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University system has made a significant change to the general education requirements. Campuses will determine the learning outcomes to meet this new requirement and then theyll approve courses. Reporter wednesday csu trustees voted to approve the measure. Those we talked to on campus said to them this is a nobrainer. She recently graduated from csu east bay and says she felt like the was already in place. Like i said, i was a Public Health major. I feel like it was built in our curriculum. Of course it could be put into our curriculum a lot more. Reporter dr. Alison wren says some csu schools had requirements in place, but this puts them on place on all 2 and students. Some believe this measure should be taken a step further and put into high schools. I even say in the general ed in the earlier two years they add that type of study in there as a required course. Reporter unclear at this point if that will happen, but this is one of the most widereaching College Requirements of its kin
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