Bachelor Degree and Upper Division General Education Philosophy

The philosophy and criteria for the bachelor degree and general education include, but are not limited to the following:

1. The courses integrate significant content, ideas, and ways of knowing from more than one discipline.

2. Courses involve students in collaborative work, critical thinking, and integration of ideas.

3. Courses extend the students' experience across the curriculum and gain more breadth of educational experience.

4. Courses assist in the students' ability to make connections between their major and a variety of other fields and ways of knowing that increase their knowledge and their ability to communicate with people across the disciplinary spectrum.