After transferring to or after being admitted to upper division programs at Dixie State or other USHE colleges and universities, students will maintain or increase the level of their lower-division GPA, as measured upon graduation with a baccalaureate degree. Students associate degree completion ratio as measured after three, four, or five years will exceed the national average for community colleges. Goals of General Education General Education at Dixie State College will help students achieve their academic, career, and life goals. Basic skills are prerequisite to success in academics, careers, and other endeavors. While the skills listed above are general and in this sense basic, other skills such as the ability to play a musical instrument, operate a microscope, and design an effective house plan are discipline-specific, and thus are not considered part of general education.
Core content is knowledge that forms the foundation of academic study.
Distribution content is broadening knowledge that, while not part of the foundation for academic study, enriches and broadens one s world view. A generally educated person has this broad world view and is thus able to think deeply, critically, and independently, avoiding what one person has called intellectual bamboozlement. Of the three elements of General Education, Dixie College s philosophy of General Education values most highly distribution content s enrichment of students lives. However, because basic skills and core content are prerequisite to this enrichment, they are valued also as necessary steps toward that broadened worldview. Dixie State College of Utah helps students achieve their academic, career, and life goals.