General Education

Learning Outcomes


The University of Toledo’s University-wide General Education (Core) Curriculum is designed to:

  1. Broaden the range of experiences open to students;
  2. Help students develop the disciplined, analytical and critical skills necessary for intellectual development throughout life;
  3. Prepare students to make better-informed and humane decisions and to be able to communicate those decisions to others; and
  4. Cultivate students’ potential for creative expression.

The curricular components through which students meet these goals follow:

  • Skill areas (6 semester hours)
    • English composition (ENGL 1130 or higher)
    • Mathematics (MATH 1180 to MATH 2600)
  • Subject areas (21-24 semester hours - to include at least two courses totaling 6 hours in each of the following areas. Students must choose two courses from different disciplines.)
    • Humanities and fine arts
    • Social sciences
    • Natural sciences (including at least one lab)
    • Diversity (one diversity of U.S. culture and one diversity of non-U.S. culture)

Measures of Learning Outcomes