California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)

The California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) is the singular general education pathway for California Community College (CCC) students to fulfill lower-division general education requirements necessary for transfer and admission to both the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC). The curriculum and its policies are overseen by the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates (ICAS), representing faculty from California’s three segments of public higher education. To earn the Certificate of Achievement in Cal-GETC, students must: • Complete a minimum of 34 semester units in Cal-GETC Areas 1-6 as specified. Each courses must be a minimum of 3 semester units or 4 quarter units. • Complete all courses with a grade of “C” or better or “P.” A “C” grade is defined as a minimum of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. A “C-“ grade valued at less than 2.0 grade points on a 4.0 scale cannot be used for Cal-GETC certification or the COA. The UC allows a maximum of 14 units to be graded “P” towards the 60 units required for transfer admission. • Achieve a cumulative grade point average of no less than 2.0 in all college coursework applicable to the Certificate of Achievement.