General Education Requirement
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General education provides the foundation for successful academic study, for lifelong learning, and for carrying out the duties of local, national, and global citizenship. By building basic skills in communication, analysis, and computation as well as by broadening students' historical and cultural perspectives, the general education curriculum helps students acquire an understanding of both self and society, and thus contributes to their personal enrichment while enrolled and after graduation.
Departments that wish to have courses considered for approval are invited to submit course proposals electronically to gened@utk.edu as a Microsoft Word document or as a PDF file. (See links below for proposal submission forms).
General Education Committee
Chuck Collins, Committee Chair
Subcommittee Chairs
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Developing General Education
Course Proposals
As you develop course proposals, please refer to the statement of
purpose for the General Education curriculum. Existing courses may
be submitted directly to gened@utk.edu for review by the appropriate general education subcommittee (cc College
to notify of submission). New courses must first be approved at the
College level prior to submission for General Education approval.
Tips for Basic Skills Courses
| OC - Communicating Orally |
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| WC - Communicating through Writing |
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General Education Course Proposal Forms
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| Broadened Perspectives (Word Document) |
Guidelines for Revising and Removing General Education Courses
| Guidelines for General Education course revision |
| Guidelines for removing courses from a General Education list |
General Education - Frequently Requested Information
| General Education Requirement (PDF) |
| General Education - FAQ (Word Document) |
| General Education Timeline (PDF) |