The New Program in General Education

The Program in General Education introduces students to subject matter and skills from across the University, and does so in ways that link the arts and sciences with the 21st century world that students will face and the lives they will lead after college.

• The new program seeks to "connect a student's liberal education to the life beyond college."
• Students choose one course from each of eight areas: Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding, Culture and Belief, Empirical Reasoning, Ethical Reasoning, Science of Living Systems, Science of the Physical Universe, Societies of the World, and The U. S. in the World
• Students currently have 331 courses from which to choose
• Comprises about a quarter of a student’s academic program

To learn more about the program in General Education visit: http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/about/learning/gen_ed.html