Menu
  • For Students
    • BACK
    • Requirements and Courses
    • Student FAQs
    • New Students
    • Alternate Course Delivery Options
  • First Year Seminars
  • High Impact Practices
  • Assessment
  • Faculty Resources
    • BACK
      • High Impact Practices
      • References & Research
      • Learning Communities
      • Offer a First Year Seminar
      • Advisors FAQ & Resources
      • Course Proposal Guides
  • Faculty FAQ
  • About Us

  • Portal
  • A-Z Index
  • Find People
  • Maps
  • Athletics
  • Library
  • Quicklinks
    • BACK
    • Calendars
    • Email
    • Moodle
    • Moodle Course Dev
Western Oregon University
search
  • Admission
  • Cost
  • Academics
  • Life at WOU
  • Athletics
  • Give
  • Portal
  • search

General Education Program

Home » About Us

Menu
  • What is General Education?
    • Back
    • Requirements & Courses
    • First Year Seminars
    • Petition Process
    • Student FAQ
  • Transfer Students
    • Back
    • Transfer Student Resources
    • Petition Process
    • FAQ
  • For Advisors
    • Back
    • Petition Process
    • Advisor FAQ
  • For Faculty
    • Back
    • Faculty Resources
    • Assessment
    • High Impact Practices
    • Course Proposal Guides
    • References & Research
    • Faculty FAQ
  • About Us

About Us

Who We Are

Our Mission

General Education is a crucial component of the learning experience at Western Oregon University, providing students with fundamental skills for lifelong learning. Students apply, communicate, and integrate ideas from a variety of disciplines. They gain abilities to think and act critically as citizens of a complex and ever-changing world. The curriculum empowers students to pursue diverse interests and perform varying roles in their personal, social, and professional lives.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Put into practice different and varied forms of knowledge, inquiry, and expression that frame academic and applied learning. (Intellectual foundations and breadth of exposure)
2. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate information and develop well-reasoned and evidence-based conclusions. (Critical thinking)
3. Articulate the challenges, responsibilities, and privileges of belonging in a complex, diverse, interconnected world. (Citizenship)
4. Integrate knowledge, perspectives, and strategies across disciplines to answer questions and solve problems. (Multidisciplinary learning)

General Education Program Support

Dr. Shaun Huston
Director of General Education
hustons@wou.edu
x88296
BELL 217

Dr. Leanne Merrill
First Year Seminar Coordinator
merrill@wou.edu
x89342
MNB 126

Dr. Leigh Graziano
Chair, General Education Committee
grazianol@wou.edu
x89360
MA 311

General Education Membership Roster
General Education Newsletter Archive

WOU logo

Facebook   Instagram   Twitter  YouTube  wouTV

WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
345 Monmouth Ave. N.
Monmouth OR 97361

503-838-8000 | 1-877-877-1593

Tools

Campus maps
Canvas
Find people
Portal
WOU email
Technical support

Resources

A-Z index
Accessibility
Academic calendar
Class schedule
Jobs at WOU
Partnerships
Student services

Western Oregon University’s Land Acknowledgement
Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

Accessibility    Public Records    Privacy    Student Consumer Information

WOU prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in all programs, activities and employment practices as required by Title IX, other applicable laws, and policies. Retaliation is prohibited by WOU.