General Education Matriculation

In December 2018, the State Board of Education instituted the implementation of a common course-indexing list for a core set of freshman and sophomore level curricula (100 and 200 level courses) called Idaho General Education Matriculation (GEM). It is designed to provide greater transparency of course articulation, seamless transfer for Idaho’s students, and provides greater consistency for recognition of equivalent courses with similar GEM designation across all state institutions in Idaho.

The following is a list of GEM categories in which courses are grouped. Each institution requires a certain amount of credits to be earned in each category. These GEM courses may change so please check with the Idaho institution advisor before registering for a course. For more information on navigating the transfer of credits across Idaho institutions, please see CourseTransfer.idaho.gov.

Below you will find a list of the ISI Courses (in-progress of being added) that count towards Idaho GEM requirements: