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General Education is a system of courses designed to help you build skills and habits of mind that will help you flourish in your chosen profession and as a citizen of the global community. They are centered four common themes:<\/p>\n
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Your required General Education credits will be distributed across four different categories.\u00a0<\/strong>Below, you can see how your total General Education credit count will breakdown into these four course categories.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”Heading” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#ce202f” background_enable_mask_style=”on” background_mask_style=”arch” background_mask_color=”#b21a27″ background_mask_transform=”rotate_90_degree|invert” custom_padding=”12px|15px|21px|15px|false|false” border_width_all=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”General Education Program” image_icon_width=”30px” admin_label=”General Education – Blurb” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_level=”h2″ header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” body_font_size=”15px” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pursue diverse interests and gain fundamental skills for lifelong learning, apply, communicate, and integrate ideas from a variety of disciplines, and gain abilities to think and act critically as citizens of a complex and ever-changing world<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text admin_label=”Credit Total – Text” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”30px” text_line_height=”1em” text_orientation=”center” background_layout=”dark” width=”20%” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”5px||0px||false|false” border_width_all=”2px” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n 44-70<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#f9f9f9″ custom_margin=”-20px||0px||false|false” 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They offer students the opportunity to explore a wide range of topics while building foundational skills that are crucial to college success. Topics explored include The Arts, Historical Perspectives, Science, Tech & Data, and more. Click the button on the left to find the current term offerings, as well as the academic year course catalog.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ admin_label=”Alternative Courses” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”15px” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”11px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Making the perfect schedule can be difficult. Luckily, some General Education courses offer sections online. Click on the button to the right to find some of the offerings. 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