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General Education Program

Whether the goal is to finish a two-year career program ortransfernew window对于另一所学校来说,所有学生都需要具备某些才能才能取得成功。为了确保所有学生获得广泛的知识基础,MC和大多数两年制和四年制学校都将通识教育项目作为每个学位项目的一个组成部分。在麻省理工学院,学生需要学习英语、数学、艺术、行为和社会科学、人文和科学等一系列核心课程,还可以选择学习健康和通信方面的额外课程。在这些课程中学习的技能为所有课程的优秀和成功提供了基础,并允许学生探索如何将学习整合到他们的整个学位项目中。需要了解教育基础知识吗?Check out MC'sIntro to Gen Ed videonew window!

General Education Program Goals

Through engagement in high impact educational practices and completion of the General Education program, students will demonstrate ability in five areas of competency:

  • Written and oral communication
  • Scientific and quantitative reasoning
  • Critical analysis and reasoning
  • Technological competency
  • Information literacy

As proficiencies, students will also develop:

  • An awareness of the arts
  • An understanding of their personal, social, and civic responsibilities as members of a global communities

完成通识教育课程后,学生将能够:

  • Demonstrate an awareness of discipline specific inquiry and methodology to acquire foundation knowledge in content areas.
  • Apply integrative thinking across disciplines in order to solve complex problems through collaboration and the synthesis of knowledge.
  • Apply the principles and methodologies of a variety of disciplines to consider the ideas, history, values, and/or creative expression of various cultures within the global community.
  • Demonstrate an awareness of the skills needed to become self-confident, independent, lifelong learners, in order to meet the mental, physical, and ethical demands of personal and professional life.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of leadership skills that foster an active commitment to civic and social responsibility.

General Education Program Requirements and Course Lists

You may follow the General Education program requirements for the year you first enrolled at MCORchoose the current academic year. Individual courses to meet those requirements that have not yet been completed should be chosen from the CURRENT year’s course list.


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Information on how to request the use of a different course to fulfill a General Education Requirement
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Foundation and Distribution Areas
This requirement creates a network of skills and abilities that successful students will draw on throughout their college experience and their careers after MC
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