General Education - Albright College

General Education - Albright College General Education Find your Spark through Albright’s General Education curriculum Gain broad-based knowledge and essential skills for success in college and careers through Albright’s general education program. Designed for an interconnected world, the program challenges students to integrate and creatively apply what they learn while discovering new interests and career paths. Students work with a personal, four-year Success Coach, forge their own path through student-driven experiences, earn guaranteed credentials in the classroom, and develop the skills needed to thrive beyond Albright. Albright College’s institutional learning outcomes ensure that graduates demonstrate effective written and oral communication and strong information literacy skills; expand global awareness and cultural competencies; integrate and apply knowledge across disciplines; and develop critical, creative, and ethical reasoning to analyze complex problems. This updated general education program went into effect on May 13, 2024, and applies to students who entered Albright in fall 2020 or later and did not graduate by May 2024. For additional information or advising support, please email gened@albright.edu Students who earn a degree at Albright College will: Demonstrate effective written and oral communication, and information literacy skills Expand global awareness and develop cultural competencies Integrate and apply information from across disciplines and areas of knowledge Develop critical thinking, creative thinking, and ethical reasoning, to analyze complex problems First-Year Seminar (1 course) English Composition (2 courses) Foundations (6 courses) Connections (2 courses, 3 courses for 2025-2026 freshmen) Synthesis (1 course) Gain essential college skills through an array of topics while partnering with your four-year Success Coach. This course is required of all first-year students as well as transfer students with fewer than 8 course units or 24 credits. Students are considered first-year students if they have not attended a different college following their high school graduation, even if they bring in credits from dual enrollment or other methods. Topics include Media Literacy, War and Peace, the Cultural Politics of Hip Hop, and Fashion in Activism. Develop communication and information literacy skills for success at Albright and beyond. English 101, Composition, focuses on thesis-driven essays and English 102, Writing About Texts, emphasizes research writing and information literacy. Build the foundation of your educational journey with these fundamental, Foundations-designated courses across six areas: Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Science, Natural Science, Quantitative Skills, and World Cultures. Explore the rich and exciting history, creative products, beliefs and ideas of different cultures in the United States and around the world. Take three Connections courses from different departments; at least one must be a designated Global Connections course. These courses come from a variety of fields, from history to gender studies, literature, international relations, business, sociology, environmental studies and many others. Integrate your college experiences as you think creatively about different ways to approach a common topic in this general education capstone course. This course is taken in your junior or senior year as determined by credit hours or course units. Examples of Synthesis courses include Baseball and American Culture, Global Health, The Nuclear Age, and Monsters in Religion and Literature. General Education Worksheet for 2025-2026 Students General Education Worksheet for All Other Students