Founded in 1983, the Interdisciplinary General Education Department (IGE) offers students a unique and stimulating choice to fulfill their general education requirements. At the heart of IGE lies the concept of an integrated core: a curriculum that explores human experience across the multiple perspectives of different disciplines. The IGE Program introduces participants to different ways of examining concepts and ideas, fostering a connective ability--a power to see all knowledge as interrelated. Ernest Boyer explains: "As students see how the content of one course relates to that of others, they begin to make connections, and in so doing gain not only a more integrated view of knowledge, but also a more authentic view of life."

IGE Learning Outcomes

• Communication Skills and Critical Thinking
• Historical and Social Consciousness
• Multicultural Understanding
• Appreciation of Aesthetic Experiences
• Articulation of Values
• Information Literacy
• Active Student Learning

IGE Learning Courses

• IGE 120 Consciousness and Community
• IGE 121 Rationalism, Revelation, and Enlightenment: The Ancient World
• IGE 122 Authority and Faith: The Medieval and Renaissance Worlds
• IGE 220 Ways of Knowing: Culture and Contact
• IGE 221 Ways of Coexisting: Reform and Revolution
• IGE 222 Ways of Doing: The Industrial Age
• IGE 223 Ways of Living: The Contemporary World
• IGE 224 Connections Seminar: Exploration and Personal Expression
• IGE 320 Visions of Science and Technology