General Education Core
General Education Core from great beginnings to graduation and beyond.
The University of Cincinnati's General Education framework has a firm foundation in UC’s Academic Plan to reaffirm liberal education as key to preparing students as life-long learners. General Education course requirements are purposefully designed to strengthen four important learning outcomes or competencies throughout the student’s progress toward their degree.
General Education at the University of Cincinnati:
- emphasizes critical thinking
- develops effective verbal, written, oral, and visual communication
- includes familiarity with multiple areas of traditional knowledge
- supports intellectual excellence and openness
- integrates study among disciplines
- encourages commitment to personal social accountability and responsibility
- promotes awareness of the world at large
- fosters information literacy
- values lifelong learning
- encourage contextual linkages