Private California colleges and universities and state public institutions require a certain number of units of General Education (G.E.) prior to the granting of undergraduate degrees. Most of these units must be in Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Basic Subjects (oral and written communication, logic, mathematics, and statistics). This requirement is satisfied at PSU when the student selects from the following list of G.E. courses. For the Bachelor of Business Administration degree, students must select fifty-six (56) units. The following are required in the G.E. program:
| AREA AND COURSE | UNITS | |
| COMMUNICATIONS (4 courses) | 16 | |
| EN200 | Composition | 4 |
| EN210 | Communication Arts | 4 |
| EN220 | Research Methods and Bibliography | 4 |
| Elect one | EN350 Technical Writing EN230 Oral Communication PY330 Personal Dynamics and Leadership |
4 |
| HUMANITIES (3 courses) | 12 | |
| PL130 | Introduction to Philosophy | 4 |
| HS100 | Introduction to Art History | 4 |
| Elect one |
EN250 World Literature or Foreign Language |
4 |
| MATHEMATICS (2 courses) | 8 | |
| Elect two |
MA101A College Algebra and Trigonometry |
4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| NATURAL SCIENCES (1 courses) | 4 | |
| Elect one | PH130A Physics: Mechanics, Fluids, Heat, and Sound BI101 General Biology ES101 Earth Sciences |
4 4 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCES (4 courses) | 16 | |
| PY210 | Introduction to Psychology | 4 |
| Elect one | HS130A United States History PS135 U.S. Government |
4 4 |
| Elect one | HS200 Western Civilization HS220 Non-Western Civilization |
4 4 4 |
| Elect one | SS130 Introduction to the Social Sciences SS140 Introduction to Sociology |
4 4 |
| TOTAL G.E. REQUIREMENTS FOR BACHELOR'S DEGREES |
56 | |