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The associate degree in general studies serves the needs of students who want to individualize the first two years of their academic programs, students who want to obtain a broad liberal education, and students who want to lay broad foundations for continued and higher education.

Students who complete their associate degrees in general studies at WSU may transfer with this degree to any other institution. In the Utah System of Higher Education, you will have met the general education requirements for a bachelor's degree. The associate of science degree from WSU is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

The mission of the general education program at Weber State University is to 1)assist undergraduate students in the development of a world view inclusive of knowledge from both the arts and sciences and 2)to develop skills essential to the acquisition, evaluation, synthesis, and communication of information associated with both personal and professional development. Thus, the purpose of the general education component of a student's undergraduate degree program is to assist the student in his/her intellectual, personal, professional and cultural development.

The ultimate objective of the undergraduate program at Weber State University is to assist students to be able to:

• Understand the processes of acquiring knowledge and information;
• Reason logically, critically, and creatively in a variety of contexts;
• Recognize different ways of thinking, creating, expressing, and communicating through a variety of media;
• Understand the diversity that exists in value systems and cultures in an interdependent world
• Develop a capacity for self assessment and lifelong learning.