General Education Outcomes

General Education outcomes describe knowledge or skills a student should have upon completion of a course that is part of the graduation requirement for AA and AS degrees or that satisfies a transfer area requirement for a California State University or University of California.

CCSF Graduation Requirements

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Examine, summarize, and evaluate American history.

  B. Examine, summarize, and evaluate American government.

  C. Examine the importance of participating in civic duties and responsibilities based on historical and political precedent.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Analyze factors that influence and improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities.

  B. Assess and perform the physical skills that contribute to mental health and physical well-being.

CCSF General Education Areas

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

A. Read critically to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate primarily non-fiction, college-level texts.

B. Compose organized and coherent source-based essays that demonstrate critical thinking and rhetorical strategies.

C. Use conventions of standard English grammar and punctuation.

D. Select and integrate relevant, credible, and scholarly sources to support essays, using a standardized citation format.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

A. Express ideas orally with clarity and purpose.

B. Identify and use culturally responsive communication practices.

C. Analyze the impacts of diverse communication practices on human interactions.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Employ critical thinking and logical reasoning orally or in writing.

  B. Analyze and synthesize support for an argument.

  C. Evaluate communications and the use of information in context.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

A. Use mathematical concepts to develop, present, and critique quantitative arguments.

B. Analyze and interpret quantitative information to solve mathematical problems.

C. Apply numerical, symbolic, graphical, and verbal methods to communicate mathematical results.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Explore or express the arts socially and culturally. 

  B. Analyze the historical and social contexts of works of art.

  C. Evaluate the creative expression of self or others.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Exhibit an understanding of the ways in which people in diverse cultures and eras have produced culturally significant works.

  B. Communicate effectively the meanings and intentions of creative expression.

  C. Use analytical techniques to assess the value of human creations in meaningful ways.

  D. Demonstrate an understanding of the human condition through language, reasoning, or artistic creation.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Exhibit an understanding of the methods of inquiry used by the social and behavioral sciences.

  B. Evaluate critically the ways people act, think, and feel in response to their societies or cultures.

  C. Analyze how societies and/or social subgroups operate.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Apply scientific inquiry and investigation of evidence to critically evaluate physical science arguments. 

  B. Communicate scientific ideas and theories effectively. 

  C. Apply scientific principles, theories, or models to explain the behavior of natural physical phenomena. 

  D. Apply physical science knowledge and reasoning to human interaction with the natural world and issues impacting society. 

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Apply scientific inquiry and investigation of evidence to critically evaluate biological science arguments. 

  B. Communicate scientific ideas and theories effectively. 

  C. Apply scientific principles, theories, or models to explain the behavior of natural biological phenomena. 

  D. Apply biological science knowledge and reasoning to human interaction with the natural world and issues impacting society.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

A. Analyze and articulate concepts of race, racism, ethnicity, and eurocentrism in the U.S. through the lens of decolonization, anti-racism, and equity as related to Native American, African American, Asian American, and/or Latina and Latino American Studies.  

B. Apply theory and knowledge produced by Native American, African American, Asian American, and/or Latina and Latino American communities to critically describe group affirmation through histories of social struggles and societal contributions. 

C. Analyze critically the intersections of race, racism, and social identities created and experienced by Native American, African American, Asian American, and/or Latina and Latino American communities. 

D. Review critically how struggle, resistance, racial and social justice, solidarity, and liberation experienced and enacted by Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and/or Latina and Latino Americans shape social policy and community and national politics. 

E. Describe and actively engage with anti-racist and anti-colonial issues and the practices and movements in Native American, African American, Asian American and/or Latina and Latino communities to build a just and equitable society.

Cal-GETC Outcomes

Cal-GETC Outcomes are measurable outcomes that directly correspond to each of the General Education areas in the University of California System (UCs). Students are expected to have acquired and be able to demonstrate these outcomes after successfully completing courses that satisfy transfer areas for UCs.

Cal-GETC

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Read critically to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate primarily non-fiction, college-level texts.

  B. Compose organized and coherent source-based essays that demonstrate critical thinking and rhetorical strategies.

  C. Use conventions of standard English grammar and punctuation.

  D. Select and integrate relevant, credible, and scholarly sources to support essays, using a standardized citation format.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

A. Employ critical thinking and logical reasoning orally or in writing.

B. Analyze and synthesize complex ideas and outside texts in an argument.

C. Evaluate and use sources with respect to their relevance, reliability, and appropriateness in a rhetorical context.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

A. Express ideas verbally and nonverbally with clarity and purpose.

B. Identify and use ethical communication practices with attention to reason, truthfulness, and accuracy.

C. Analyze communication theory and practice rhetorical sensitivity to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and accessibility.

D. Evaluate and use sources with respect to their relevance, reliability, and appropriateness in a community context.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

A. Use mathematical concepts to develop, present, and critique quantitative arguments.

B. Analyze and interpret quantitative information to solve mathematical problems.

C. Apply numerical, symbolic, graphical, and verbal methods to communicate mathematical results..

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

A. Explore or express the arts socially and culturally.

B. Analyze the historical and social contexts of works of art.

C. Evaluate the creative expression of self or others.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Exhibit an understanding of the ways in which people in diverse cultures and eras have produced culturally significant works.

  B. Communicate effectively the meanings and intentions of creative expression.

  C. Use analytical techniques to assess the value of human creations in meaningful ways.

  D. Demonstrate an understanding of the human condition through language, reasoning, or artistic creation.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Exhibit an understanding of methods of inquiry used by the social and behavioral sciences.

  B. Evaluate critically the ways people act, think, and feel in response to their societies or cultures.

  C. Analyze how societies and/or social subgroups operate.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Apply scientific inquiry and investigation of evidence to critically evaluate physical science arguments.

  B. Communicate scientific ideas and theories effectively.

  C. Apply scientific principles, theories, or models to explain the behavior of natural physical phenomena.

  D. Apply physical science knowledge and reasoning to human interaction with the natural world and issues impacting society.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

  A. Apply scientific inquiry and investigation of evidence to critically evaluate biological science arguments.

  B. Communicate scientific ideas and theories effectively.

  C. Apply scientific principles, theories, or models to explain the behavior of natural biological phenomena.

  D. Apply biological science knowledge and reasoning to human interaction with the natural world and issues impacting society.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

A. Investigate natural phenomena through a variety of scientific inquiry techniques.

B. Analyze and evaluate data from the natural world.

C. Apply scientific principles, theories, or models to predict and explain the behavior of natural phenomena.

Upon completion of this coursework, a student will be able to:

A. Analyze and articulate concepts of race, racism, ethnicity, and eurocentrism in the U.S. through the lens of decolonization, anti-racism, and equity as related to Native American, African American, Asian American, and/or Latina and Latino American Studies.  

B. Apply theory and knowledge produced by Native American, African American, Asian American, and/or Latina and Latino American communities to critically describe group affirmation through histories of social struggles and societal contributions. 

C. Analyze critically the intersections of race, racism, and social identities created and experienced by Native American, African American, Asian American, and/or Latina and Latino American communities. 

D. Review critically how struggle, resistance, racial and social justice, solidarity, and liberation experienced and enacted by Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and/or Latina and Latino Americans shape social policy and community and national politics. 

E. Describe and actively engage with anti-racist and anti-colonial issues and the practices and movements in Native American, African American, Asian American and/or Latina and Latino communities to build a just and equitable society.