FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

ADVIPS adjust with the updated catalog on the day after commencement in May. 

Yes: AGEC will cover new GE in completion. If a student comes in with an AGEC, then they have completed all General Education requirements.

Please review the Credit by Exam Policy for the appropriate Catalog year for more information about how credit by exam may be used to satisfy GE requirements.

Class Search includes attributes for GE course categories. The Class Search view shows two possible GE options: General Ed (begins 2022) or General Ed Tiers (before 2022). 

Approved Gen Ed courses will appear in the course schedule on October 1st and March 1st.

The Class Search view shows two possible GE options: General Ed (begins 2022) or General Ed Tiers (before 2022). To help students navigate this search, please provide them with this link.

The GE requirement is associated with the term the course is taken.

e.g. A student took an EP Social Scientist course Fall 2023. That course has been modified to count as a Civic Institutions course effective Fall 2026. The student will recieve an EP Social Scientist requirement based on the term the course was taken. Students cannot meet dual requirements with one course in General Education.

The student’s Career Requirement Term (in most cases, the term the student matriculated at the University of Arizona) dictates the General Education curriculum that appears on the student’s advisement report. 

• A term of Fall 2021 (2214) or earlier places the student in the previous curriculum with Tier I and Tier II requirements;  
• A term of Spring 2022 (2221) through Spring 2026 (2261) places the student in the new curriculum with Exploring Perspectives and Building Connections requirements;
• A term of Fall 2026 (2264) or later places the student in the new curriculum that includes Exploring Perspectives, Building Connections, and Civic Institutions requirements.   

• Students in the previous GE curriculum may opt into a later GE catalog according to the Choice of Catalog policy. Please contact the Office of the Registrar at catalog@arizona.edu for assistance with this process. 

Incoming first-year students by default receive a Career Requirement Term that matches their term of admission. Some incoming students may receive a Career Requirement Term earlier than their term of admission based on special circumstances. Some considerations include:

• Has the student been continuously enrolled in Arizona public institutions (including ASU, NAU, and Arizona community colleges) prior to entering the University of Arizona? If they have been continuously enrolled since Fall 2021 or prior, their Career Requirement Term may be updated to reflect the first term of continuous enrollment.
• Has the University received documentation of a certified AGEC based on coursework previously completed at Arizona public institutions? If so, the student's general education requirements are already satisfied.
• Is the student returning for a second undergraduate degree under the sequential degree policy? If the student has already satisfied the previous Tiers General Education requirements as part of their first degree, they will not be required to complete the new General Education curriculum.

No. Please contact the Office of the Registrar at catalog@arizona.edu so the individual record can be reviewed and updated.

Please contact the Office of the Registrar at catalog@arizona.edu.

Yes. The upper division requirement is an important component of the class offerings for Spring 2022 in the new curriculum.

A student is considered a new student if they have less than 12 college units from an accredited institution or credit-by exam. A student is considered a transfer student if they have earned and transferred 12 or more college units from and acredited institution or through credit-by-exam.

UNIV 101 is an introduction to general education, not a college success course or an intro to the college/discipline/field. The content is completely different, so students could take both with no overlap.

UNIV 101 is an introduction to general education, not a college success course or an intro to the college/discipline/field. The content is completely different. College specific success courses cannot be used in lieu of UNIV 101.

First year students will be pre-enrolled in UNIV 101 across all campuses.

UNIV 301 will be offered for all students over the summer. UNIV 101 will only be offered for Arizona Online students.

Students have some flexibility. The earliest UNIV 301 can be taken is after completing UNIV 101, Foundations Writing, Math, and at least 5 of 7 of the GE Core Courses (e.g. Exploring Perspectives, Building Connections, and/or Civic Institutions*). 

*Civic Institutions as a core course is effective for the Fall 2026 catalog. Prior catalogs require 12 units of Exploring Perspectives and 9 units of Building Connections courses only.

New students who are classified as first-year students at the point of admission will be required to take UNIV 101 as their entry course and UNIV 301 as their exit course for General Education. Students will be pre-scheduled for UNIV 101 in their first semester. Students can enroll in 301 after completing Foundations Writing, Math, and at least 5 of 7 of the GE Core Courses (e.g. Exploring Perspectives, Building Connections, and Civic Institutions*). 

All other new University of Arizona students (including transfer and readmitted students) will have the option of taking either or both of these courses but will not be required to complete them for graduation, provided that they still complete the minimum number of units of general education coursework required by ABOR policy.

*Civic Institutions as a core course is effective for the Fall 2026 catalog. Prior catalogs require 12 units of Exploring Perspectives and 9 units of Building Connections courses only.

After confirming that the student is eligible for the class, please have them complete this UNIV 301 registration request form. Our team will review the student's record to verify eligibility and, pending eligibility and seat availability, enroll the student.

UNIV 101 will be offered in person. We will have asynchronous sections for Arizona Online, but those students are taking all of their courses asynchronously. UNIV 301 will be an asynchronous online, 7-week course with a limited number of hybrid sections offered in spring/fall terms. This decision is primarily driven by room capacity. However, we plan to offer face to face workshops for students to support them in designing their Gen Ed eportfolios.