Dec 04, 2025  
2025-2026 Cal State East Bay Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Cal State East Bay Catalog

Courses approved for GE Area (5A) (5A & 5C=lab course)


Physical Science (5A) (5A & 5C=lab course). Courses marked (4) have four total units:

ANTH 120 Introduction to Archaeology  

ASTR 108 Astronomy of Indigenous Cultures  (Diversity)

ASTR 138 Descriptive Astronomy  

CHEM 100 Introduction to College Chemistry  (5A & 5C) (4)

CHEM 106 Chemistry and Society  (Sustainability)

CHEM 110 General Chemistry for Engineering  (5A & 5C)

CHEM 111 General Chemistry I  

CHEM 161 Basic Chemistry for the Health Sciences  (5A & 5C) (4)

DANC 271 Physics of Inclusive Dance  (5A & 5C); Diversity)

EESC 210 Physical and Environmental Geology and Geography  (5A & 5C) (4)

EESC 280 Humans and the Environment in California   (Sustainability)

GEOG 110 Physical Geography: Earth Processes and Outcomes   

GEOL 100 Earth Systems Science  (5A & 5C) (4)

GEOL 101 Introduction to the Earth Sciences  

GEOL 120 Introduction to Oceanography    

GEOL 230 Natural Disasters  

KIN 271 Physics of Inclusive Dance  (5A & 5C); Diversity)

PHYS 104 Musical Acoustics   (5A & 5C) (4)

PHYS 109 Exploring Physics in the Outdoors  (5A); Sustainability)

PHYS 109L Exploring Physics in the Outdoors Lab  (5C)

PHYS 115 Elementary Physics  (5A & 5C)

PHYS 125 Principles of Physics I  (5A & 5C) (4)

PHYS 126 Principles of Physics II  (5A & 5C) (4)

PHYS 135 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I  (5A & 5C) (4)

PHYS 271 Physics of Inclusive Dance  (5A & 5C); Diversity)