This Certificate of Achievement-Advanced is designed for students planning to transfer to California State University (CSU). It offers a program of study that meets the CSU lower division General Education requirements. Though completion of lower division General Education is not usually required to transfer, and is not recommended for certain majors, most students should make completion of all or most of CSU GE requirements a priority, along with completion of their lower-division major coursework. Students are advised to meet with a counselor or academic adviser to discuss transfer requirements, including General Education, lower division major preparation, minimum and competitive GPAs, and the transfer admission process.

To earn this advanced certificate, students must meet all CSU GE Breadth requirements found at deanza.edu/articulation/gerequirements. Courses on this advanced certificate are approved for a specific academic year, so requirements listed in catalogs for other years do not apply. Courses must be on the approved list during the year in which they were taken. For approved courses by academic year, see assist.org. This advanced certificate will be noted on the student’s transcript.

Important: The Certificate of Achievement-Advanced differs from the CSU GE "certification form" required by most CSU campuses to verify completion of lower division General Education work. Not all criteria required for the advanced certificate apply to the CSU GE "certification." Upon enrolling in final course requirements and receiving conditional admission to the university, students must submit a request for certification to the De Anza College Admissions and Records Office. CSU GE certification request forms are available at the Admissions and Records Office and online at deanza.edu/counseling/forms.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion, students will be able to:

- Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing

- Critically analyze and problem-solve using applicable techniques, incorporating the appropriate use of logic, mathematical and quantitative reasoning concepts, scientific theories, data, and the scientific method, while considering value systems and ethics associated with human inquiry

- Critically examine the interrelationship between the self and the creative arts and of the humanities in a variety of cultural and historical perspectives, through the study of the arts, history, literature, philosophy and foreign languages

- Critically analyze issues in their contemporary and historical settings and in a variety of cultural contexts, while exploring the principles, methodologies, value systems and ethics employed in social scientific inquiry