California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA

Cal Poly says that its "General Education Program is designed to assure graduates have made noteworthy progress toward becoming truly educated persons and to provide means whereby graduates have the ability to think clearly and logically, to find information and examine it critically, to communicate orally and in writing, and to reason quantitatively." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    YES
  • 2. Literature

    YES
  • 3. Foreign Language

    NO
  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    YES
  • 5. Economics

    YES
  • 6. Mathematics

    YES
  • 7. Science

    YES
  • General Education Assessment

    California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo uses one or more of the following instruments to assess undergraduate progress in core collegiate skills: the Council on Aid to Education Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), the Educational Testing Service Proficiency Profile, or the ACT Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP). For more information, visit www.voluntarysystem.org.

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