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Statewide General Education Requirements


Board of Regents

State of Louisiana

Approved 26 April 2001

Amended 25 March 2004; 23 May 2012

 “The Board of Regents recognizes that all undergraduate academic credentials should contain a broad-based common educational experience that enhances students’ ability to describe, interpret, and analyze their world. In addition to building awareness of a wide range of material and enriching the academic experience, general education should promote intellectual inquiry through basic content and methodology and contribute to the graduate’s ability to communicate effectively in oral and written English.

General education courses should provide an introduction to a discipline, as in a survey course that covers a wide range of material within a specific discipline or area of inquiry and acquaints students with a broad section of the information or skills available in that area, or an appreciation course that introduces students to a creative field and leads to a general understanding and appreciation of work by others.

Depending on the level of the academic credential awarded, education in composition, mathematics and analytical reasoning, natural sciences, humanities, social/behavioral sciences and fine arts is required as part of an undergraduate degree and certificate curricula at state colleges and universities. (See the table of Statewide General Education Requirements.) Specific course offerings may vary from one institution to another as the faculty at each campus designates courses that are to be included in the General Education inventory, but such courses share common characteristics essential to the study of academic disciplines. 

  • English Composition.   Effective written communication skills are essential to prepare students to effectively and intelligently communicate in a variety of contexts. 

  • Mathematics/Analytical Reasoning.   As a cornerstone for the liberal arts, engineering, and sciences, mathematical/analytical reasoning skills are an essential component of all disciplines.

  • Natural Sciences.   Natural sciences study both life and physical sciences in an approach to understanding the universe by studying objects, phenomena, laws of nature and the physical world. 

  • Humanities.   Humanities offer a broad-based study of cultural traditions and the human condition, including everything from language, literature and religion to history, philosophy and communication.

  • Social/Behavioral Sciences.   Social and Behavioral Sciences study human behavior and the relationship between individuals and their societies.

  • Fine Arts.   The Fine Arts provide an opportunity to explore and to value aesthetic creation and form as an essential means of conceiving and expressing the human experience.

In addition to specifics of this policy, all applicable general education requirements of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges shall apply.”

Art 

  • ARTS 120

  • ARTS 201

Biology

  • BIOL 101

  • BIOL 102

  • BIOL 103

  • BIOL 104

  • BIOL 110

  • BIOL 111

  • BIOL 201

  • BIOL 202

  • BIOL 203

  • BIOL 204

  • BIOL 210

  • BIOL 211

  • BIOL 221

  • BIOL 222

  • BIOL 223

  • BIOL 224

  • BIOL 225

  • BIOL 226

  • BIOL 227

  • BIOL 228

  • BIOL 230

  • BIOL 231

 Chemistry

  • CHEM 101

  • CHEM 102

  • CHEM 103

  • CHEM 104

  • CHEM 110

  • CHEM 111

  • CHEM 120

  • CHEM 121

  • CHEM 221

  • CHEM 222

  • CHEM 223

  • CHEM 224

English Composition

  • ENGL 101

  • ENGL 102

English

  • ENGL 201

  • ENGL 202

  • ENGL 203

  • ENGL 204

  • ENGL 205

  • ENGL 206

  • ENGL 207

  • ENGL 208

  • ENGL 211

  • ENGL 215

  • ENGL 220

  • ENGL 250

 Geology

  • GEOL 101  

  • GEOL 102

  • GEOL 110

History

  •  HIST 101

  • HIST 102

  • HIST 201

  • HIST 202

  • HIST 210

Humanities

  • HUMN 201

  • HUMN 202

  • HUMN 250

Mathematics

  • MATH 110

  • MATH 111

  • MATH 114

  • MATH 115

  • MATH 116

  • MATH 117

  • MATH 120

  • MATH 168

  • MATH 200

  • MATH 201

  • MATH 203

  • MATH 204

  • MATH 210   

  • MATH 212

  • MATH 220

  • MATH 221  

  • MATH 298

Music

  • MUSC 101

 Physical Science

  • PHSC 100

  • PHSC 110

  • PHSC 120

  • PHSC 130

Physics

  • PHYS 110

  • PHYS 210

  • PHYS 211

  • PHYS 220

  • PHYS 221

Psychology

  • PSYC 201

  • PSYC 210

  • PSYC 225

  • PSYC 226

  • PSYC 227

  • PSYC 228

  • PSYC 229

 Science

  • SCIE 101 

  • SCIE 102

  • SCIE 114

 Sociology

  • SOCL 110

  • SOCL 201

  • SOCL 202

  • SOCL 210

Speech

  • SPCM 110

  • SPCM 120

  • SPCM 130

 Theater

  • THEA 190


Louisiana Delta Community College (LDCC) has identified four student learning outcomes (SLOs) for the general education of its undergraduate degree programs:

  1. Apply strategies to produce a multi-paragraph grammatically correct assignment. 

  2. Apply communication techniques and theories to create clear and coherent oral messages tailored for specific audiences and purposes. 

  3. Students will analyze information and ideas carefully and logically from multiple perspectives and develop reasoned solutions to problems.

  4. Students will gain competence in mathematical reasoning necessary for informed judgment and decision-making.