The General Education Center (GEC) is committed to the spirit of Angela Merici in Ursuline education and provides diverse courses to support the 5-year junior college, 4-year college, and 2-year college programs at Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages. The general education (GE) requirements are intended to provide undergraduates with a broader scope and balance to the study of a specific major. They are designed to enable students to apply the abilities and skills developed in the majors to communicate effectively, identify significant issues, collect and rationalize available evidence, come to conclusions, and act considerately. Since most of professional departments are dedicated to languages at Wenzao, the GEC plays a critical role in designing and providing courses to ensure students exposing to different disciplines. At the center, courses provided from three distributive categories: Natural and Environmental Sciences, Society and Laws, Liberal Arts and Logical Argumentations, lead students to a wide-angle view of learning. GEC offers high quality curricula not only to fulfill the requirements by the Ministry of Education but also to nurture students with a holistic education. The general education requirement is a graduation requirement and more details of general education requirements for the different college programs are described below.   

5-Year Junior College Program:

By following the regulations of Ministry of Education, GEC offers required courses, such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Biology, Civics and Societies, Arts and Life, History, and Music. In addition to the requirements, the center also designs various elective courses to help students to integrate their knowledge and develop a holistic personality. These courses include Moral Formation, Cultural Tourism, Personal Financial Management, Gender Relationship, Bible and Life, Law and Life, Logics, etc.   

4-Year College Program:

The goals of the general educations are to provide students with disciplinary diversity, prepare students to participate smoothly in the rapidly changing world, promote students’ self-understanding and understanding of others, stimulate analytical thinking about contemporary problems, and offer the opportunity to get involved in community-service learning. Students enrolled in the 4-year college program must complete a set of general education requirements with a minimum of 10 credits in general education. To satisfy the general education requirement, the information of required credits and offered courses is presented in each of the following categories.

I.     Natural and Sciences:    [4 credits, 2 courses]

       Group A: mathematical sciences and biochemical sciences

        Group B: environmental sciences and popularization of sciences

II.    Social Laws and Policies    [2 credits, 1 course]

III.   Humanities and Arts     [2 credits, 1 course]

IV.   Advanced General Education Courses     [2 credits, 1 course]

2-Year College Program:

Wenzao is committed to the values of Ursuline education and the development of the whole person. Students enrolled in the 2-year college program must meet a minimum of 6 credits in general education to earn a baccalaureate degree from Wenzao. To satisfy the general education requirement, the information of required credits and offered courses is presented in each of the following categories.

I.     Natural and Sciences     [2 credits, 1 courses]

II.    Social Science and Jurisprudence    [2 credits, 1 course]

III.   Humanities and Arts     [2 credits, 1 course]