General Education Courses

Effective July 1, 2015, Thomas Edison State University revised the general education requirements for the undergraduate degree programs. The general education requirements that govern your degree program depends on when you first enrolled. This is called your "Catalog year."

How Do I Find My Catalog Year?

To determine which general education requirements you should follow, take a look at your Academic Evaluation. The Catalog year that governs your degree program will be listed in the upper right section of the evaluation.

Once you have determined your Catalog year, select the link below to the current courses that meet the General Education requirements for your degree program.

• General Education Requirements for students with Catalog year July 2021 and After.
• General Education Requirements for students with Catalog year January 2019 through June 2021.
• General Education Requirements for students with Catalog year 2016 through December 2018.
• General Education Requirements for students with Catalog year 2015 or before.

Detailed information on the general education requirements for individual degrees are located in the Undergraduate College Catalog and on the credit distribution charts for undergraduate degree programs on the University website. Students who become inactive or change their area of study must fulfill the new General Education requirements.