Teaching systems thinking to general education 1 1‘General education’ is a term applied to curricula that may be required of first-year college students in which they are required to take courses in liberal arts and a variety of sciences and math to ensure that the students enter a major field of study with more broadly applicable thinking and communication skills. See Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curriculum#United_States_2 for background. Accessed 12/18/2017. students