The Interdisciplinary General Education curriculum provides an integrated approach to learning about literature, humanities, social sciences, and the arts. IGE is an alternative pattern to satisfy 32 units of the University GE requirements. Students should see an advisor for specific GE coursework required by their major. Students must be exempt from or score at least 147 on the EPT to qualify for IGE.
The eight course sequence has the following common goals:
Learning Outcomes
- Communication skills and critical thinking.
- Development of historical and social consciousness.
- Multicultural understanding.
- Understanding and appreciation of aesthetic experiences.
- Understanding and articulation of values.
- Information competency.
- Independent integration of knowledge and experience through active student learning.
Students must complete an IGE yearly sequence to earn general education credit. Single IGE classes do not fulfill GE requirements. Students who choose to leave IGE and complete the University General Education pattern should do so only at the end of a yearly sequence, e.g. after IGE 122 or IGE 222 . Students leaving IGE should seek advisement on how to fulfill remaining general education requirements.
The IGE program is open to any qualified student or undergraduate department wishing to adopt it as an option, and is the recommended pattern for Engineering, Architecture, and Liberal Studies majors. Students may substitute AP credit for up to 2 courses in the IGE Program. For more information, see departmental advisors or the IGE Program Chair.
Please refer to the University Programs section in this catalog for IGE course descriptions.
