Brooklyn College Common General Education Goals
The common general education goals reflect the knowledge, understanding, judgment, and skills that a person needs who will be in a position to make major contributions to society, to assume tasks of leadership, and to continue a life of learning and reflection.
- Be able to think critically and creatively, to reason logically, to reason quantitatively, and to express their thoughts orally and in writing with clarity and precision;
- Be able to make sound ethical judgments;
- Understand the arts, histories and cultures of the past as a foundation for those of the present;
- Understand the development and workings of modern societies in an interdependent world;
- Acquire the tools that are required to understand and respect the natural universe;
- Understand what knowledge is and how it is acquired by the use of differing methods in different disciplines;
- Be able to integrate knowledge from diverse sources;
- Appreciate individual and social diversity and understand the necessity for tolerance;
- Be informed and responsible citizens of the world;
- Establish a foundation for life-long learning and the potential for leadership.
General Education Goals supported by each course
Gray boxes indicate supported goals.