General Education requirements will vary depending on your transfer agreement. Please review the options below to learn more about how your transfer agreement affects your GE requirements. Transfer agreements, including but not limited to IGETC and Cal-GETC, apply exclusively to students admitted as transfers. They may not apply to students admitted as first-year students.
Students are required to complete two 4-unit Disciplinary Breadth courses outside the major field of study. At least one of the upper-division courses must include significant writing.*See note below for Marshall transfer students admitted to UC San Diego in the Fall 2026 term and forward.
Guidelines:
Note: For students who are declaring a noncontiguous double major (majors from two different academic disciplines), they must complete just one Upper-Division Disciplinary Breadth with Writing GE. The course can be from any discipline, but it cannot overlap with any requirements for the double major. The course must also appear on our pre-approved Significant Writing list.
Please select your major below to determine which departments you may choose from to satisfy the Disciplinary Breadth requirements.
Students are required to complete two 4-unit Disciplinary Breadth courses outside the major field of study. At least one of the upper-division courses must include significant writing.*See note below for Marshall transfer students admitted to UC San Diego in the Fall 2026 term and forward.
Guidelines:
Note: For students who are declaring a noncontiguous double major (majors from two different academic disciplines), they must complete just one Upper-Division Disciplinary Breadth with Writing GE. The course can be from any discipline, but it cannot overlap with any requirements for the double major. The course must also appear on our pre-approved Significant Writing list.
Please select your major below to determine which departments you may choose from to satisfy the Disciplinary Breadth requirements.
Students are required to complete two 4-unit Disciplinary Breadth courses outside the major field of study. At least one of the upper-division courses must include significant writing.*See note below for Marshall transfer students admitted to UC San Diego in the Fall 2026 term and forward.
Guidelines:
Note: For students who are declaring a noncontiguous double major (majors from two different academic disciplines), they must complete just one Upper-Division Disciplinary Breadth with Writing GE. The course can be from any discipline, but it cannot overlap with any requirements for the double major. The course must also appear on our pre-approved Significant Writing list.
Please select your major below to determine which departments you may choose from to satisfy the Disciplinary Breadth requirements.
Transfer students without IGETC, Partial-IGETC or UC Reciprocity are considered Articulation and can satisfy lower-division GEs in one of the following ways:
GE Completion
GE Petition(s)
If you do not meet the above criteria, you must meet with an academic advisor at Marshall College to review your transfer courses. They will determine, on a course-by-course basis, which lower-division GE requirements you have fulfilled as well as the lower-division GE courses still needed. It is very likely that you will need to petition some of your transfer courses for GE credit.
Thurgood Marshall College Requirements:
Students will need to complete missing GE requirements that may include:
*Advising will determine which DOC courses you will need to complete
Students are required to complete two 4-unit Disciplinary Breadth courses outside the major field of study. At least one of the upper-division courses must include significant writing.*See note below for Marshall transfer students admitted to UC San Diego in the Fall 2026 term and forward.
Guidelines:
Note: For students who are declaring a noncontiguous double major (majors from two different academic disciplines), they must complete just one Upper-Division Disciplinary Breadth with Writing GE. The course can be from any discipline, but it cannot overlap with any requirements for the double major. The course must also appear on our pre-approved Significant Writing list.
Please select your major below to determine which departments you may choose from to satisfy the Disciplinary Breadth requirements.
Update your degree audit based on transfer status, including articulation agreements, UC Reciprocity, UC IGETC, and Cal-GETC. To ensure accurate reflection of transferable coursework and remaining General Education requirements at Thurgood Marshall College.
Review our list of GE courses that can overlap with requirements of different majors.
