Students in diploma programs are required to take three General Education courses. General Education courses are grouped into three broad categories: Arts and Humanities (coded as GHUM), Social Science (coded as GSSC) and Science and Technology (coded as GSCI).
Students must take General Education courses from at least two of the three categories in order to graduate. This policy is called the General Education breadth requirement. Students are responsible for ensuring that the General Education electives they take fulfill the breadth requirement.
In most diploma programs, students will take either:
a) three elective General Education courses (courses that students choose), or
b) one mandatory General Education course (a course that all students must take) plus two elective General Education courses (courses that students choose).
You must choose at least one elective from a different category from your mandatory course in order to fulfill the breadth requirement. Students in some certificate programs are also required to take General Education courses, but the breadth requirement does not apply.
Each program selects specific semesters in which students are scheduled to take General Education electives. To find out when you will take electives in your program, please check the "courses" link on your program's webpage.
Before you choose an elective, visit the General Education and Liberal Studies webpage for more information.
