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2021-2022 Cal State East Bay Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Cal State East Bay Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

GE Minor in Sustainability


The GEM-S requires completion of a minimum of 15 units within GE (9 units of which are in upper-division GE) and includes two Overlay requirements specific for the minor: a Climate Neutrality Overlay and an Applied Sustainability Overlay.  The GEM-S includes the following course categories:

  • At least two courses (min. 6 units) from Course Category I, Lower-division GE Breadth Areas B1, B2, C1-2, D1-2, and/or F;
  • One course (min. 3 units) from Course Category II, Upper-division GE UD-B Science Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning;
  • One course (min. 3 units) from Course Category III, Upper-division GE UD-C Arts or Humanities;
  • One course (min. 3 units) from Course Category IV, Upper-division GE UD-D Social Sciences;
  • One GE course from any Category I - IV that fulfills the Climate Neutrality (C-Neutral) Overlay (only required for the GEM-S), which must be a course different from the course used to fulfill the Applied Sustainability Overlay;
  • One upper-division GE course from any Category II - IV that fulfills the Applied Sustainability Overlay (only required for the GEM-S), which must be different from the course used to fulfill the C-Neutral Overlay.

Students must complete the remaining GE breadth and graduation requirements (including the University Overlays) not completed within the minor in order to graduate. 

Minor Requirements (15 units)


Category I. Lower-division GE Breadth


Minimum 6 units in GE Area B1, B2, C1-2, D1-2, and/or F.

Category II. Upper-division Arts or Humanities


Minimum 3 units in GE Area UD-C. 

Category III. Upper-division Social Science


Minimum 3 units in GE Area UD-D.

Category IV. Upper-division Scientific Inquiry & Quantitative Reasoning


Minimum 3 units in GE Area UD-B.

Climate Neutrality (C-Neutral) Overlay


0 unit requirement. One GE course from any Category I - IV that fulfills the Carbon Neutrality Overlay (only required for the GEM-S), which must be different from the course used to fulfill the Applied Sustainability Overlay.

Applied Sustainability Overlay


0 unit requirement.  One upper-division GE course from any Category II - IV that fulfills the Applied Sustainability Overlay (only required for the GEM-S), which must be different from the course used to fulfill the Carbon Neutrality Overlay.