General Education Unit

Khalifa University’s General Education Unit (GEU) is an undergraduate curricular unit for students from all colleges, and its classes are taught by diverse faculty from across the university. The GEU provides a number of required courses that are integral to unifying students’ learning experiences, instituting essential learning and career development strategies, raising their awareness of key problems in the world today, and building their skills as effective academic researchers and writers. The GEU also helps support the English language needs of undergraduate students through the Center of Teaching and Learning’s Writing Center.

The GEU has four main components:

(1.) the English writing and research classes, English 101 and English 102;

(2.) the GENS courses, which include GENS 101 - Grand Challenges and the single-credit courses of GENS 100, 300, and 400, which focus on academic development, career preparation, and enhancing employability and job readiness;

(3.) introductory-level foreign language courses in languages including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish; and

(4.) SDAS and LTCM Courses and the Preparatory Program, all of which are being phased out.

Students are typically enrolled in English 101, English 102, GENS 100 and GENS 101 in their Freshman Year and GENS 300 and GENS 400 in their junior and senior year respectively.