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The General Education Program at Illinois State University

Discover the structure of the General Education Program at Illinois State University, including core requirements, costs for residents and non-residents, and key questions to consider about program awareness and effectiveness.

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The General Education Program at Illinois State University

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  1. The General Education Program at Illinois State University By Erin, Jessie, Katie, and Kiera

  2. What is the Program Structure? • The General Education Program requires 45 semester hours from 15 courses. • Inner Core (6 courses required) • Middle Core (1 course required from each of 5 categories) • Outer Core (4 courses required, one from each of 4 categories, including one Global Studies)

  3. How does a student satisfy the General Education requirements?

  4. Inner Core • IDS 100 (Foundations of Inquiry) • Eng 101 • Com 110 • Math (1 of 4) • Natural Sciences (2 of 3)

  5. Middle Core • Quantitative Reasoning (1 of 9) • Language in the Humanities (1 of 10) • United States Traditions (1 of 3) • Individuals and Civic Life (1 of 4) • Individuals and Societies (1 of 9)

  6. Outer Core • Science, Math, and Technology (1 of 17) • Fine Arts (1 of 12) • Humanities (1 of 16) • Social Sciences (1 of 14)

  7. What does it Cost?

  8. How Much do Residents of Illinois Pay to Complete the General Education Requirements? • To fulfill the Inner Core requirements, a resident student will spend approximately $2,969.62 on 6 classes • To fulfill the Middle Core requirements, a resident student can spend as much as $2,623.12 on 5 classes • To fulfill the Outer Core requirements, a resident student will spend between $1,988.84 and $2,623.12 on 4 classes

  9. That means . . . A resident student will pay a total between $7,581.58 and $8,215.86 to complete the General Education Requirements!

  10. For that amount of money, you could buy a used Dodge Neon!

  11. How Much do Non-Residents of Illinois Pay to Complete the General Education Requirements? • To fulfill the Inner Core requirements, a non-resident student will spend approximately $5,544.12 on 6 classes • To fulfill the Middle Core requirements, a resident student can spend as much as $4,791.12 on 5 classes • To fulfill the Outer Core requirements, a resident student will spend between $3,614.84 and $4791.12 on 4 classes

  12. That means . . . A non-resident student will pay a total between $13,750.98 and $15,826.36 to complete the General Education Requirements!

  13. For that amount of money, you could buy a new Pontiac Grand Am!

  14. Questions to consider . . . • When did you find out about the General Education Program? • How well informed do you believe that the typical non-FOI section 7 student on campus is about the General Education Program? • How well informed do you believe a typical ISU professor is about the General Education Program? • How well informed do you believe that your parents are about the General Education program?

  15. We have all of this information . . . So what? If so much of a student’s time and money go into the completion of the General Education Program, why is it not better publicized?

  16. Would you be willing to write a check for $15,826.36 for a car that you had never seen or taken for a test drive? Why should prospective ISU students be asked to do this for the General Education Program?

  17. *If so much time and money is going into the General Education program, is the program doing its job?*Is it creating interest in ISU for prospective students? *Is it beneficial to current ISU students?

  18. If not, it is time for ISU to reconsider the General Education Program!

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