The General Education Program is sub-divided into three areas.

Basic Required Courses (11-20 hours)
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Courses that insure students are prepared for academic work.

• Introduction to University Life

• Computers for Learning

• Public Speaking

• Writing

• Mathematics

• Fitness for Living

Areas of Inquiry (23-25 hours)

This area of the General Education Program includes:

• Natural World, a study of our world through courses in Astronomy, Physics, Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry, Geology and Geography
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• Culture & Society, a study of our culture and society through courses in humanities and social sciences
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• Self-Understanding, a study of the self through courses in social and behavioral science, humanities and creativity and vision
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Public Affairs
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This area of the General Education Program includes:

• American History

• American and Missouri Government

• The Capstone Course (has been suspended until fall, 2010) that brings the General Education experience together with the University's statewide mission in Public Affairs in a seminar course offering many different topics such as:

  • Animal Rights Movement and the Social Construction of Reality

  • Disability Issues for the 21st Century

  • Going Grey Behind Bars: Social, Economic, and Personal Implications of "Getting Tough" on Crime

  • Homelessness