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The University Senate enacted Common Curriculum requirements to ensure that all University of Connecticut undergraduate students are literate in different ways of knowing and many kinds of knowledge beyond career preparation, and that they
Environmental Literacy (EL) courses provide students with the ability to understand, and articulate perspectives on, the interactions between human society and the natural world, as well as the challenges of environmental stewardship. A cou…
The basic Competencies for General Education remain largely the same as those in Common Curriculum. For more information, please see the following Competency pages: Please note that the Gen Ed Information Literacy Competency is fulfilled by…
These courses acquaint students with scientific thought, observation, experimentation, and formal hypothesis testing, and enable students to consider the impact that developments in science and technology have on the nature and quality of l…
The social sciences examine how individuals, groups, institutions, and societies behave and influence one another and the natural environment. Courses in this group enable students to analyze and understand interactions of the numerous soci…
Arts and Humanities courses should provide a broad vision of artistic and humanistic themes. Guided by trained and experienced artists, designers, musicians, playwrights, actors, writers and scholars, courses in Content Area 1 enable studen…
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If you entered the University of Connecticut prior to Summer or Fall 2025, you are most likely following the guidelines and requirements for the outgoing "General Education" program, NOT the Common Curriculum. Be sure to check with your adv…
The new Common Curriculum (CC) for Leadership and Global Citizenship launched in Fall 2025, and we are still seeking new courses for the CC Topics of Inquiry (TOIs). In recognition that transition efforts will be labor-heavy undertakings, t…
The Common Curriculum provides academic breadth with a set of intellectually rigorous and challenging courses that foster skills and attributes associated with leadership and global citizenship. A leader and global citizen needs to be able