New GE Requirements for Transfer Students Will Apply to First-Time Freshmen at CSU

The California State University (CSU) system will implement new general education requirements – initially created for transfer students – for all students in the system, including first-time freshmen. CSU’s board of trustees voted March 27 to implement a streamlined, universal general education pathway for all students in the fall of 2025. The decision eliminates the university system’s traditional general education pathway, called “CSU GE Breadth,” in favor of the simplified pathway, known as the California General Education Transfer Curriculum. It also drops the number of required general education credits from 39 to 34, cutting several humanities and arts courses, as well as classes labeled as “lifelong learning” and “self-development.”...