GENERAL EDUCATION

COUNCIL UPDATEREPORT TO FACULTY SENATE 10/17/14

H. ST. HILL ON BEHALY OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION

COUNCIL

COURSE INVENTORIES• NEW COURSES AWAITING REVIEW

• STATE CORE GEP COURSES THAT ARE NOT IN OUR CURRENT CATALOGUE HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED

IN CMS FOR REVIEW AND WILL BE IN OUR CATALOGUE FOR FALL 2015.

• NEW GEP COURSES AWAITING REVIEW:

• FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES

• MUSIC ENSEMBLES

• OTHERS?.

• OLD COURSES HAVE BEEN INVENTORIED

• ALL EXISTING GEP COURSES HAVE BEEN INVENTORIED UNDER OUR GEP COMPETENCIES

(WRITTEN COMMUNICATION, QUANTITATIVE REASONING, CRITICAL THINKING, AND CIVIC IDENTITY

COMPETENCIES & OUTCOMES• TWO TOWN HALLS AND CANVAS PAGE FOR FEEDBACK ON COMPETENCY

OUTCOMES & CANVAS FORUM

• FEEDBACK PERIOD FOR THE COMPETENCY OUTCOMES CONCLUDED - WORKING TO

FINALIZE THOSE OUTCOMES OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, FOLLOWED BY SHARING

THEM WITH THE CAMPUS.

• ADVISORS WORKING TO CATCH SNAGS

• THE GEC IS WORKING WITH ADVISORS TO LOOK CLOSELY AT PROGRAM

CURRICULUM MAPS TO MAKE SURE THERE WILL BE NO SNAGS IN IMPLEMENTING

THE NEW GEP.

ASSESSMENT PLAN

• THE COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT ADVISORY TEAM (CAAT) WILL BE DRAFTING A

2015-2020 ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR THE GEP.

• TOWN HALLS CONCLUDED

• THE CAAT WILL HAVE THE PLAN READY FOR CAMPUS REVIEW IN JANUARY, AND

FINALIZED IN MARCH FOR THE SACS VISIT.

ON THE HORIZON

• CURRENTLY PRESERVING THE MINIMUM C AVERAGE FOR COURSES

PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS GORDON RULE

• CONSIDERING GRADE MINMUM FOR GENEDRAL PROGRAM

• FACULTY INPUT IS NEEEDED – MORE TO COME ASKING ALL FOR INPPUT