Proposal to the General Education Curriculum Advisory Committee
To add an existing course to the General Education Program
Date: ____________ Proposal Number (To be assigned by the Registrar): _________________
Department: ________________________ Contact Person: ____________________________
1. Indicate which goal area(s) of the program this proposal addresses.
____ Area 1: Communication
____ Area 2: Fine Arts
____ Area 3: Health and Wellness
____ Area 4: Humanities
____ Area 5: International and Intercultural Studies
____ Area 6: Mathematical Sciences
____ Area 7: Physical and Natural Sciences
____ Area 8: Social and Behavioral Sciences
For items 2-6 attach pages as needed.
2. Describe how this course supports the overall mission of the General Education Program and to what extent it will help students fulfill the six general goals of the program.
3. Describe to what extent this course will help students fulfill the specific learning objectives of the particular knowledge area or areas of the program.
4. Describe the ways in which student learning will be assessed in this course to demonstrate fulfillment of the general and area-specific goals of the General Education Program.
5. Describe the anticipated effects that inclusion of this course in the General Education Program will have on department, college, and university personnel and non-personnel resources.
6. Explain how the addition of this course will improve the General Education Program, enhance students' ability to fulfill the learning goals of a particular area of the program, and/or enable students to fulfill a program goal that is not currently being met.
Attach current official Course Syllabus and proposed General Education Course Syllabus.
Chair, Department Curriculum Committee _______________________ Date:____________
Department Chair ____________________________________________ Date:____________
Chair, Gen. Ed. Curriculum Advisory Committee __________________ Date:____________
Chair, UG Curriculum and Catalog Review Committee _____________ Date:____________
Vice President for Academic Affairs _____________________________ Date:____________