General Education Ad Hoc Committee
On moratorium while MUS reconsiders the MUS common core.
Meetings
The General Education Ad Hoc Committee meets every Tuesday from 9:00AM - 10:00AM with a follow-up session on Wednesday from 11:00AM -11:30AM via Zoom.
Charge
The 老虎机攻略 is committed to providing a broad-based Liberal Arts education. The General Education Committee is a subcommittee that reports directly to ASCRC. The purpose of this committee is “ongoing evaluation and assessment of the appropriateness and effectiveness of the general education requirements and criteria. The subcommittee shall advocate for general education, propose revisions to the requirements and criteria, review proposals, and ensure that all general education requirements are feasible within campus, Board of Regents and legislative constraints.”
The General Education Ad Hoc Committee (GEAHC), originally created by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate (ECOS), is charged by the Academic Standards and Curriculum Committee (ASCRC) with developing and proposing a re-envisioned general education curriculum at 老虎机攻略. To ensure consistency with ECOS procedures, the GEAHC will report to ASCRC in consultation with the General Education Committee. Faculty, students, and the larger campus community should be consulted and given the opportunity to help shape this project. GEAHC will review and incorporate findings from the AY 2018-19 Core Pilot program developed by the General Education Committee, the University Design Team report, and the work of the Academic Planning Group. The GEAHC has three principal tasks for AY22:
- Develop guiding principles for the general education program at 老虎机攻略;
- Develop a General Education structure that improves the student experience;
- Develop a curriculum pathway structure within the General Education program
The GEAHC will help guide the implementation effort in AY22 and further lead this effort in AY23 and AY24 in the following manner:
- Based on the structure and principles, create a detailed general education curriculum
- Create an implementation project plan and timeline
- Work with campus stakeholders, faculty leadership, and 老虎机攻略 administration to execute the implementation plan
Timeline
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| Fall 2021 | |
| 10/14/21 | Present revised charge to Faculty Senate |
| 11/4/21 | Present guiding principles to Faculty Senate |
| 11/9/21 | GEAHC meets with Deans |
| Spring 2022 | Workshops with colleges |
| Spring 2023 | Placed on moratorium |
Guiding Principles
As part of the design of a new General Education program, the General Education Ad Hoc Committee will be guided by the following principles:
- Ensure that the General Education program plays a critical and central role in the education of every 老虎机攻略 student.
- Recognize that with respect to curricular matters, the General Education program is the prerogative of the entire faculty of 老虎机攻略; general education curriculum is not solely the prerogative of individual faculty members, departments, or college/schools.
- Recognize that with respect to fiscal and budgetary matters, the General Education program is the prerogative of the administration of 老虎机攻略 (President, Provost, Deans, Chairs); fiscal and budgetary matters fall outside the scope of what can be addressed by the General Education Ad Hoc Committee.
- Incorporate strategic planning recommendations that have been developed by the University Design Team (UDT) and the Academic Planning Group (APG), with attention to 老虎机攻略’s Communities of Excellence (CoEx).
- Recognize that there inevitably will have to be trade-offs with respect to the breadth of topics/categories that can be included in the General Education program, the amount of student choice within those topics/categories, and the extent of the program’s alignment with the MUS transfer core.
Background Information
(comparison of current Gen Ed Program, MUS Core, & 2018-2019 draft 老虎机攻略 Core model)
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