The Gen Ed Program is the core of your education at URI. It’s important to realize how the skills, responsibilities, and knowledge learned in one Gen Ed class can apply to an entirely different subject and inevitably, inform situations you could face in the workforce. Additionally, when carefully and thoughtfully chosen, your Gen Ed classes can actually enhance the required courses in your major. Why take Communication Fundamentals when you plan to design bridges or write software for a living? Why take a psychology class when you’re hoping to start a marketing career? It may not feel like it now, but having a breadth of knowledge in different topics will prove to be invaluable to your career, whatever it may be. Every Gen Ed course teaches you skills and knowledge that can be applied to whatever profession you chose to pursue.
