General Education - Nyack College

General Education from Nyack College is a Campus Associate Education Science degree that prepares you for a Education career. Mission The mission of the Associate Degree in General Education is to provide students with a solid foundation in the liberal arts as the foundation to prepare them for the work force and/or to advance academically. Student Learning Goals Academically Excellent: Students will foster critical thinking in the liberal arts and explore educational opportunities in courses that will help her/him impact the community and profession. This will be accomplished through a required total of 63 credits: 28 credits of Core Component; 25 credits of Major Field Components; and 10 credits of Miscellaneous Elective Components. Personally Transforming: Students will be encouraged to self-reflect as they engage the liberals through critical thinking. This will be accomplished through the student?s self-assessment of her/his personal, spiritual, and academic needs. Socially Relevant: Students will discover how their personal and academic insights would help them serve the world better. This will be accomplished through the student?s reflection on how a particular liberal arts or professional course can have a relevant, social application. Globally Engaged: Students will be exposed to a mosaic of ideas that will help them appreciate people, cultures, and faiths from a global perspective. This will be accomplished in the classroom, where most of the faculty has global exposure, and through our Global Studies Program, which encourages all Nyack College students to take, at least, one course abroad. View more details on Nyack College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Education Science courses.