10 Essentials: Our Alternative to Gen Eds
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10 Essentials: Our Alternative to Gen Eds
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NO MORE GEN EDS... JUST THE ESSENTIALS!
At Eureka College, we allow students to tailor their learning experience to their individual needs and interests while acquiring essential skills desired by employers and needed by the world.
Rather than giving you a list of set course/content area requirements to “get out of the way,” we focus on ensuring that you can demonstrate and document a set of
10
E
ssentials
before you graduate.
For each essential capability,
YOU
can select one or more courses from among several content areas that are designated as helping to develop that capability. During these courses, you will document your proficiency with that capability by adding examples (artifacts) to your electronic portfolio.
What are the 10 Essentials?
Aesthetic Sensibility
Analytical Inquiry and Problem Solving
Communication
Ethical Reasoning
Health, Fitness, and Well-Being
Intercultural Understanding
Justice and Civic Responsibility
Scientific Literacy
Spiritual Engagement and the Examined Life
Sustainable Practices and Environmental Consciousness
Once you have met proficiency standards for an essential capability in one course, you may check that capability off your list or continue to add to and curate that section of your portfolio. Our goal is for you to leave Eureka not having simply completed a set of general education coursework, but to leave Eureka being able to document that you have the skills needed to
learn, serve, and lead
in your chosen field, in your community, and the world.
View Summer & Fall 2026 Courses
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10 Essentials
10 Essentials
NO MORE GEN EDS... JUST THE ESSENTIALS!
At Eureka College, we allow students to tailor their learning experience to their individual needs and interests while acquiring essential skills desired by employers and needed by the world.
Rather than giving you a list of set course/content area requirements to “get out of the way,” we focus on ensuring that you can demonstrate and document a set of
10
E
ssentials
before you graduate.
For each essential capability,
YOU
can select one or more courses from among several content areas that are designated as helping to develop that capability. During these courses, you will document your proficiency with that capability by adding examples (artifacts) to your electronic portfolio.
What are the 10 Essentials?
Aesthetic Sensibility
Analytical Inquiry and Problem Solving
Communication
Ethical Reasoning
Health, Fitness, and Well-Being
Intercultural Understanding
Justice and Civic Responsibility
Scientific Literacy
Spiritual Engagement and the Examined Life
Sustainable Practices and Environmental Consciousness
Once you have met proficiency standards for an essential capability in one course, you may check that capability off your list or continue to add to and curate that section of your portfolio. Our goal is for you to leave Eureka not having simply completed a set of general education coursework, but to leave Eureka being able to document that you have the skills needed to
learn, serve, and lead
in your chosen field, in your community, and the world.
View Summer & Fall 2026 Courses