Students with a catalog year of Fall 2025 or after will follow the new Essential Education program requirements. The information on this page pertains to the prior General Education Program.

Bruins plan out their academic schedule with a mix of major-related courses and general education requirements ahead of the new school year. The UCLA Registrar’s Office defines GE courses as ...

The General Education curriculum complements and supports a student’s program curriculum. In New York, the New York State Educational Department (NYSED) determines the proportion of overall credits ...

Discover the purpose and impact of general education courses and how they can reshape your learning outlook and teach essential skills. The general education curriculum focuses on the ...

The time to rethink and reimagine general education is long past due. Surveys suggest that students view gen ed requirements as little more than a checklist. Certainly, the value of gen ed isn’t ...

Faculty members and Penn administrators sat down with The Daily Pennsylvanian to discuss the new pilot courses introduced by the College of Arts and Sciences for first-year students this fall and ...

The typical college general education curriculum, fractured into discipline-based silos, often fails to engage students with the profound questions and pressing controversies that shape human life and ...

North Carolina’s public-university system is suspending all general-education and major-specific course requirements related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, citing a Trump administration ...

Beginning in Fall 2025, the Essential Education program replaced Michigan Tech’s General Education requirements. Undergraduate students who started at Michigan Tech prior to Fall 2025 may continue to ...

Morehead State University's General Education Program is a set of curricular requirements taken by all students at Morehead State University. It prepares students to participate intelligently and ...

In accordance with RIT’s mission, the General Education curriculum is the foundation for preparing students for lifelong learning, for success in their chosen fields, and for their role in society as ...

In addition to the major, students successfully complete coursework in a second area of study, whether a General Education Concentration (GEC), a minor, or a second major. A GEC consists of four ...