Enhance Your General Education Class

With a few quick steps, you can enhance the Gen Ed experience for your students. Explore these ideas.

Add the General Education Competencies & Learning Outcomes to Your Syllabus

Let students know that you teach a Gen Ed course. Take a moment to review the competencies, and ask how they will use them in their future studies and careers.

   General education courses are grouped into six categories. The categories focus on particular competencies, though it is likely that nearly all of the competencies are addressed in most general education courses. Here is the official alignment:

Share an Assignment or Activity

Ask for feedback or an open discussion about an assignment or activity in your class.

Ask a Colleague

What learning outcome do you think I’m trying to help students achieve with this assignment/activity?

Enhance

How can I enhance this assignment/activity in light of this feedback?