General Education Core Curriculum

As required by the Louisiana Board of Regents, McNeese State University's general education curriculum consists of coursework from six, broad disciplinary areas: English Composition, Mathematics/Analytical Reasoning, Natural Sciences, Humanities, Fine Arts, and Social/Behavioral Sciences. The mission of this core curriculum is to provide students with a foundation of knowledge, skills, and methods of inquiry that support advanced study in their chosen degree program and constitute the characteristics of an informed, college-educated citizen.

The broad, skills-based curriculum supports the university’s mission to offer an array of programs with foundations in these disciplinary areas that serve the students and community of the Southwest Louisiana region and beyond.

Additional information about the General Education Core Curriculum can be found here.

Learning Competencies

Upon completion of the general education curriculum, students will be able to:

Communicate effectively in written English (Area A: English Composition);
Apply mathematical reasoning and analytical skills to solve problems (Area B: Mathematics/Analytical Reasoning);
Demonstrate knowledge of scientific concepts (Area C: Natural Sciences);
Demonstrate abstract reasoning and critical thinking (Area D: Humanities);
Develop the ability to recognize fine and performing arts as expressions of human experience and to make informed judgments about them (Area E: Fine Arts);
Learn independently by applying concepts from social and behavioral sciences to a variety of situations (Area F: Social/Behavioral Sciences).

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