What is general education?
General Education courses are sometimes called “breadth requirements.” These are courses outside of your major, required of everyone to obtain a degree, regardless of your major. They are designed to make you a “well rounded” person. It is recommended that you work with a counselor to ensure that you are following the correct General Education pattern.
A1. The title General Education comes into use early in the twentieth century to identify that part of the college curriculum that is not the major (Peer Review, 2004). Synonymous with titles such as “Core Curriculum,” “Liberal Studies,” and “Basic Competency Requirements,” General Education at Morehouse College is a core curricular program of “shared learning”—i.e., coursework that all newly admitted students must take.
