What does GER stand for?

Undergraduates fulfill general education requirements, choose among a wide variety of elective courses, and pursue departmental concentrations and interdisciplinary certificate programs.

Students completing associate degrees at the Idaho, Washington and Oregon community colleges will be able to, at the same time, finish general education requirements toward a bachelor's degree at the university under the agreement.

Modeled after similar systems in Maryland and New Jersey, NH Transfer will enable prospective and current students to obtain detailed information about transferring between participating two- and four-year colleges and universities, including course-to-course equivalencies, general education requirements, and recommended transfer programs for each major at the four-year receiving institutions.

They are using the fall semester to fulfill general education requirements.

I say "smorgasbord" because universities are typically organized as a federation of traditional science disciplines, each of whose undergraduate offerings are focused on discipline majors and students meeting general education requirements.

In addition, ACCT recognized the design of BCC's curriculum, which includes in-depth cultural diversity as one of five mandatory general education requirements.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The University of Nevada-Las Vegas has overhauled its general education requirements for next semester, putting Community College of Southern Nevada students in a situation where they could lose credits toward graduation.