General Education Attributes
General Education
General Education is designed to educate its students holistically and is central to the university experience. GE provides students with opportunities to explore disciplines and ideas that are new and may change their world perspectives that help define them as educated citizens of the global community.
The overarching goals of GE are to provide all students with:
- knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world through study in the sciences and mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages, and arts;
- intellectual and practical skills, including inquiry and analysis, critical and creative thinking, written and oral communication, quantitative literacy, information literacy, teamwork, and problem solving;
- personal and social responsibility, including civic knowledge and engagement at local and global levels, intercultural knowledge and competence, ethical reasoning and action, and foundations and skills for lifelong learning.
Each campus has some unique classes that are included in each of the GE patterns. Please see the local catalog for specific course information.
Canada Catalog: https://catalog.canadacollege.edu/current/
CSM Catalog: https://catalog.collegeofsanmateo.edu/current/
Skyline Catalog: https://catalog.skylinecollege.edu/current/