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:____________