As a new student, you may be asking, "What are General Education requirements?"
Simply put, they are university requirements not specified by your major. You can think of your degree requirements as consisting of two pieces:
- Major Requirements: These are the courses that you must complete in order to earn a specific degree. Each degree program has a different set of major requirements.
- General Education Requirements: These requirements are the same for all students, although different students may take different courses in order to satisfy them.
In fall 2016, East Stroudsburg University launched its newly revised General Education Program (GE2016). As alluded to above, this program consists of a set of interrelated courses that together provide experiences for students that might not otherwise be provided by their respective degree programs.
The university is particularly enthused to offer all students an engaging First Year Experience course, a Wellness course, and embedded standards throughout the General Education curriculum designed to improve competencies and broaden perspectives.
East Stroudsburg University's new General Education Program (GE2016) consists of 12 distinct requirements. After you have satisfied all 12 of these requirements, you have completed the GE Program!
Satisfying New General Education Requirements
We realize that 12 requirements are a lot to take in all at once, so we've listed the requirements individually below. Clicking on any one of them will give you more information about satisfying that particular requirement.
Satisfying this requirement is pretty easy. Take English Composition (ENGL 103)! Note that you may be exempted from taking ENGL 103 (and receive credit for it) if you take and achieve a sufficient score on the CLEP general examination in English Composition (with essay). A minimum grade of "C" in ENGL 103 is required in order to fulfill the English Composition Requirement.
Don't wait too long to take ENGL 103. You must complete this requirement during your first 45 credits of study at ESU!
You satisfy this requirement by successfully completing any course with the attribute "H". In the course catalog, such courses are identified by the presence of the text
Distribution: Wellness (H)
following the course description.
Don't wait too long to take a Wellness course. You must complete this requirement during your first 60 credits of study at ESU!
This requirement has two parts. First of all, you must take at least 12 credits of Group A General Education courses. These courses are identified by both a GN in the course title and by one of the following five attributes in the Distribution Section after the course description: AEL, AFA, AML, APA, or APH. Secondly, in completing these 12 credits, you must take GN courses that have at least four different attributes from this list.
As an example, suppose one successfully completes a 3 credit GN course with the attribute AFA. After doing so, this student needs to take only 9 more credits in Group A, and must spread these credits over at least three of the attributes: AEL, AML, APA, and APH.
This requirement has three parts. First of all, you must take at least 12 credits of Group B General Education courses. These courses are identified by both a GN in the course title and by one of the following six attributes in the Distribution Section after the course description: BBI, BCH, BCS, BMA, BPH, or BPS. Secondly, in completing these 12 credits, you must take GN courses that have at least four different attributes from this list. Finally, one of the courses that you take must have "meeting the university math competency requirement" as a prerequisite. Courses that satisfy this last requirement are labeled with the attribute M in the Distribution section after the course description.
As an example, suppose one successfully completes a 3 credit GN course with the attribute BPH. After doing so, this student needs to take only 9 more credits in Group B, and must spread these credits over at least three of the attributes: BBI, BCH, BCH, BMA, and BPS. Since the course taken did not have the M attribute, one of the remaining courses taken in Group B must have the M attribute.
This requirement has two parts. First of all, you must take at least 12 credits of Group C General Education courses. These courses are identified by both a GN in the course title and by one of the following five attributes in the Distribution Section after the course description: CEC, CGE, CHI, CPS, or CSO. Secondly, in completing these 12 credits, you must take GN courses that have at least four different attributes from this list.
As an example, suppose one successfully completes a 3 credit GN course with the attribute CSO. After doing so, this student needs to take only 9 more credits in Group C, and must spread these credits over at least three of the attributes: CEC, CGE, CHI, and CPS.
You satisfy this requirement by successfully completing any course with the attribute "G". In the course catalog, such courses are identified by the presence of the text
Distribution: Global Diversity and Citizenship (G)
following the course description.
You satisfy this requirement by successfully completing any course with the attribute "C". In the course catalog, such courses are identified by the presence of the text
Distribution: Communication (C)
following the course description.
You satisfy this requirement by successfully completing any course with the attribute "I". In the course catalog, such courses are identified by the presence of the text
Distribution: Information Literacy/Technology (I)
following the course description.
You satisfy this requirement by successfully completing any course with the attribute "A". In the course catalog, such courses are identified by the presence of the text
Distribution: Artistic Expression (A)
following the course description.
You satisfy this requirement by successfully completing any course with the attribute "W2". In the course catalog, such courses are identified by the presence of the text
Distribution: Level II Writing (W2)
following the course description.
You satisfy this requirement by successfully completing any course with the attribute "W3". In the course catalog, such courses are identified by the presence of the text
Distribution: Level III Writing (W3)
following the course description.
Contact Us
GE Committee Co-Chair
Laura Waters
lwaters@esu.edu
(570) 422-3569
GE Committee Co-Chair
Caroline DiPipi-Hoy, Ph.D
cdipipihoy@esu.edu
(570) 422-3364
