Courses will be selected from the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and integrative and area studies. Students graduate from CMU with a specific degree. Not only do the various degrees require a major, or major and minor field of study, but they also have additional academic requirements.
General education is a component of all the university's degrees.
By providing you with a broad educational foundation and basic skills, General Education courses teach you about the forces, ideas, and values that shape the world and about the structure of organized human knowledge. A significant number of UP courses are required core courses in a major or minor and many others may be used as electives toward fulfilling the major and minor. Some of these courses may satisfy UP or Competency requirements. YES, but within limits. However, you still must achieve a grade equivalent to C or better to satisfy the competency requirement.