SMU vs Texas A&M engineering

johnangle
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:12:21 +0000

I emailed with some people who developed the UC today and the message I got was this:

They’ve been developing this for two years now, and 85% of classes currently offered will “map” to the new UC. The biggest change is that the current requirement to take two cultural formations classes is gone. The language requirement can be satisfied through a number of ways (HS proficiency, classes here, co-op/internship, study abroad, etc) and is more flexible than the previous two semester requirement.

Next, they said the UC actually provides more flexibility for students to pursue multiple interests or to major in intensive degree program like engineering, business, music, etc. because courses can count toward multiple UC requirements instead of just one. The purpose is to provide students the opportunity to customize their UC experience to their own interests and needs while retaining the foundation for a liberal arts and sciences degree.

They also sent me a pdf with some more specific information that they’re going to put up on the 2016 page asap. Between then and now please feel free to email me with specific questions and I can either answer them or ask the people who developed the UC. This is really technical and honestly the differences between GEC and UC are fairly minor… your engineering load will not change, nor will your overall university experience.