The general education requirements at Wofford College starting Fall 2024 are organized around the areas of:
The Introduction to the Liberal Arts provides foundational experiences that help students develop self, an openness to new ideas and people, and skills for critical reasoning, academic reading and research, and effective communication. The courses should be taken in the first year and encompass:
The Inquiry Across Disciplines requirement gives students the opportunity to develop an understanding of multiple branches of learning and ways of thinking. Typically, the requirement is 3-4 credit hours in each area. The disciplinary areas are outlined below. The courses that apply to each of the inquiry requirements are identified on the class schedule with the attribute noted.
Civic Consciousness courses focus on building citizenship skills, by cultivating an understanding of diverse perspectives and developing ways of engaging across disciplines. Those areas include:
**Courses with a Civic Consciousness attribute which also have an Inquiry Across Disciplines attribute can be used to fulfill BOTH requirements.
A searchable list of courses by attribute can be found here: https://connect.wofford.edu/mywofford/registrar/attributeCourseReport.aspx