General Studies courses provide a core of knowledge that imparts the common skills, intellectual concepts and attitudes that every educated person should possess. General Studies provides explicit instruction in the essential lifelong skills required for success in careers, at home, in a community and in society. These skills, concepts and attitudes are regularly identified by employers, employees and educators as being critical. The common skills are interrelated and broadly defined as follows:

• Communication
• Critical thinking/problem solving
• Ethics
• Global awareness
• Inclusive social interaction
• Mathematical principles
• Science and technology
• Self-determination
• Social Science