Golden 4 Course Descriptions

Cal State LA Golden 4 Course Descriptions for Admissions Purposes

If an articulation does not currently exists between your transfer school(s) and Cal State LA, courses that have similar content to the courses below may be considered for meeting the transfer general education requirements:

ENGL 1005B - College Writing II
(3 semester units)
Second course in two-term sequence, focused on reading and writing to develop and communicate ideas. Instruction in strategies for planning, composing, and revising college writing that incorporates authorities, examples, arguments, and facts to write developed, supported texts.

ENGL 1010 - Accelerated College Writing
(3 semester units)
Reading and writing to develop and communicate ideas. Instruction in strategies for planning, composing, and revising college writing that incorporates authorities, examples, arguments, and facts to write developed, supported texts.
*C-ID ENGL 100 or ENGL 110 (College Composition):
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.

Must be met using a Philosophy class in logic, a Communication Studies class in argumentation and debate, a Political Science class in the critical analysis of political ideologies and communication, or an approved California Community College course that fulfills the Critical Thinking requirement per the college’s CSU General Education Breadth, IGETC, or Cal-GETC pattern.

COMM 1200 - Argumentation
(3 semester units)
Prerequisite: Completion of GE 1A (or formerly A2). 
Principles of argumentation: methods of logical analysis to test reasoning and evidence. Practical application through adaptation of rhetorical speech and writing to audiences and situations.
*C-ID COMM 120 (Argumentation or Argumentation and Debate):
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.
 
ENGL 1050 - Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking
(3 semester units)
Prerequisite: ENGL 1005B, ENGL 1010, or equivalent. 
Instruction in argumentation and critical writing, critical thinking, analytical evaluation of texts, research strategies, information literacy, and proper documentation.
*C-ID ENGL 105 or ENGL 115 (Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking:
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.
 
PHIL 1600 - Critical Thinking and Composition
(3 semester units)
Prerequisite: Completion of GE Block A2. 
Logical analysis of language and critical evaluation of arguments in everyday language; deductively valid and invalid argument forms; rudiments of inductive logic and scientific reasoning; informal fallacies. Continue to develop writing skills introduced in Composition I. Students will develop analytical, critical, and information-literacy skills necessary for writing an academic paper containing a well-supported argument. Some sections may be offered online, some sections may be offered as hybrid.
 
PHIL 2500 - Introduction to Symbolic Logic and Composition II
(3 semester units)
Prerequisite: Completion of GE Block 1A (or formerly A2).
Introduction to modern symbolic logic and its relation to everyday language; methods of establishing the logical content of statements and of analyzing and/or criticizing arguments for validity and invalidity.  Continue to develop writing skills introduced in GE A2. Students will develop analytical, critical, and information-literacy skills necessary for writing an academic paper containing a well-supported argument.
 
POLS 1555 - Critical Analysis of Political Communication
(3 semester units)
Prerequisite: Completion of GE Block 1A (or formerly A2). 
Critical analysis of ideological messages, political biases, and manipulative devices in all forms of communication; from newspaper reporting to scholarly texts, from films to television news to social media.

COMM 1100 - Oral Communication
(3 semester units)
Introduction to effective oral communication through study and experience in analysis, synthesis, and presentation of informative and persuasive discourse in a public speaking forum.
*C-ID COMM 110 (Public Speaking):
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.

HNRS 1100 - Reading Los Angeles: Communication in the City of Angels
(3 semester units)
Explores oral communication through analysis, synthesis, and presentation of discourse in a public forum, focusing on oral communication about and in the global metropolis.

PAS 1500 - Black Oral Traditions and Communication
(3 semester units)
Students will be introduced to and offer presentations inspired by Black diasporic oral traditions.

(Must be college-level/transferable)
 

CS 1080 - Quantitative Reasoning and Computational Thinking (also listed as CS 1081)
(3 semester units)
Use of computing for solving problems; decomposing problems, data representations, algorithms, and communication using data and visualizations.

EDFN 1090 - Introduction to Statistics and Data Interpretation
(3 semester units)
Introduction to statistics and data analysis and interpretation using quantitative reasoning and mathematical concepts, including descriptive and inferential statistics and analysis methods for understanding basic research data, with real-life applications in the contexts of education and human services.
*C-ID MATH 110 (Introduction to Statistics):
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.

EDFN 1092 - Introduction to Statistics and Data Interpretation 
(3 semester units)
Introduction to statistics and data analysis and interpretation using quantitative reasoning and mathematical concepts, including descriptive and inferential statistics and analysis methods for understanding basic research data, with real-life applications in the contexts of education and human services.
*C-ID MATH 110 (Introduction to Statistics and Data Interpretation):
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.

ESM 1082 - Early Start PreCalculus: Functions
(3 semester units)
Functions, exponential and logarithmic functions; polynomials and rational functions; systems of linear equations and matrices; sequences and series including arithmetic and geometric series.

ESM 1090 - Early Start Quantitative Reasoning with Statistics
(3 semester units)
Principles of quantitative reasoning, data presentation, descriptive statistics, correlation, probability, distributions of random variables, sampling distributions, interval estimation, and statistical inference, with multi-disciplinary applications.

MATH 1000 or MATH 1002 - Quantitative Reasoning In Today’s World
(3 semester units)
Units and unit conversion, proportional reasoning, descriptive statistics, basic probability and financial mathematics.

MATH 1040 - Precalculus: Functions and Trigonometry
(6 semester units)
Functions, exponential and logarithmic functions; polynomials and rational functions; systems of linear equations and matrices; sequences and series; trigonometric functions, identities, and equations; solution of triangles; inverse trigonometric functions; complex numbers, DeMoivre’s Theorem; parametric equations; polar coordinates; conic sections.
*C-ID MATH 155 (Precalculus):
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.

MATH 1081 - Precalculus: Functions 
(3 semester units)
Functions, exponential and logarithmic functions; polynomials and rational functions; systems of linear equations and matrices; sequences and series including arithmetic and geometric series.
*C-ID MATH 151 (College Algebra for STEM):
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.

MATH 1082 - Precalculus: Functions, with Lab
(4 semester units)
Functions, exponential, logarithmic functions, and polynomials; systems of linear equations; sequences including arithmetic and geometric series. This course includes a supported instruction component as required for Math Placement Category III or IV.

MATH 1083 - Precalculus: Trigonometry
(4 semester units)
Trigonometric functions, identities, and equations; solution of triangles; inverse trigonometric functions; complex numbers, DeMoivre’s Theorem; parametric equations; polar coordinates; conic sections

MATH 1090 - Quantitative Reasoning with Statistics with Lab
(4 semester units)
Principles of quantitative reasoning, data presentation, descriptive statistics, correlation,probability, distributions of random variables, sampling distributions, interval estimation, and statistical inference, with multi-disciplinary applications.
*C-ID MATH 110 (Introduction to Statistics):
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.

MATH 1092 - Quantitative Reasoning with Statistics
(3 semester units)
Principles of quantitative reasoning, data presentation, descriptive statistics, correlation, probability, distributions of random variables, sampling distributions, interval estimation, and statistical inference, with multi-disciplinary applications.
*C-ID MATH 110 ( Quantitative Reasoning with Statistics):
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.

MATH 2120 - Calculus II
(4 semester units)
Prerequisites: MATH 2110 with a minimum C grade; students with a grade of less than B- in MATH 2110 must enroll concurrently in MATH 2121.
Integration of transcendental functions, methods of integration, limits of sequences and series, power series, Taylor series, three dimensional analytic geometry.
*C-ID MATH 220/MATH 221/MATH 900S (Single Variable Calculus Sequence; and Single Variable Calculus Sequence):
To receive full transfer credit, students must take both MATH 2110 and MATH 2120.
The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.

PHIL 1080 - Quantitative Reasoning: Proof and Probability
(3 semester units)
Introduction to deductive and inductive reasoning, proofs, models, set theory, probability and statistics.

SOC 1090 - Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences, with Lab
(4 semester units)
Introduction in the fundamentals of statistics, principles of quantitative reasoning with applications and examples in the social sciences. Topics include: data presentation and management, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, correlation, probability, statistical inference, sampling distributions, and linear regression. This course includes a supported instruction component as required for Math Placement Category III or IV.

SOC 1092 - Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences
(3 semester units)
Introduction in the fundamentals of statistics, principles of quantitative reasoning with applications and examples in the social sciences. Topics include: data presentation and management, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, correlation, probability, statistical inference, sampling distributions, and linear regression.