True education goes beyond a special course: it embraces the whole person.  The General Education Department provides a broad spectrum and functional curricula with appropriate academic and student support systems that enhance quality education.  This broad encounter with perspectives and knowledge forms the domain of General Education. 

The goal of General Education Department coursework is to give the students a broad sampling of different academic areas to fulfil the Liberal Arts Educational Philosophy of the University.  This sampling exposes them to varied disciplines, increasing the value and breadth of their total undergraduate education.  General Education coursework allows them to discover new interests that may open a whole new range of opportunities for further study or career choice.  Besides specializing in a major and training for a career, students should become familiar with some of the many rapidly changing disciplines.  Through these requirements, Valley View University undergraduates:

• Expand their historical, aesthetic, cultural, literary, scientific, and philosophical perspectives.
• Improve critical and analytical thinking; and learn skills in finding, managing, and communicating knowledge.