Mission

            General education is the primary means by which Wichita State University prepares its students for their university work and for life afterwards.  The general education program is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in a world that is increasingly global, increasingly urban, and increasingly complex in its technology. 

Goals

         The specific goals of the program are as follows:

                1)     to study and apply mathematical principles;
                                2)        to study and apply principles of written and oral communication;
                3)   to study and apply basic library research skills including basic assessment of various kinds of sources;
                4)     to study the natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, humanities and fine arts in order to understand how scholars in those fields work;
                               5)    to study human diversity on a global basis and its implications for society.