Certificate of Achievement General Education Requirements

This is a draft edition of the 2025-2026 catalog. Information is subject to change.

The Certificate of Achievement is a stackable credential within the Associate of Applied Science degree.

General Education 

Please Note: Not all courses listed on the CoA general education list may be used to satisfy general education requirements for Associate of Arts, Associate of Science,  Bachelor of Architecture, and BS degrees, as many are nontransferable. Please refer to the General Education listing for AA, ASBachelor of Architecture, and BS degrees.

Communications, 3 Units Required

BUS 107Business Speech Communications3
BUS 111Workplace Communications3
COM 113Fundamentals of Speech Communications3
COM 215Introduction to Group Communication3
COM 285Communication Disabilities and Film 13
ENG 101Composition I3
or ENG 100 Composition Enhanced
or ENG 113 Composition I for International and Multilingual Students
ENG 102Composition II3
or ENG 114 Composition II For International and Multilingual Students
ENG 107Technical Communications I3
ENG 108Technical Communications II3
ENG 205Intro to Creative Writing: Fiction and Poetry3
ENG 220Writing Poetry3
ENG 221Writing Fiction3
ENG 224Introduction to Screenwriting3
EPY 101Educational, Career, and Personal Development3
JOUR 107Media Writing3
READ 135College Reading Strategies3
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This course also satisfies the Diversity Requirement.

Human Relations, 3 Units Required

Depending on your specific program, content may be embedded in required program courses.

CE 201Workplace Readiness3
EPY 101Educational, Career, and Personal Development3
MGT 171Supervision and Human Relations3
MGT 201Principles of Management3
MGT 212Leadership and Human Relations3
MGT 235Organizational Behavior3
PSY 102Psychology of Personal and Social Adjustment3

Mathematics, 3 Units Required

Depending on your specific program, content may be embedded in required program courses.

APST 207Practical Statistics3
BUS 117Business Calculations and Methods3
BUS 176Calculus for Business3
CUL 245The Business Chef3
ECON 261Principles of Statistics I3
ECON 262Principles of Statistics II3
MATH 100Math for Allied Health and Public Safety Programs3
MATH 105Applied Topics in Math3
MATH 108Math for Technicians3
MATH 119Fundamentals of College Mathematics II (Successful completion of MATH 19 & MATH 119 is equivalent to MATH 120.)3
MATH 120Fundamentals of College Mathematics3
MATH 124College Algebra3
MATH 126Pre-Calculus I3
MATH 127Pre-Calculus II3
MATH 176Introductory Calculus for Business and Social Sciences3
MATH 181Calculus I4
PSY/SOC 210Introduction to Statistical Methods3
STAT 152Introduction to Statistics3