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General Education at La Sierra

If you seek a degree from La Sierra University, you will complete General Education courses. In contrast with courses in your major, which provide in-depth specialized education in a narrow field, General Education courses provide a broad range of knowledge and experience.

Benefits of La Sierra’ General Education program include:

An emphasis on skills necessary for college success and professional advancement:

  • written and spoken communication
  • argumentation and persuasion
  • logic and verbal reasoning
  • quantitative reasoning
  • critical reading

Grounding in the Liberal Arts tradition

  • The Arts
  • Humanities
  • Mathematics
  • Social sciences
  • Physical sciences

An interdisciplinary focus

  • Thinking “outside the box” of your major.
  • Applying skills and thinking styles from one discipline to other disciplines.
  • Ability to comprehend and theorize “wicked problems” facing contemporary society.

Personal development:

  • Developing a personal value system to support ethical decision making.
  • Understanding of spiritual dimensions of human experience.
  • Increasing familiarity with academic disciplines and intercultural perspectives.

General Education Tracks

Four programs of General Education are offered at La Sierra:

Track 1

The General Education courses completed by most students seeking a Bachelor’s degree

For more information:

see Gen Ed Requirements: Track 1

Consists of:

  1. Foundational Studies
  2. University Studies
  3. Service Learning

Track2

Specially designed General Education courses available exclusively for students admitted into the University’s Honors program

For more information:

see the Honors Program “Curriculum Requirements

Consists of:

  1. Foundational Studies (modified)
  2. Honors Courses (in place of University Studies)
  3. Service Learning

Track 3

General Education courses suitable for transfer students accepted into the Evening Adult Degree Program in the Division of Continuing Studies

For more information:

see the “Division of Continuing Studies” section of the Undergraduate Bulletin

Consists of:

  1. Foundational Studies (modified)
  2. General Studies (in place of University Studies)
  3. Service Learning

Track 4

General Education program for students completing the Associate of Science degree in Health Science

Further information will be forthcoming

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