First-year students starting in fall 2008 or later and transfer students starting in fall 2010 or later will be taking courses in a new program called General Education or GenEd. The General Education curriculum consists of nine areas of learning and a total of eleven courses. The following tables demonstrate the areas and the total number of credits required in each area.

Please note that students who complete a major in the College of Engineering will receive waivers for their GenEd Quantitative Literacy (GQ) and GenEd Science & Technology (GS) requirements.

Foundation Courses

RCI* Areas Requirement

Breadth Courses

(Note: Each course must be completed with a grade of C- or higher. )

(Math courses must be C or higher)

* The two-letter Required Course Identifier (RCI) provides information on the GenEd requirement that a given course will meet.

** The Quantitative Literacy requirement can be satisfied by completion of a course designated as GQ or completion of Math 1031, 1041, 1042, 1941, 1942, 2043, Statistics 2101, 2102, 2103 or 2903.

*** The Science & Technology requirement can be satisfied by completion of two GenEd Science & Technology (GS) courses or completion of any of the approved two-semester Science sequences listed below. Students must complete the entire sequence to satisfy the GenEd Science & Technology requirement

**** Check the curriculum in your Major / Program for the Quantitative ( Math) and Science & Technology requirements.

For more news and information about GenEd, please find us on the web at:
www.temple.edu/gened.