STANDARD 12
GENERAL EDUCATION
NJIT General University Requirements (GUR)
• Cohesive force independent of student major
o Computing Science: 3 credits
o Cultural History: 3 credits
o English Composition: 6 credits
o Humanities: 9 credits
o Management: 3 credits
o Mathematics: 6 credits
o Natural Sciences: 7 credits
o Physical Education: 2 credits
o Social Sciences: 6 credits
Assessment of Student Learning in the GUR
• NJIT Program Review Process
o ETS Proficiency Profile
o ETS iSkills
o Locally-developed assessment
NJIT Core Competencies
• Writing, Reading, and Critical Thinking
• Quantitative Reasoning
• Information Literacy
Strategies for the Future
• NJIT will continue its successful practice of
incremental and continuous GUR improvement
to strengthen the NJIT mission and represent the
strengths of the faculty and instructional staff; as
such, the process of on-going GUR review will
ensure content relevance, promote interdisciplinary
inquiry, and sustain innovative programs such as
information literacy;
• NJIT will continue to design, develop, and
evaluate Learning Communities for first-time, fulltime students.