Undergraduate General Education Policy

General education is the component of the undergraduate curriculum devoted to those areas of knowledge, methods of inquiry, and ideas that the Purdue University North Central academic community believes are fundamental and common to all well-educated individuals. General education provides knowledge and understanding of the world, which serves as the basis for continued learning.

As a result of the general education curricular component at Purdue University North Central, a student shall have acquired appropriate skill, knowledge and competencies to:

• Communicate clearly and cogently in written, oral, interpersonal, and collaborative forms;
• Demonstrate problem-solving and critical thinking abilities through the application of quantitative and analytical reasoning;
• Choose appropriate modes of inquiry to solve diverse problems;
• Discern the patterns and processes of the natural world;
• Critique the value of technologies and their applications;
• Evaluate the interaction of the universal and the particular in historical, political, and cultural experiences;
• Apply ethical values in making aesthetic and instrumental judgments.