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Learning the Y

In a game-changing new general-ed course, students dive deep into BYU’s distinctive mission and find their place in a community of belonging.

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Led by Inspiration: 2023 GE Professorship Recipient Rickelle Richards

November 20, 2023 04:52 PM
Rickelle Richards, Ph.D., MPH, RDN knows the places the Lord guides us aren’t always the places we expect. Each day at Brigham Young University, Richards teaches large and small groups of students about the principles of nutrition. From general education classes to complex high-level courses, Richards embraces the challenge of teaching students with a wide variety of backgrounds and knowledge bases.

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2022 General Education Professorship Recipient

December 07, 2022 03:15 PM
For Professor Bob Hudson (French and Italian), nothing captures the human spirit quite like encounters with another culture. Born in Arkansas and raised between there and Kentucky, Hudson experienced such an encounter when he left the rural South to serve his two-year Church mission in Paris, France.

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2021 General Education Professorship Recipient

January 14, 2022 09:33 AM
At 6 feet 4 inches, Richard Watt towers above his CHEM 101 students and patiently answers question after question to bolster their confidence for the upcoming midterm. As Watt brings chemistry alive, his love for chemistry and his students is apparent.

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Instructions for satisfying the General Education Quantitative Reasoning Requirement

August 19, 2021 10:39 PM
The General Education Quantitative Reasoning (QR) requirement is designed to help students develop “the capacity to understand and explain the world in quantitative terms; ...

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General Education Associate Dean Creates Unexpected Connections

For most people, trolls, the environment, International Cinema and general education do not have a lot in common. But for Christopher “Chip” Oscarson, associate dean of General Education, these things have shaped his life and helped him create unexpected connections.

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Dear Faculty Letters

April 01, 2021 09:24 PM
The General Education Design Committee has worked tirelessly to help develop an improved general education program. Committee members reveal their unique insights into their experience in creating a new program through a series of “Dear Faculty” letters.

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General Education Redesign Highlighted in Race, Equity, and Belonging Report

March 15, 2021 10:47 AM
In February 2021, Brigham Young University released a report conducted by the Committee on Race, Equity, and Belonging (CoREB).

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2020 General Education Professorship Recipient

January 21, 2021 11:19 AM
Undergraduate Education at Brigham Young University is pleased to award the 2020 General Education Professorship to Larry J. Nelson, a professor in the School of Family Life. Granting this award is one way to honor Nelson’s love and passion for teaching and acknowledge the difference he makes in the lives of his students.

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General Education helps students learn to make real-world connections

November 19, 2020 07:01 PM
To broaden students' knowledge and understanding of the world, Brigham Young University’s General Education program offers students 486 courses to choose from.

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Introducing CHIP OSCARSON

August 18, 2020 07:40 AM
NEW ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

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