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General Studies Gold
General Studies Gold
General Studies Gold is the name of ASU’s general studies curriculum, which specifies the requirements for undergraduate students in catalog year 2024-2025 and forward.
The General Studies Gold framework reduces the complexity of the current General Studies curriculum (now known as General Studies Maroon and required of students in catalog years 2023-2024 and earlier). General Studies Gold will require the same number of credits and will provide greater transparency to students, faculty, and staff.
For a detailed overview of the Gold general study areas, please visit the official ASU page here.
Not sure what general studies catalog you are?
Go to your MyASU page, under My Programs.
Select your degree program and a drop-down menu will appear.
Next to Catalog Year, will be the general studies requirements you'll need to complete.
General Studies and the Class Search
The class search is a great tool for finding classes that meet general studies requirements. You will notice that courses that satisfy general studies requirements will have a gold or maroon box on the right hand side. Choose courses to satisfy the general studies requirements for either Gold or Maroon catalogs.
Using the Advanced Search to Find General Studies Courses
Using the Advanced Search option is a great way to find courses that satisfy general studies requirements. Please see the steps outlined below to help you navigate the tool.
Click on the "Advanced Search" option on the far right.
You will then be redirected to this page where you can filter your class search by using various filters; however, we will focus on the "General Studies Gold" filter.
Clicking on the "General Studies Gold" filter will allow you to select a general studies category.
For this example, we will select the "HUAD: Humanities, Arts and Design" category. Once you have made a selection, click "Search Classes".
You will then be directed to a page that lists the search results for your filtered advanced search. In this example, you can see the classes meeting the Gold general studies HUAD designation are listed. As outlined by the red box, the HUAD designation is listed in the "General Studies" column.
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