Requirements for General Education Courses

A General Education course will:

1. Ask students to demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental concepts, theories, primary works,
2. skills, or ideas within the specific category discipline area.
3. Ask students to interpret and apply introductory methods of inquiry and analysis in the discipline category.
4. Have as its main objective, and 2/3 of its focus, the category content and/or skills.
5. Be vetted in only one General Education category [limited to vetted course designators; see categories on p. 1 of the Policy below].
6. Be vetted and approved by an appropriate discipline group [i.e., the CT State General Education Committee].

The Gen Ed Committee oversees applications for new or modified courses to become part of the General Education Core, and oversees applications for courses to be added to the TAP Creativity category or TAP Global Knowledge category. Forms are available in the Proposal Forms Hub.