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Through GE coursework, students in all majors have common educational experiences and opportunities to develop the skills and acquire the knowledge associated with a broad liberal arts and sciences education.

The overall purpose of General Education is to provide students with broad preparation for their majors and for life’s social and intellectual challenges. The skills developed and the knowledge acquired through GE coursework will support achievement in the major and success in endeavors beyond graduation.

Kean’s General Education Program features:
• a vertical structure intended to bring students progressively to higher levels of proficiency, competence, and understanding
• connections within and between disciplines and opportunities for students to pursue interests in interdisciplinary areas
• courses that provide on-going skills development along with content
• courses that provide multicultural and global perspectives

The essential academic and professional skills areas addressed in GE courses include: critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, reflection, quantitative reasoning, verbal/oral communication, values assessment, aesthetic analysis, inquiry and research, technological applications, collaboration in a diverse society and appreciation of diversity.

In addition, the breadth and depth of GE course content is designed to help all students acquire:
• knowledge of fundamental paradigms and methodologies in the liberal arts and sciences
• awareness of the world’s major intellectual, cultural, and scientific traditions and achievements, past and present
• knowledge of major social forces and issues shaping the present world
• knowledge of major scientific and technological factors shaping the present world
• knowledge of multicultural and/or global perspectives

All courses that fulfill GE requirements in the GE Program reflect the guidelines of the GE Course Outline and therefore feature:
• Course Objectives that specify cognitive goals (skills to be learned/student outcomes to be measured) as well as goals for diversity and values
• Methods for Teaching and Learning that specify how learning support services and/or interventions will be incorporated and how technology will be used to support classroom topics/activities
• Modes of Assessment that are related to measurable student outcomes and that designate the skills to be assessed and the course-embedded assessments to be used to address the cognitive skills, diversity and values goals specified in the course objectives