GE Program Goals

B6 Educational Objectives and Criteria - Introduction

must require the application and generalization of basic scientific or mathematical knowledge from lower division Area B courses.

Upper-division courses in B6 must fulfill the following objective:
After completing an upper division Area B course, students should have an enhanced ability to: 

B6:  Upper-Division Educational Objective 

EO 1  apply the fundamental scientific, mathematical, or statistical concepts from Area B foundation courses to solve problems in new or more advanced areas.

Upper-Division courses in B6 must meet EACH of the following criteria:
The course proposal and expanded course outline must clearly indicate that the course is at the 300 or 400 level and has one or more prerequisites from the Area B foundation courses, as well as how the course

B6:  Upper-Division Criteria

CR 1  builds on concepts from foundation courses;

CR 2  applies fundamental scientific, mathematical or statistical concepts from the foundation courses to solve problems in a new or more advanced area;

CR 3  includes an appropriate writing component.

Writing Component

All General Education courses must have a writing component. In achieving this objective, writing in most courses should be viewed primarily as a tool of learning (rather than a goal in itself as in a composition course), and faculty should determine the appropriate ways to integrate writing into coursework. While the writing component may take different forms according to the subject matter and the purpose of a course, at least 10% of the grade in all GE courses must be based on appropriate written work.