General Education Curriculum

The General Education Curriculum  at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a set of courses required in all colleges and majors. It is designed to ensure that graduates acquire the knowledge and skill to live productive lives as responsible and knowledgeable citizens of their region, their country and the world, capable of working effectively with others while displaying openness to different viewpoints and understanding the diversity of human values. Through general education courses, graduates learn to appreciate the possibilities of human achievement and the patterns of human thought in both the arts and the sciences. To this end, courses in the core curriculum ensure broad learning across the humanities, arts, social studies, and biological and physical sciences, while teaching competence in technology, communication, critical thinking and analytical skills.

Students who are pursuing on-line or distance education degrees must complete the same general education requirements as students in traditional, face-to-face degree programs.

The following table lists the general education course requirements for all UL Lafayette curricula. These courses, also collectively referred to as the “core curriculum,” are mandated by both the Louisiana Board of Regents and the University. This table provides only an overview of the broad requirements; a given curriculum may specify a particular course to fulfill a core requirement.

NOTES:

1. Appropriate honors courses also fulfill the core requirements.