General Transferable Electives (GTE)
The following courses (see A and B below) have been approved by Pierce College as General Transferable Electives/Core Electives.
A. Any of the approved CORE distribution courses designated as Communication Skills, Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Skills, Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences with the exception of performance/skills courses.
AND/OR
B. Courses numbered 100 and above listed in the departments in the next column.
Please note: Independent Study classes and cooperative work experience/work-based learning in any department, as well as Pass (P) grades, cannot be applied to the GTE area.
GTE Approved Courses, by Department
| Accounting | All except 175, 250-253, 255-258, 287 |
| Alcoholism & Drug Abuse | 111, 140, 170 |
| Anthropology | All |
| Art | All except those listed as performance/skills courses |
| Astronomy | All |
| Atmospheric Science | All |
| Biology | All |
| Biotechnology | 110, 200 |
| Business | All except 100, 103, 107, 120, 125, 135, 279 |
| Business Management | All except 104, 108, 110, 192 |
| Business Information Technology (formerly OFFCE) | 104, 111-113, 120, 135, 145, 241, 253 |
| Chemistry | All except 119 |
| Computer Information Systems | All except 101, 103 |
| Criminal Justice | All |
| Digital Design | All |
| Early Childhood Education | 111, 202, 210, 212, 213 |
| Economics | All |
| Education | 201, 215 |
| Engineering | All |
| English | All except 104, 105, 115, 125 |
| Environmental Science | All |
| Fashion Merchandising | All |
| Foreign Language — see world languages. | |
| Geography | All |
| Geology | All |
| Health Science | All except 105, 106, 110, 111, 278 |
| History | All |
| Humanities | All |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | All except 115 |
| Journalism | All except 110, 111, 112, 211, 212 |
| Legal studies (law) | All |
| Mathematics | All |
| Microbiology | 201 |
| Military Science | All to ROTC programs only |
| Music | All except those listed as performance/skills courses |
| Natural Science | All |
| Oceanography | All |
| Paraeducation | 215 |
| Paralegal studies (legal) | All except 280-282 |
| Philosophy | All |
| Physical Education | All courses numbered 200 and above except 201 (Courses numbered 100-199 may be used as General Electives) |
| Physical Science | All |
| Physics | All |
| Political Science | All |
| Psychology | All except 102, 103, 105-108, 119, 140 |
| Sign Language | All except 111, 112, 130 |
| Social Service/Mental Health | 100, 170, 215 |
| Sociology | All |
| Speech | All |
| Theatre | All except those listed as performance/skills courses |
| World Languages (formerly Foreign Lang.) | All except SIGN 111 & 112 |
