General Education
See the University Bulletin or the University Catalog for more details
GENERAL EDUCATION/LIBERAL ARTS PHILOSOPHY
Consistent with the standards of accreditation and the best thinking of educational philosophy, theories and values, a General Education/Liberal Arts Core Curriculum is required of every student for graduation regardless of his or her area of formal technical, vocational or professional concentration. General Education is intended to impart the breadth of common knowledge, intellectual concepts, and attitudes that every educated person should possess.
American Pathways University has adopted the General Education requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree approved by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) and utilized by the state’s thirteen public universities, which requires a total of 35 academic credits. These requirements include communication (6 credits), mathematics (3 credits), arts & humanities (9 credits), social & behavioral sciences (9 credits), and physical & life sciences (8 credits). APU meets or exceeds these requirements. In order to accentuate the student’s breadth of knowledge, American Pathways University’s General Education requires additional courses in speech, computing, philosophy, and social & behavioral sciences, for a total of 62 credits. APU also has adopted the CCHE mandated learning outcomes in addition its own articulated outcomes. Please see APU’s General Education/Liberal Arts learning outcomes in the Catalog under General Education Learning Outcomes (pp 81-84). The Associate of Arts (A.A.) degree reflects the appropriate two-year program adjustments of requirements and outcomes.
Consequently, at American Pathways University all students pursing a degree are required to complete the American Pathways University General Education/Liberal Arts Core Curriculum requirements for the A.A. or B.A. in English, speech, history, literature, philosophy and ethics, sociology, psychology, economics, science, mathematics, the fine arts, political science, and computing.
