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3/17/2008 2:01 PM

	collegeworks
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Gen Ed (General Education Requirements)

General Education requirements are usually courses that give undergraduates a background in all major academic disciplines: natural sciences, social sciences, mathematics, literature and language, and fine arts. Most colleges have general education requirements – students usually take these courses in their first and second years, getting the chance to sample a wide range of courses before selecting a major. Students generally choose from variety of appropriate courses and take (for example) biology, chemistry or astronomy. At some colleges, general education courses are referred to as the core curriculum; at others, a few courses within the general education requirements that all students must take.

Below see an article regarding Gen Ed reform efforts:

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/03/11/maryland

4/30/2008 4:06 PM

	PittPanther
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Re: Gen Ed (General Education Requirements)

Here is another interesting article from InsideHigher Ed regarding a Gen Ed requirements reform effort at Emory.

Excerpt from article:

“For years, Emory University’s centralized academic advising office has been inundated with student questions about how to fulfill general education requirements. Those questions would often be brought first to a faculty adviser who couldn’t come up with a conclusive answer.”

“Joanne Brzinski, Emory’s interim senior associate dean of undergraduate education, said professors often reported being confused by rules that established which courses counted for which distribution requirements. What Brzinski described as the “off-loading of advising” became a problem for those in the central office, whose days, she said, became far too dominated by explaining the intricacies of the system.”

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