The Common Curriculum

Student Requirements


Classes of 2026 and Beyond

If you entered Union College as a first year student beginning in Fall 2022 or later, please refer to the Complex Questions: Global Challenges & Social Justice Curriculum for your general education requirements.

Global Challenges & Social Justice


Classes of 2023 - 2025

The Common Curriculum aims to help you develop the breadth of knowledge and flexibility of mind needed to participate in meaningful conversations relevant to particular disciplines, local society, and the global community by achieving learning outcomes from across the breadth of the Liberal Arts as represented in the Common Curriculum requirements

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