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ZTC Course List

List of course that have ZTC/LTC sections offered by Discipline
List of course that have ZTC/LTC sections offered by General Education Area
List of course that have ZTC/LTC sections offered by CSU Breadth General Education Area

This list shows the courses currently (5/8/24) designed as Low Textbook Cost or Zero Textbook Cost for students.
Not all courses are offered every semester.

Subject Course # Instructor Zero or
Low Cost
ADMJ 203 Cydney Piper Zero
ADMJ 112 Cydney Piper Zero
ANTH 120/120L John Moore Zero
ANTH 100 John Moore Zero
ART 100 Josh Olivera Zero
ART 166 Josh Olivera Zero
ART 174 Josh Olivera Zero
BIOL 104 Anna Thompson Zero
BIOL 106 Anna Thompson Zero
BIOL 102 Anna Thompson Zero
BIOL 210 Anna Thompson Zero
BIOL 100 Anna Thompson Zero
BUS 115 Gustavo Demoner Zero
CHEM 102 Kurt Smart Zero
CHEM 104 Kurt Smart Zero
CHEM 106 Kurt Smart Zero
ECE 162   Zero
ENGL 100 Nikki Grose Zero
ENGL C1000 (101) Nikki Grose, Will Lombardi, Joe Willis Low Cost
ENGL 102 Nikki Grose Zero
ENGL 103 Nikki Grose Zero
ENGL 119 Gina Warren  
ENGL/COMM C1000 (120) Nikki Grose Zero
ENGL 128 Will Lombardi Zero
ENGL 170/172 Nikki Grose Zero
ENGL 252 Nikki Grose Zero
ENGL 254 Nikki Grose Zero
ENGL 310 Nikki Grose Zero
ENGL 416 Nikki Grose Zero
ENGL 101 Gina Warren Low Cost
ENGL 103 Gina Warren Zero
ENGL 120 Jarrett, Joan Zero
ENVR 044 Don Fregulia Zero
ENVR 045 Don Fregulia Zero
ENVR 102 Ethan Taber Low Cost
ENVR 103 Ethan Taber  
ENVR 142/142L Donald Helfrich Zero
ENVR 180 Dana Flett Zero
ENVR 205 Ethan Taber Zero
ENVR 235 Jon Dvorak Zero
ENVR 236 Jon Dvorak Zero
ENVR 237 Jon Dvorak Zero
ENVR 238 Jon Dvorak Zero
ENVR 280

Dana Flett

Zero
ENVR 460 Dana Flett Zero
ENVR 480 Dana Flett Zero
HES 170 Shauna Schultz Zero
GEOL 102   Zero
HIST 108 Heaney, Thomas Low Cost
HIST 110 Heaney, Thomas Zero
HIST 112 Svilich, Stacey Zero
HIST 140 Svilich, Stacey Zero
MATH 202 Smart, Hsuanhau Zero
MATH 102   Zero
MATH 102 Kurt Smart Zero
MATH 203 Smart, Alma Zero
MATH 108   Zero
PHIL 101 Lavin, Andrew Zero
PHYS 102   Zero
POL 101 Steffen, Nathan Zero
POL 101 Vaughn, Paul Zero
POL 120 Vaughn, Paul Zero
POL 130 Vaughn, Paul Zero
POL 150 Vaughn, Paul Zero
SOC 102 Vaughn, Paul Zero
SOC 150   Low Cost
SPAN 101, 102 Jacobus, Wendy Zero
All Courses All Courses Flett, Dana Zero
ENVR/BIOL 120   Zero
ENVR 131   Zero
NURS 100 All Instructors Zero

ZTC/LTC COURSES BY GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATE DEGREE
Some sections of the following courses are offered as ZTC/LTC.
Please see the current schedule of classes for more information.

 

AREA A Communication | 6 units
One course required from each subarea A1 and A2

A1 ENGL 101
A2 ENGL 102, 103, 120
PHIL 101
  AREA B Natural Sciences | 7 units
One course required from each subarea B1 and B2 
B1

Life or Physical Science (must include lab)
ANTH 120 and 120L, BIOL 100, 102, 104, 106, 210
CHEM 102, 104, 106
GEOL 102
ENVR 120, 142 and 142L
PHYS 102 

B2 Mathematics
MATH 202
  AREA C: Humanities | 3 units
C ART 100, 166, 174  
ENGL 128, 252, 254
ENVR 102
PHIL 101
SPAN 101, 102
  AREA D: Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 units
D ADMJ 112, 203
ANTH 100, 120
ECE 162  
HIST 108, 110, 112, 140
POL 101, 120, 130, 150
SOC 102, 150
  AREA E: American Insitutions | 3 units
E HIST 108, 110
  AREA F: Health & Exercise Studies | 1 unit
F HES/NCA 170

ZTC/LTC COURSES BY CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY GENERAL EDUCATION BREADTH REQUIREMENTS
Some sections of the following courses are offered as ZTC/LTC.
Please see the current schedule of classes for more information.

A

COMMUNICATION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND CRITICAL THINKING |  9 UNITS 
(one course from A1, A2, and A3)

A1 ENGL 120
A2 ENGL 101
A3 ENGL 102, 103
PHIL 101
B PHYSICAL UNIVERSE AND ITS LIFE FORMS | 10 UNITS 
(Complete two science courses, one Physical Science (B1) and one Life Science (B2) - one course must have a lab (B3) identified by “*” In addition to completing Math/Quantitative Reasoning (B4)) NOTE: Only 9 units required in AREA B per CSU system.
B1 CHEM 102*, 104*, 106*
ENVR 142, 142L*
GEOL 102
PHYS 102
B2 ANTH 120, 120L*
BIOL 100*, 102*, 104*, 106*, 210*
ENVR 142, 142L*
B3 One course from B1 or B2 must include a lab component
B4 Mathematics
MATH 202
C ARTS, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, FOREIGN LANGUAGES | 9 UNITS
(must include at least one course from each category)
C1 ART 100, 166, 174  
C2

ENGL 252, 254
HIST 108, 110
PHIL 101
SPAN 101, 102

D SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS AND BEHAVIOR, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND | 6 UNITS
(no fewer than nine semester units, with courses taken in at least two disciplines)
  ADMJ 203
ANTH 100, 120
ECE 162
ENVR 102 
HIST 108, 110, 112, 140
POL 101, 120, 130, 150
SOC 102, 150
E LIFELONG UNDERSTANDING AND SELF DEVELOPMENT | 3 UNITS
(An activity course can count as no more than 1 unit for Area E, regardless of the unit value of the course.)
  HES/NCA 170
F ETHNIC STUDIES | 3 UNITS 
  [no ZTV/LTC courses at this time]
F AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION CODE REQUIREMENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER 405 AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS: (One from each group) 
  US-1: HIST 108, 110
US-2 and US-3: POL 101 (satisfies both)

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