素质教育学院的前身基础公共课程部成立于2004年2月，主要任务是承担全院公共基础课程教学科研任务、留学生汉语教学与学生管理、负责全院学生体质健康测试、学院内外各项体育活动、全院师生普通话水平测试等工作。体育系成立于2010年6月，目前开设有《休闲体育》专业，2010年开始招生，已有八届学生毕业。主要承担《休闲体育》专业建设、课程建设、负责全院学生体质健康测试、组织学生开展院内外各项体育活动。根据学院党政会议决定，基础公共课程部和体育系合署办公。
    2023年3月，经学校校长办公会审议，党委会审定通过，原基础公共课程部（体育系）更名为素质教育学院。
    素质教育学院拥有一支教师素质优良、教学经验丰富、学历职称结构合理、掌握运用现代教学技术的师资队伍。现有教职工58人，其中学院领导3人，专职教师49人，行管人员6人。拥有教授4人，副教授22人，讲师18人，助教6人。现有乐山市学术和技术带头1人，乐山市学术和技术带头人后备人选2人，骨干教师6人，硕士研究生12人，本科及以上学历达100%。设有语文、英语、数学、体育、创业创业素养教育、信息技术素养和美育素养教育等7个教研室，学校学生体质健康测试中心、乐山市掷球协会、77779193永利官网普通话水平测试站、学院语言培训中心、乐山市教育法学会、法学研究会、美育学会、语言学会等。
     The Department of General Studies was established in February, 2004, and its main tasks include the teaching and academic research of general studies, the education of Chinese as a foreign language and management of overseas students, the test of the physical health for the whole students, the physical activities inside and outside college, and the testing of National Mandarin for teachers and students on campus. The Department of Ideological and Political Theory was established in May 2010 and mainly focuses on the education in various ideology and political theories for the whole students, relevant academic researches, and the foundation of the teaching and practical bases of ideological and political education on and off campus. It divides into three teaching research sections according to the courses, including "Ideological and Moral Cultivation and Legal Basis ", " Introduction to Maoism and Chinese-featured Socialism Ideology Applied Technology of Database. " and "Current Situation and Policy". The Department of Physical Education was established in June 2010, comprising one major “Leisure Sports” which enroll students from 2010. Its primary tasks include the construction of major and curriculum, the tests of physical health for the whole students, organizing students to conduct various sports activities on and off campus. The Department of General Studies, the Department of the Ideological and Political Theory and the Department of Physical Education jointly work, according to the decision of the Party and Administrative Meeting of the College.
    The General Studies Department boasts a strong faculty of qualified,experienced and devoted teachers with a high teaching level.The faculty is composed of 42 full-time teachers and 6 administrative staff,of which, 2 are full professors,22 are associate professors,18 are lecturers,6 are assistants.One is academic leader at the municipal level, 24 have attained their M.A.degree,some have been granted the title of“excellent teachers”and other titles of honor. Currently, there are 4 academic leaders, 8 backbone teachers. It has eight teaching research sections: Ideological and Moral Cultivation and Legal Basis, Introduction to Maoism and Chinese-featured Socialism Ideology Applied Technology of Database, Current Situation and Policy, College Chinese, Chinese as Foreign Language, College English, Mathematics and Physical Education. It also has College Students’ Physical Health Testing center, leshan Multi Bowls Association, leshan Vocational and Technical college mandarin proficiency Testing Station, College Language Training Center, leshan Educational Art Society, Law Society, Aesthetic Education Association, Association of Chinese Language, etc.