During the system-wide re-engineering of curricula in all the state’s community colleges, each degree program at SCC was reviewed by the Curriculum and Instruction Committee to ensure that broad-based requirements in general education had been met in each of its newly revised, semester-based programs. As one of its major goals, the C&I committee continues to monitor all new program offerings at the college, and review and approve all proposed changes to existing programs, in order to maintain a requisite balance of coursework within the area of general education. (4 & 5)

It is primarily the Arts and Sciences division at SCC, under the authorship of faculty from its respective departments, which oversees the content of each general education course offering (in the context of the NCCCS Common Course Library) and assumes responsibility for designing course outlines which meet its educational goals irrespective of individual students’ major programs of study (6).

Any substitution of courses among an individual student’s general education requirements must be requested in writing by a curricular advisor and authorized by the appropriate dean before its final review by the registrar (7).

A review of the College’s associate degree program requirements confirms that each program requires at least 15 hours of general education courses (8 & 9).