General Education

General Education courses within the Wisconsin Technical College System are offered to support occupational programming, and they are selected from the areas of Communication (both oral and written), Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences. All sixteen of our technical colleges offer General Education courses at the aid code 10 level to support the AAS (Associate in Applied Science) or the AAA (Associate in Applied Arts) degrees.

In addition, five of our technical colleges (MATC-Madison, MATC-Milwaukee, Nicolet Area, Chippewa Valley, and Western) offer a Liberal Arts Degree (either the Associate in Science or the Associate in Arts). The courses for those programs are offered at aid code 20.

This website provides support information and discussion topics for either all of the General Education Deans or the Liberal Arts Programs workgroup.

WTCS General Education System Courses

WTCS General Education Deans and Associate Deans

WTCS Transfer Information

WTCS General Education Courses for Review by Baccalaureate Institutions

Meetings - General Education Deans (State Called)
Summary listing of meetings and minutes

Liberal Arts Deans and Associate Deans

“The Essential Standards of Quality for Liberal Studies Transfer Programs” document describes the framework that ensures students have a cohesive education experience while cultivating knowledge, developing skills, and providing dispositions essential for independent learning and thinking associated with the liberal arts degree. These components form the basis of WTCS’s liberal studies programs.

Essential Standards of Quality for Liberal Studies Transfer Programs in the WTCS

Meetings - Liberal Arts Programs Working Group
Summary listing of meetings and minutes

Useful web Sites important to General Education staff

WTC System Office

Education Director Profile

M. J. Best

For questions, please contact M.J. Best at the WTCS Office - maryjane.best@wtcsystem.edu

Last modified: November 11, 2009

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