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General Education and Bachelor Degree Requirements

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The overall objective of the General Education program at the University of Utah is to fulfill the requirements of the State of Utah's policy R470 which mandates that state institutions of higher education deliver general education programs within certain guidelines. 

As part of the University of Utah's implementation of R470, the University endorses a set of Learning Outcomes which describes what the university expects, in a broad sense, students to achieve through completing the general education program.

For general information on General Education, deadlines, and how departments/faculty can apply for a designation for their course click on the appropriate links above.  Click on the appropriate the links below to see the mission statement, criteria, courses, and committee membership for each of the General Education and Bachelor Degree Requirements.

General Education Bachelor Degree
American Institutions B.A. Language Requirement
Lower Division Writing B.S. Quantitative Intensive
Quantitative Reasoning (QA/QB)
 Diversity
Fine Arts Intellectual Exploration International Requirement
Humanities Intellectual Exploration Upper Division Communication/Writing

Physical, Life Sciences Intellectual Exploration

Applied Sciences Intellectual Exploration

  
Social and Behavioral Sciences Intellectual Exploration  


*If you are a faculty person and want to apply for a General Education requirement for your course, click here.

** If you are a student and you want to talk to someone about petitioning to get a course counted for a particular General Education requirement, please call University College Advising at 581-8146.

Click on the links below for lists of courses that meet the corresponding General Education or Bachelor Degree requirements. The lists include courses that are approved for Fall 2008 semester. Check your selections against the appropriate Class Schedule to assure proper requirement designation. For planning purposes, use the General Education Requirements worksheet to keep record of gened courses fulfilled. For more information on graduation (i.e. transcripts, applying for graduation, etc.) see the Graduation web page.

General Education Requirements (click links to view a description of the requirement, courses, criteria, and committee rosters)

  1. American Institutions (AI) (one course)
  2. Lower Division Writing (WR2) (one course)
  3. Quantitative Reasoning
  4. Intellectual Explorations Area
    Majors may require students to take specific intellectual explorations course(s) to meet core or allied requirements for their major. Students should contact their major department for more information. College of Engineering students need to see their departmental adviser for specific requirements regarding their intellectual explorations courses. Two Intellectual Exploration (I.E.) courses in each of the four subject areas:

    1. Fine Arts Courses (FF)
    2. Humanities Courses (HF)
    3. Physical, Life, and Applied Sciences (SF, AS): Students may take two SF courses or one SF and one AS course to satisfy this requirement.
          - Physical and Life Sciences Courses (SF)
          - Applied Science Courses (AS)
    4. Social and Behavioral Sciences Courses (BF)

Bachelor's Degree Requirements

1. Upper Division Communication/Writing (CW) (one course)
2. Diversity (DV) (one course)
3. International Requirement (IR) (Beginning fall semester 2007, all undergraduates entering the University of Utah must complete one three-semester hour course from the list. Starting fall semester 2013, ALL undergraduate students, regardless of the date they entered the university, will be required to complete this requirement.)


4. Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Bachelor of Science: Quantitative Intensive (QI) (two upper-division courses).  Minimum C- required for QI courses for all students starting enrollment at the U Fall 2008 or later.  D- acceptable for students who initiated enrollment at the U prior to Fall 2008 and graduate by Summer 2013. Starting in Fall 2013 the C- minimum grade will be required for all B.S. degree students regardless of initial enrollment date.

OR

Bachelor of Arts: Foreign Language Requirement: Complete course work equivalent to at least 4th semester (2020 level) competency in either a foreign language or sign language.
(See appropriate department for BFA, BMus, and BUS requirements.)

5. Minimum of 122 semester hours
40 upper-division semester hours
GPA 2.00 minimum
Residency requirement
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