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General Undergraduate Curriculum Requirements

The General Undergraduate Curriculum Requirements (GUCR) program is designed to enable students to successfully pursue their studies in their majors and to gain general required skills, values and attitudes needed in order to excel in their respective areas of specialization and to broaden their background knowledge in areas outside their major disciplines.

The university requires that all students must complete several credit hours of course work to reach desirable levels of competency and proficiency in important skill areas such as English, mathematics, computer and internet use, information literacy, critical and creative thinking and interpersonal communication skills.

Students are also required to study twelve credit hours consisting of two courses in humanities and social sciences and two courses in natural and applied sciences. The goal of this requirement is to broaden students’ knowledge in key areas outside their majors, to emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge and to reinforce the spirit of inquiry. The GUCR component aims also to inculcate among students, through direct teaching of specific courses and indirectly within all courses, important values and attitudes like tolerance of other cultures and lifestyles, lifelong learning, ethical standards in personal and professional lives and critical awareness of their own cultures and societies.

23.1 GUCR Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the General Undergraduate Curriculum Requirements students will be able to:

  1. Read and write English at a level demonstrating efficient and competent function at university/workplace level.
  2. Communicate effectively and think critically and analytically.
  3. Apply and interpret mathematical concepts and models.
  4. Use information technology effectively.
  5. Demonstrate understanding and appreciation of the contribution of humanities, and social, natural and applied sciences to human experience.
  6. Plan their future directions and demonstrate awareness of the socio-cultural norms and relationships.

23.2 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

Course learning outcomes (CLOs) are designed to support student success in achieving Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) by the phased development of required knowledge, skills and competencies over the length of the program. As with PLOs, the CLOs are aligned to the level of the QFE appropriate to that of the course. For example, in a typical four years 120 credit Bachelor program, the expected alignment would be:

CLOs QFE Level Number of Credits
Years 1 &2 5 60
Year 3 6 30
Year 4 7 30
Total Credits 120