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Liberal Education Requirements

The University of Minnesota defines and describes the “Liberal Education Requirements” as follows:

A liberal education introduces you to the modes of inquiry and subject matter of the major branches of knowledge, including the factual information and theoretical or artistic constructs that form their foundations; the “ways of knowing”—the kinds of questions asked and how insight, knowledge, and data are acquired and used; the changes over time of their central ideas or expressive forms; and the interrelationships among them and with human society in general.

The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Liberal Education Requirements apply to all students entering a baccalaureate program Fall 1996 and later. If you entered a degree program before Fall 1996 and are uncertain whether the Liberal Education Requirements apply to you, check with your academic adviser.

For more information on Liberal Education Requirements, please talk to your Student Community advisor or visit One Stop.