General Education Goals and Shared Learning Outcomes

The goals of General Education at Illinois State University remain the same as those approved by the Academic Senate in 1992. The learning outcomes have been revised as the result of a systematic review by the Council for General Education and were approved by the Academic Senate Executive Committee on August 21, 2006.

General Education Goals (pdf)

Shared Learning Outcomes (pdf)

The General Education Program consists of an integrated set of courses (14 total) including:
(see the menu to the right for more specific information about your General Education course)

• Inner Core (5 courses)
  • 2-course sequence integrating composition, communication, critical thinking, and information literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Science
• Middle Core (5 courses - one from each course category)
  • Quantitative Reasoning
  • Language in the Humanities
  • United States Traditions
  • Individuals and Civic Life
  • Individuals and Societies
• Outer Core (4 courses - one from each course category)
  • Science, Mathematics, and Technology
  • Fine Arts
  • Humanities
  • Social Sciences