your placement tests or exemptions, by looking at your Notice of Admissions.


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