A COUNSELING SERVICE'S REVIEW OF A GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM

Abstract

Colleges and universities across the country are currently examining the goals and commitments they have made to undergraduate education in general and to the freshman and sophomore years in particular. One of the most important aspects of undergraduate education is a university's general education program. In the spirit of review, UCLA's Academic Counseling Service recently studied that university's general education program. This article reflects the results of that study and demonstrates the ways in which any general education curriculum can be modified so that students can acquire requisite academic skills, not just academic content, that will help them beyond their college years. The authors acknowledge, however, that many of the ideas presented here derive from the work of others, but their synthesis should provide a useful new protocol for curricular review.