Stout Core General Education Requirements (33-36 credits)
The Stout Core General Education Requirements provide the core of what it means to be a well-educated university graduate. The goal is to promote human excellence through a broad foundation of skills and knowledge required to realize a meaningful personal, professional, and civic life. The Stout Core General Education Requirements are intended to enable students to contribute to and live responsibly in a diverse, interconnected, and technologically sophisticated global community.
In accordance with the general education program, general education courses should be accessible to a broad audience and should further the goal of providing a well-rounded education regardless of career aspirations or program of study.
In this spirit, academic programs provide flexibility for students to select from the Stout Core course array and limit the use of prescribed Stout Core courses within an academic degree program plan.
Each degree program has a general education component designed to provide you with knowledge and skills in communication and literacy, math and quantitative reasoning, natural sciences and wellness, arts, humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and civics and perspectives. Listed below are the Stout Core General Education Requirements and designated courses that will fulfill these requirements. Stout Core courses are listed by category and area. Not all courses are offered each semester. Changes to the course list can occur at any time. Some degree programs have Program Designated Courses which are recommended to be taken to most efficiently meet degree requirements, accreditation, and/or prerequisite standards. These exceptions are noted on your program plan sheet.
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