{"id":13789,"date":"2025-09-24T05:47:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T05:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/?page_id=13789"},"modified":"2025-10-03T10:44:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:44:19","slug":"ge-courses-credit-hours","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dmu.ae\/home\/ge-courses-credit-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"GE Courses &amp; Credit Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13789\" class=\"elementor elementor-13789\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3adf8ea elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3adf8ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-049acad\" data-id=\"049acad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b28533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-sidebar\" data-id=\"5b28533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sidebar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"custom_html-45\" class=\"widget_text widget clearfix widget_custom_html\"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><style>\r\n.sidebar {\r\nbackground-color: #bfa85f;\r\nborder-radius: 12px;\r\npadding: 30px 25px;\r\nwidth: 100%;\r\ncolor: #7a5f1a;\r\nflex-shrink: 0;\r\n}\r\n.sidebar h4 { \r\ncolor: #fff;\r\nline-height:25px;\r\nmargin-bottom:20px;\r\n}\r\n.sidebar ul {\r\nlist-style: none;\r\npadding: 0;\r\nmargin: 0;\r\n}\r\n.sidebar ul li{\r\nmargin-bottom: 15px;\r\nfont-weight: 600;\r\ncursor: pointer;\t\t\t\r\ncolor: #7a5f1a;\r\nline-height:20px;\r\nborder-bottom: 1px solid #fffbf1;\r\n}  \r\n \r\n.sidebar ul li:hover {\r\ncolor: #fffbf1;\r\n}\r\n.sidebar ul li.active {\r\nfont-weight: 600; 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