The University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) faculty have adopted a university general education curriculum to ensure that each graduate possesses certain academic skills, experiences the breadth of a liberal education, and develops an appreciation for the diversity that exists in the nation and world.
A comprehensive liberal education provides exposure to issues, ideas, and methods across broad areas of inquiry that will enrich lives, and prepare students to face the challenges of living and learning in an ever-changing world.
General education is that part of university education outside the major and is shared by all students regardless of professional interests and specific academic program because it provides a grounding in essential skills, perspectives, and habits of mind necessary to successfully and responsibly navigate the world’s most complex problems.
These are the same essential skills that prepare students for the world of work and provide a basis for the development of important intellectual, civic, and practical capacities.
