UMass Boston

General Education curriculum requirements are structured around four main focus areas and eight accompanying objectives. The links below give faculty interpretations of each of these objectives:

1. Critical Analysis and Logical Thought
2. Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning
3. Human Diversity  
4. Principal Approaches to Knowledge  

Gen_Ed_Proposal_Directions_Jan_2023

First-Year and Intermediate Seminar Guidelines

Learning Outcomes for First-Year and Intermediate Seminars

Distribution Guidelines

Diversity Guidelines

Additional Information for Distribution and Diversity Proposals

General Education Plan Documents:

• 1 Proposed Gen Ed Plan (Yellow Document) Oct 1997
• 1a Appendices Oct 97
• 2 New General Education Plan CAS (Purple Document) Feb 2002
• 3 DIstribution Guidelines (Tan Document) 2006
• 4 Math_QR Requirement Plan Dec 1997
• 5 Diversity Guidelines Revised Nov 2019
• 6 Curriculog Gen Ed Proposal 2022