Khalifa University’s General Education Unit (GEU) is an undergraduate curricular unit for students from all colleges, and its classes are taught by diverse faculty from across the university. The GEU provides many of the required courses that are integral to unifying students’ learning experiences, instituting essential learning and career development strategies, raising their awareness of key problems in the world today, and building their skills as effective academic researchers and writers. The GEU also offers a range of elective courses ranging from foreign languages to humanities courses including subjects as varied as Arabic, Islamic Studies, Science Journalism, Critical Thinking, Digital Public Speaking, Intercultural Communication and Introduction to Linguistics. The GEU also helps support the English language needs of undergraduate students through the Center of Teaching and Learning’s Writing Center.