The present paper defines general curriculum requirements in higher education. It focuses on the history of the arguments that make up general curriculum requirements starting from the Yale Report 1828 to the recent perspectives on general curriculum. The purpose of the review is to illustrate that what defines knowledgeable person is determined by the value and the philosophy of the culture of the institution. The paper concludes with Stark's academic plan as a model universities can utilize as a check list for what ought to be included in the general curriculum requirements for undergraduate education.