Introduction to the General Education Program

Berea College's curriculum includes an interdisciplinary General Education Program in addition to intensive study in a major. As an institution with a liberal-arts foundation and outlook, the College has a responsibility to educate the whole person. Berea College's General Education Program addresses Berea's Great Commitments and is designed to help students develop important knowledge, skills, and habits of mind. The program extends from the first year through the senior year and includes, in addition to course work, convocations and other experiences.

• Introduction
• The Aims of General Education
• General Education Requirements
• Dual Credit
• Practical Reasoning Requirement
• Courses Approved to Meet PR or PRQ Credit
• Six Perspective Areas--All Six Areas Required
• Courses Approved to Meet Perspective Areas
• Lifetime Health and Fitness: PEH 100 and Physical Activity Requirement
• Active Learning Experience
• Developmental Mathematics Requirement
• Twenty Courses Outside the Major Requirement
• First-Terms Requirements

• Introduction
• Academic Calendar
• Degree Requirements
• General Education Program
• Convocations
• Academic Advising
• Degrees of Study
• Majors and Minors
• Pre-Professional Programs
• Graduation Requirements, Honors, and Honor Societies