How can students manage such a large increase in GE units without slowing time to degree?
The current GE requirement is fulfilled with 6-10 courses (24-40 units), and all undergraduate colleges have an additional 8 unit English Composition requirement. The proposed GE requirement could be fulfilled with a minimum of 32 units of Topical Breadth outside the major plus 8 units of English composition (college requirement). Core Literacy units could come from courses in the student’s major as well as any Topical Breadth area. The actual increase in units (minimum of 8) isn’t as large as it seems at first glace. Numbers of appropriate courses should not be a problem. Almost all courses will be certified in a Topical Breadth area. While developing provisional lists of courses that could meet Core Literacy requirements, the GE Summer Workgroup saw many possibilities for incorporating opportunities for students to learn to communicate their ideas in written, oral and visual forms, both within and outside of majors. Finally, the change to using units as the measure for the new progra
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