General Education Requirements

All Undergraduate degree programs offered by the University contain general education requirements. Many programs prescribe General Education courses and courses listed in the Courses: General Education sections of each degree program requirements page should be used to determine a program's specific requirements.



General Education Requirements Options by Discipline

Students are offered certain elective options in the general education disciplines, although course prerequisite requirements must be adhered to in course sequencing.  Please note that the requirements listed below are the minimum required for undergraduate programs, and some CTU programs may require additional General Education courses than what is listed below.

.

Written Communication 9 credits

ENGL104Introductory Written Communication

4.5

ENGL105Professional Written Communications

4.5

Consult program requirements to determine any additional course offerings within this category.

Arts/Humanities & Social/Behavioral Sciences 22.5 credits

Consult program requirements to determine any determine any additional course offerings within this category.

Select from the categories below:

Arts/Humanities
COMSCommunication

HUMNHumanities

PHILPhilosophy

Social Sciences
ECONEconomics

GOVTGovernment

HIST101Modern American History: 1950 to the 21st Century

4.5

Behavioral Sciences
PSYCPsychology

SOCLSociology

Mathematics 9 credits

Consult program requirements to determine required math courses 


Sciences 12 credits (9 credits courses and 3 credits lab)


General Education Electives 9 credits

Student Success 4.5 credits

UNIV104Academic and Career Success

4.5

Students who enroll at CTU without having transcripts from other postsecondary institutions that have been received, officially placed on file, and evaluated by CTU with at least twenty-four credit hours applied to their degree plan will be enrolled into UNIV104 to develop an Individual Success Strategy plan and to prepare for their undergraduate coursework.

Consult program requirements to determine any additional course offerings within this category.