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What is CSU GE or IGETC Certification

It is the process where 海角社区 informs your transfer university that you have completed your lower-division general education (GE) courses.   海角社区does this by verifying that you have completed either 海角社区GE Plan B (also called CSU GE Certification) or 海角社区GE Plan C (also called IGETC Certification or UC GE Certification).  Note:  If you have applied for and received an Associate鈥檚 Degree for Transfer (AA-T or AS-T), and this degree is posted on your 海角社区transcript, this will serve as your 海角社区GE Plan B/CSU GE Certification.  No additional GE Certification is required for the CSU if your Associate鈥檚 Degree for Transfer is posted on your transcript.

Universities that do not receive your GE Certification may rescind your offer of admissions, delay your course registration date or add additional lower-division general education coursework to your degree/graduation requirements at the university.

Who should apply for Certification and when?

Students who have applied to AND have been admitted by a university should request GE or IGETC Certification.  Certification is ONLY required by the university you have chosen to attend or are already attending.

How do you request CSU GE or IGETC Certification?

1. CSU GE Certification (If ALL your General Education courses on 海角社区GE Plan B were taken at LBCC) 鈥� Request this type of GE Certification by applying for LBCC鈥檚 CSUGE Breadth Certificate and then sending your official 海角社区transcript, with posted certificate, to your CSU.

• Log into the Viking Student System. Students can access the system directly or by going through the QUICKLINKS menu at the top of any page on the 海角社区website and then clicking on 鈥淰iking Student Login鈥�.
• Once logged in, click on the 鈥淎cademic Records鈥� tile/box.
• On the left hand side, click on 鈥淎pply for Degree or Cert鈥�.
• Apply for the 鈥�(3000) CSU GE Breadth Certificate鈥�.

Note:  If you have applied for and received an Associate鈥檚 Degree for Transfer (also called an AA-T or AS-T), you do NOT need to apply for CSU GE Certification.  This posted degree serves as your CSU GE Certification.  Send an official transcript with your posted AA-T or AS-T to your CSU.

Requesting official 海角社区transcripts:  /transcript-requests

2. CSU GE Certification (If ANY of your General Education courses on 海角社区GE Plan B were taken at OTHER colleges or universities) 鈥� Request this type of GE Certification, , by completing the form at .  
3. IGETC/海角社区GE Plan C Certification 鈥� Request this type of GE Certification, by completing the form at 

If you are using courses from other colleges/universities to complete your general education (海角社区GE Plan B or Plan C), official transcripts from those institutions must be on file at LBCC.  If you are a UC transfer and are using high school foreign language courses to complete the 海角社区Plan C/IGETC foreign language requirement (Area 6 on 海角社区Plan C/IGETC), those official high school transcripts must also be on file at LBCC.