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TBR General Education Core Information 2004 General Education Core (Information for Students) General Education Core (TBR Categories and Details including learning outcomes) Email the General Education Program Advisor
Authorizations Online Forms: Request to Apply Transfer Course for General Education Credit |
General
Education Program
Administrative offices: John S. Wilder Tower, Room 500 The purpose of the
Tennessee Board of Regents’ general education core is to ensure
that college students have the broad knowledge and skills to become
life-long learners in a global community that will continue to change.
Because courses in general education should emphasize breadth, they
should not be reduced in design to the skills, techniques, or procedures
associated with a specific occupation or profession. As a core of the
baccalaureate degree, essential for a full completion of all majors
and minors, general education is included in lower division courses
but may be incorporated at the upper division as well.
General education provides critical thinking skills for analysis to continue to seek truths, to discover answers to questions, and to solve problems. Specifically, educated people practice and are literate in the various methods of communication. They recognize their place in the history, culture, and diverse heritages of Tennessee, the United States, and the world. They appreciate the web of commonality of all humans in a multicultural world and are prepared for the responsibilities of an engaged citizenship. They recognize the ethical demands of our common lives. They demonstrate the skills and knowledge of the social and behavioral sciences to analyze their contemporary world. They are familiar with the history and aesthetics of the fine arts. They understand and practice the scientific and mathematical view of the world. Finally, Tennessee’s
general education core provides for its citizens the means to make a
better living. Above all, it enables its citizens to make a better life. Our degree audit system for undergraduate students is being developed as a project of the General Education Program. Visit that site to get individualized information about requirements for graduation. |