2025-2026 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog 
    
    Nov 16, 2025  
2025-2026 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog

Lower Division GE Area 1A: Written Communication


Recommended for first year. Must be completed before earning 60 units. (Students who transfer in with more than 30 units must complete these before they complete 30 units at Cal Poly Humboldt.) A minimum grade of C- is required in each course.

Goals


Area 1A: Written Communication: Students will develop knowledge and understanding of the form, content, context, and effectiveness of written communication. To do so, students will accomplish the following content criteria:

  1. examine communication from the rhetorical perspective;
  2. practice reasoning, advocacy, organization, and accuracy;
  3. enhance skills and abilities in the discovery, critical evaluation, and reporting of information; 
  4. enhance skills and abilities in reading and writing effectively; and
  5. actively participate in written communication in English.

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