Diploma Programs
At George Brown College, students in diploma programs are required to take four General Education courses. General Education courses are grouped into three broad categories: Arts and Humanities (coded as GHUM or *ISHU), Social Science (coded as GSSC or ISSS) and Science and Technology (coded as GSCI or ISSC). (*IS = Indigenous Studies. For example, ISHU1035 is an indigenous studies humanities course.)
According to college policy, students must take General Education courses from at least two of the three categories in order to graduate. This is policy is called the General Education breadth requirement. Students are responsible for ensuring that the General Education electives they register in fulfill the breadth requirement.
In most diploma programs, there are one or two mandated General Education courses (in other words, General Education courses that the program has decided all students must take), and the remaining two or three courses are electives. If your program's mandated General Education courses are from the same category (e.g. both GSSC), you must choose at least one elective from a different category in order to fulfill the breadth requirement. To learn more about the specific General Education requirements for students in your program, click the link to the information about your School or Centre below.
Certificate Programs
Students in certificate programs are also required to take General Education courses, but the breadth requirement does not apply. To learn more about the specific General Education requirements for students in your program, click the link to the information about your School or Centre below.
Course Exclusions
The content of some General Education electives may be similar to that of required courses in your program. Although we have made every effort to identify electives that overlap with program content, it is the students' responsibility to ensure that they do not take General Education electives that repeat curriculum in the program area.
Please read the General Education course descriptions before you register for your electives to make sure the courses you select do not duplicate the content of your program courses.
Please note that program-mandated General Education courses cannot be used toward General Education elective requirements.
Requirements by Centre
For specific requirements, please visit the General Education Requirements page.
