The General Education Program at Southern University is a set of requirements established by the faculty as part of all Undergraduate degree programs. The General Education Requirements are a subset of the University Requirements and constitute a designed curriculum required of all undergraduate students. This Program fosters an important intellectual attitude: commitment to and participation in a life of thought and continuous learning. The foundation of the undergraduate curriculum is the General Education Program. General Education is designed to accommodate the increasing specialization of the University within the broader, traditional objectives of higher education, while encouraging students to develop themselves to the fullest extent possible. General Education aims at personal enrichment, cultural awareness, and breadth of knowledge. General Education embraces the traditional subjects normally required of educated persons that form the shared intellectual heritage of our diverse culture. It teaches the skills of critical thinking, and of accurate and effective communication. It develops openness to the views of others, and allows revision of judgments after careful and critical thought. General Education promotes the integration, synthesis, and application of knowledge, and includes proficiency in information literacy and fosters an important intellectual attitude: commitment to and participation in a life of thought and continuous learning. General Education promotes global awareness. The educated person is conscious of the important social and ethical concerns of the day, sensitive to diversity, and cognizant of technological, scientific and societal changes, and their effects on humankind. Such understandings equip the individual to make meaningful contributions to society.

General Education Requirements