Linking a revitalized general education with the major may improve both. Revitalized general education programs across the nation have more closely integrated general education and the major. General education courses can provide the intellectual foundation and skills for the academic work required in the major. Size of our General Education Program. The size of our general education program has been and likely will continue to be a hotly debated issue.
Size is an issue for a number of reasons.
A large general education package couple with large requirements for some majors may limit students' ability to take electives and develop minors. It is also argued by some that statewide economic difficulties and future cutbacks could seriously hamper the delivery of a large general education program. Finally, a large general education package places us at a competitive disadvantage with community colleges. This attractively competes for our lower division students who arrive at Northridge as certified transfer students. These students who do not receive the CSUN general education program reduce our enrollment at the lower division level.