General Education and Core Curriculum
If you are looking for a sound, well-rounded liberal arts education, then look no further than Brooklyn College.
Throughout your education here, you will learn to:
- think critically and creatively,
- effectively express your thoughts,
- make sound ethical judgments,
- integrate knowledge from diverse sources and
- become an informed and responsible citizen of the world.
Central to our general education philosophy is proficiency in writing, speech and a foreign language. As such, you must meet requirements in each of these areas in order to graduate.
As your college education progresses, developing focused skills and knowledge in a specific field becomes increasingly important, but first we offer our students a strong foundation in the liberal arts — the Core Curriculum.
The Core Curriculum
The college-wide Core Curriculum is a requirement for all candidates for a baccalaureate degree. This suite of courses reflects the ideas, knowledge, understanding, judgment, experiences and skills that you will need to make meaningful contributions to a diverse and global society, assume leadership roles, and develop an appreciation of and capacity for lifelong learning.
You will take a total of 11 Core Courses across three groups — Arts and Literatures, Philosophical and Social Inquiry, and Scientific Inquiry — organized into lower and upper tiers. The nine lower-tier courses are foundational; the wide variety of upper-tier courses aims to be integrative and innovative, and to allow you to pursue more in-depth study.
If you have any questions, please contact the Center for Academic Advisement and Student Success, 3207 Boylan Hall, 718.951.5471.
