General Education Requirements

The General Education requirements at University of Massachusetts Global provide both the broad, integrative knowledge and the intellectual foundation that enables students to expand their perspectives beyond the focus of a major. In addition, they impart comprehensive, cross-disciplinary skills that are relevant within the student's major as well as valuable to employers.

The General Education Requirements are comprised of 42 total credits.

University of Massachusetts Global Institutional Learning Outcomes

Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) define the competencies, knowledge, and skills that all students, regardless of their academic program, are expected to demonstrate upon completing a degree program.

The Institutional Learning Outcomes are:

Applied Learning: Design a project, paper, performance, or other appropriate task linking knowledge skills from work, experiential learning, or community activities with knowledge acquired in academic disciplines.

Innovation and Creativity: Construct a novel or unique idea, question, format, or product.

Civic Engagement: Describe insights gained from engaging physically and/or intellectually with activities of personal and public concern that are both individually life enriching and socially beneficial to the community.

Global Cultures: Explain the relationship between a global issue and the history, values, politics, economy, communication styles, or beliefs and practices of one or more cultures affected by that issue.

Integrated Learning: Devise connections among experiences inside and outside the formal classroom, or connections among multiple fields of study.

The University of Massachusetts Global Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO's) are fulfilled through the completion of LBSU 304, which serves as the primary course for demonstrating institutional competencies. For those completing only the Associate of Arts in General Education, the Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO’s) are fulfilled through the completion of LBSU 105/LBSC 105.

Credit Hour University of Massachusetts Global General Education Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Basic Skills
Writing Communication I:
ENGU 103	Writing and Rhetoric ^*	3
Written Communication II:
ENGU 104	Writing About Literature ^*	3
Quantitative Reasoning		3
Oral Communication		3
Basic Skills Subtotal		12
Breadth Requirements
Humanities:		9
Students admitted with less than 12 credits and/or GPA lower than 2.0 must take the following:
LBSU 100	Student Success Strategies	3
And select 6 credits from the following areas:
Communications
English
Fine Arts
Foreign Languages
Humanities
Liberal Studies
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Students admitted with at least 12 credits and GPA 2.0 or higher
Select 9 credits from the following areas:
Communications
English
Fine Arts
Foreign Languages
Humanities
Liberal Studies
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Natural Sciences:
Select 6 credits		6
Social Sciences:
Select 9 credits from three different areas:		9
Criminal Justice
Early Childhood Education
Economics
History
Marketing
Organizational Leadership
Political Science/Legal Studies
Psychology
Social Science
Social Work
Sociology
Breadth Requirements Subtotal		24
Liberal Education Foundations
LBSU 302	Information Fluency and Academic Integrity ^**	3
LBSU 304	Liberal Arts Core Foundations ^**	3
Liberal Education Foundations Subtotal		6
Total Credits		42
*Cannot be used as an elective in a major, minor, or certificate program. Must be taken within the first two sessions if not satisfied in transfer, or within first two sessions after completing required remedial writing coursework.
**Cannot be used as an elective in a major, minor, or certificate program. These must be taken within first two sessions after matriculation if ENGU 103 Writing and Rhetoric and ENGU 104 Writing About Literature are satisfied, or within the first two sessions after those requirements are completed. They cannot be satisfied in transfer.

Self-Paced University of Massachusetts Global General Education Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Basic Skills
Writing Communication I:
ENGC 103	Writing and Rhetoric	3
Written Communication II:
ENGC 104	Writing About Literature	3
Quantitative Reasoning:
MATC 103	Applied Mathematics	3
Oral Communication:
COMC 101	Public Speaking I	3
Basic Skills Subtotal		12
Breadth Requirements
Humanities		9
Students admitted with less than 12 credits and/or GPA lower than 2.0 must take the following:
LBSC 100	Student Success Strategies	3
And select 6 credits from the following:
HUMC 250	Humanities in the Digital Culture	3
LBSC 492	Experiential Learning	3
PHLC 104	Introduction to Ethics	3
PHLC 110	Creative and Critical Thinking	3
HUMC 110	Disciplinary Relationships	3
HUMC 115	Human Experience	3
Students admitted with at least 12 credits and GPA 2.0 or higher
Select 9 credits from the following:
HUMC 250	Humanities in the Digital Culture	3
LBSC 492	Experiential Learning	3
PHLC 104	Introduction to Ethics	3
PHLC 110	Creative and Critical Thinking	3
HUMC 110	Disciplinary Relationships	3
HUMC 115	Human Experience	3
LBSC 100	Student Success Strategies	3
LBSC 105	Academic Foundations	3
Natural Sciences:
Select 6 credits:		6
ESCC 101	Introduction to Environmental Science	3
FSNC 200	Human Nutrition	3
NSCC 115	Methods and Applications	3
Social Sciences:
Select 9 credits:		9
PSYC 101	Introduction to Psychology	3
ECNC 200	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECNC 201	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
MKTC 300	Principles of Marketing	3
Breadth Requirements Subtotal		24
Liberal Education Foundations Subtotal		6
LBSC 302	Information Fluency & Academic Integrity	3
LBSC 304	Liberal Arts Core Foundations	3
Total Credits		42
*Cannot be used as an elective in a major, minor, or certificate program. Must be taken within the first two sessions if not satisfied in transfer, or within first two sessions after completing required remedial writing coursework.
**Cannot be used as an elective in a major, minor, or certificate program. These must be taken within first two sessions after matriculation if ENGU 103 Writing and Rhetoric and ENGU 104 Writing About Literature are satisfied, or within the first two sessions after those requirements are completed. They cannot be satisfied in transfer.