General Education
General Education Address

Questions About General Education

  • What knowledge and skills should Oakland University graduates possess?
  • What are the social and civic values we want OU graduates to examine and develop? (Civility, honesty, respect for differmces?)
  • What curricula (courses, experiences, learning modules) are needed to develop this set of knowledge, skills and values?
  • What is the relationship of the general education curriculum to the major?
  • How do/should general education courses themselves fit together and integrate the knowledge that is learned?
  • Should general education be confined only to the first two years of the student's university experience?
  • Should the general education curriculum have as a goal conununity building among students and increased retention and persistence to graduation?


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