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The Utica University General Education Program (Gen Ed) puts you in charge of your college education. 

You'll start with foundational classes that will equip you to succeed in college and beyond. Your learning will integrate sciences, humanities, the arts, and technology on your unique GenEd journey.  You may choose to explore an exciting themed pathway or make your own learning path from a broad range of engaging courses.

Program Structure

The Program is structured around seven General Education Learning Goals:

  • Demonstrate effective written and oral communication.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and reasoning.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in quantitative reasoning.
  • Demonstrate scientific literacy through evidence-based inquiry.
  • Appreciate the range of human experiences as represented in the arts, literature, and other forms of cultural expression.
  • Critically and ethically evaluate past and present implications of social institutions.
  • Responsibly identify, locate, evaluate, and use information that is relevant to a given issue through information literacy and effective use of technology.

Foundation Courses for Spring 2023

Pathway Courses for Spring 2023

General Education Program Curriculum

 

37 credits

PART 1: The Foundations

19 credits

GE Goal

Written Communication

6

1, 7

Oral Communication

3

1

Critical Thinking

3

2

Quantitative Reasoning  

3

3

Scientific Literacy (lab)

4

4

PART 2: Pathway Minors and General Education in Areas of Knowledge

18 credits

5, 6 +

Students can select from two types of general education minors (comprised of courses at upper and lower levels – at least one has to be 300-400 level).

Themed Pathway Minor

  • Choose 4 courses within a theme, each from a different area of knowledge (see below) – 2 must meet goal 5 and 2 goal 6

  • Choose any other 2 Liberal Arts (LA) courses within a theme (cannot be one used for foundations)

  • Choose one Writing Intensive (WI) course among above

Interdisciplinary Minor

Must meet above requirements but may also include additional credits to complete the minor requirements


 

12

 

6


 

5, 6

 

1-6

General Education Pathway

  • Choose 5 courses from a different area of knowledge (see below)

  • Choose any other course from any program learning goal 

  • Choose one Writing Intensive (WI) course among above

 

15

3

 

5,6

1-6

PART 3: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) - 2 courses required within Gen Ed.  At least one must be at the 300 or 400 level. 

 

 

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Gary Leising, Ph.D.

Gary Leising

Gary Leising, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of English and Director of General Education
gleisin@utica.edu
Cody Plasterer '16

Making Sense of Everything

"It's nice to be able to apply knowledge you learned in one class to another class. Things that I learned in my biology classes I might have discussed in my psych class or my history class. It's all very coherent and it helps you make sense of everything."

Cody Plasterer '16
Biology Alumnus

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