• The General Education Curriculum
  • What is the difference between a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts Degree?
  • Bachelor of Arts General Education Requirements
  • Bachelor of Science General Education Requirements
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts – College of the Arts
  • Middle Childhood Education
  • Sample Syllabi
  • Group Studies Courses
  • Schedule Classes
  • Academic Advising

Diversity Experiences

One course pertaining to social diversity in the United States and two courses dealing with international issues are required. These requirements should be fulfilled in the choice of courses taken to satisfy other GEC requirements.

Social Diversity in the United States

Goals/Rationale

• Courses in social diversity will foster an understanding of the pluralistic nature of institutions, society, and culture in the United States.

Learning Objectives

• students describe the roles of such categories as race, gender, class, ethnicity, and religion in the institutions and cultures of the United States
• students recognize the role of social diversity in shaping their own attitudes and values

International Issues

Goals/ Rationale

• International issues courses help students become educated, productive, and principled citizens of their nation and the world.

Learning Objectives

• students exhibit an understanding of political, economic, cultural, physical, and social differences among the nations of the world, including a specific examination of non-Western culture