Students walking on CSU San Marcos campus.
Anne Hall/CSU San Marcos
New general education requirements created for transfer students will now apply to all students, including first-time freshmen in the California State University.
The Cal State Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to create a unified, simplified general education pathway for all of its students, despite opposition from faculty and students that the decision would eliminate classes that contribute to lifelong learning.
The decision effectively replaces the “CSU GE Breadth” and reduces the number of general education required credits from 39 to 34, by eliminating additional humanities and arts courses, and classes identified as lifelong learning and self-development. However, it also adds a laboratory class to the requirements. Students would still be able to take many of these courses as electives.
The simplified pathway, known as…
