General Education Division

A Substantial core of General Education instruction is regarded as an essential component of all academic or transfer associate degree programs. Similarly, a core of related instruction is regarded as a necessary integral part of all applied or specialized associate degree programs and all certificate programs of an academic year or more in length.

General Education courses introduce students to the content and methodology of the major areas of knowledge - the humanities, the fine arts, the natural sciences, and the social sciences - and helps them develop the mental skills that will make them more effective learners.

These classes in communication, computation and occupational relations are the foundations of work you will be expected to know how to do and do well once a job has been obtained. While you may be required by changing times and situations to be retrained for the job market - either back in college or on the job - the skills learned in General Education classrooms will move from job to job, career to career, and relationship to relationship. While the technical skills learned to obtain a job in the first place will get you a job, the skills learned in general education classes often will enable you to move into more challenging and more responsible positions.

Programs of study for which degrees are granted, or programs of an academic year or more in length for which certificates are granted, must contain a recognizable body of instruction in program-related areas of: Communication, Computation, and Human Relations

*Eastern Idaho Technical College admits students regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other classification protected by federal or state law or local ordinance.