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In Oakland University, the GE curriculum is divided into three stages – foundations, explorations
and integration. Similarly to all other GE education, GE complements the major to increase
the student’s flexibility and options upon graduation. Students are required to complete at
least one approved course in each category listed below:

(1) Foundations
i. Writing prerequisites
ii. Writing foundations
iii. Formal reasoning
The formal reasoning area prepares students to demonstrate knowledge of one or more
formal reasoning systems such as
• computer programming,
• mathematics,
• statistics,
• linguistics or
• logic

(2) Explorations
i. Arts
ii. Foreign language and culture
iii. Global perspective
iv. Literature
v. Natural science and technology
vi. Social science
vii. Western civilization

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