The following General Education requirements apply to all Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees except: The Associate of Arts in General Education (formerly the Associate of Arts), Associate of Science in Health Science and Pre-Nursing, and the Associate of Science in Nursing have specific General Education requirements. Please see these programs for more information. The General Education program for the Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees promotes the intellectual growth of all students in National University s Associate level undergraduate degree programs. The general education curriculum assumes that undergraduates will not concentrate on a major field of study until they have completed a general education program that provides instruction in writing and mathematical skills as well as introducing the student to subject matter in the Humanities, Information Literacy and Science and Social Science disciplines. Students will also address the cultural diversity of contemporary society. Students in the general education program are advised to focus on writing and speech communication first. Students are then counseled to explore mathematical and other formal systems to develop abstract reasoning abilities and are encouraged to take a course in informational literacy. Finally, all students are required to have exposure to the natural sciences, the humanities, fine arts, language, and the social and behavioral sciences. Many of these courses include an examination of the human condition in a multicultural society. The general education curriculum emphasizes communications, mathematics and sciences, humanities, arts, language, and social/behavioral sciences. Thus, the curriculum provides coherence to Associate level undergraduate education.

1. Demonstrate critical thinking, reading and writing skills appropriate to lower-division college work. 2. Demonstrate critical awareness of the major approaches, methods, assumptions, and applications of different academic disciplines. 3. Employ college-level scientific and quantitative reasoning skills to appraise information and to solve problems. 4. Demonstrate awareness of past and present human and cultural diversity. 5. Access, evaluate and use information gathered through a variety of resources and technologies in developing research projects and presentations.