General Education Requirements
The General Education Program at WSU consists of three tiers containing four kinds of courses:
Tier 1. Basic Skills: 4 courses To be completed in the first 48 hours of enrollment
The Basic Skills courses are intended to ensure that students have fundamental skills in the modes of organizing, analyzing and presenting information that will be required in the rest of their college studies. The other General Education courses have components in them that address these skills to ensure that students continue to build on what they learn in the basic skills courses.
- English 100 or English 101; Eng 102
- Math 111 or Math 131 (Math 131 does not meet degree requirements in all colleges)
- Comm 111
Tier 2. Introductory Courses in the Disciplines: 7 courses
The Introductory courses introduce students to the breadth of human knowledge and inquiry. These courses also provide opportunities to practice skills learned in the Tier 1 courses.
- Fine Arts one course
- Humanities two courses
- Social/Behavioral Sciences two courses
- Natural Sciences/Mathematics two courses
Tier 3. Further Studies in the Disciplines: 2 courses
Further Studies courses are more focused studies in the various disciplines that allow students to follow up on interests developed in the Introductory courses. They have as a prerequisite one of the Introductory courses.
One Further Studies each in two of the following:
- Fine Arts
- Humanities
- Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Math and Natural Sciences.
Issues and Perspectives: one course
These courses address broad issues and may take a multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary approach to them. They are not allocated among academic divisions; students merely choose one I&P course from a single list.