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GENERAL EDUCATION provides the skills and proficiencies necessary for success.It exposes students to a common core of knowledge from a diversity of viewpoints, and hones their thinking and communication skills to better enable them to apply knowledge to life.General Education is the foundation of all university degrees, giving breadth and balance to one’s education and defining an educated person.

EDUCATION FOR THE PROFESSIONS is built upon this base. University graduates need to understand the reciprocal interaction for profession, society and their daily lives. Career opportunities now and in the future will require individuals who can actively respond to changing work environments, continue to learn and grow, and work cooperatively with people of diverse backgrounds.

EXPLORING the General Education courses offers a unique opportunity to experience a wide range of subject areas. The broad exposure provided by the General Education program helps students to make better informed career decisions in college and better equips them to respond to evolving personal aspirations and changing career opportunities.

 
"We can teach [students] how to be marketing people. We can teach them how to manage balance sheets. What is killing us is having to teach them to read and to compute and to communicate and to think"

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. CEO IBM
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