General education
Take a course outside of your home faculty to broaden your knowledge
Fulfill your undergraduate degree requirements and expand your set of skills.
General Education is an integral part of undergraduate study for UNSW students. The aim of General Education courses is to broaden and deepen your understanding of the environment in which you live and work, as well as enhance your critical analysis skills.
To be taken outside of your home faculty, these courses present you with interesting, challenging and enjoyable opportunities to pursue your own intellectual curiosity. The General Education requirements are in addition to the disciplinary core component of your program.
What counts as a General Education course?
Courses taken as General Education cannot be related to core courses in your program of study and must not be courses from your home faculty. General Education exclusions are listed in the academic rules of a program.
Single Degrees
You must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 12 units of credit (UOC) in General Education courses or their equivalent taken from outside your home Faculty (unless otherwise entitled to exemption or special requirements).
You may be excluded from taking certain courses from outside the home faculty as General Education, if it is deemed that these courses are related to and/or substantially overlap with the disciplinary content of your program of study. Check the Handbook for your program requirements.
Double Degrees
An undergraduate double degree program leading to the award of two degrees is deemed to have met the University’s General Education requirements. Cross-career double degrees may include a General Education component. Check the Handbook for your program requirements.
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