General Education Program

The three (3) traditional components of undergraduate education are: 1) the General Education program; 2) the academic major; 3) a minor and/or electives.

A key purpose of General Education is to provide the components of a liberal education that develop and cultivate the capacities required for effective social, intellectual, and cultural engagement in a diverse democratic society and global environment. The General Education program provides the opportunities to gain the skills, knowledge and values that support full social participation and citizenship.

One must have the critical analytical and communication skills, as well as knowledge of the natural, social, and quantitative sciences to understand and argue the important issues of the day. Furthermore, these issues call for aesthetic and ethical values and reflection that are developed most profoundly through the arts and humanities. In the major, the principles of liberal education are further developed as students examine a specialized field in depth and develop knowledge in preparation for a career. By their choice of a minor and electives, students are able to pursue additional or supplemental areas of intellectual interest.