University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, MD

Maryland says, "General education helps students achieve the intellectual integration and awareness they need to meet challenges in their personal, social, political, and professional lives. General education courses introduce the great ideas and controversies in human thought and experience. These courses provide the breadth, perspective, and rigor that allow University of Maryland at College Park graduates to claim to be 'educated people.'" [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    YES
  • 2. Literature

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Literature because the "Literature" portion of the "Humanities and the Arts" requirement may be satisfied by courses that are narrow in scope.

  • 3. Foreign Language

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Foreign Language because students may fulfill the requirement with elementary-level study.

  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO
  • 5. Economics

    NO
  • 6. Mathematics

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Mathematics because students may test out of the "Fundamental Studies" requirement through SAT scores and because math and science are folded into the "Science and Mathematics" requirement, which students may satisfy by taking exclusively science courses.

  • 7. Science

    YES

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