重口味SM

Mission & Vision Statement

The general education curriculum at 重口味SM provides a liberal arts foundation for life-long intellectual development and personal growth, engenders a sense of values and civic responsibility, and prepares all students to meet the opportunities and challenges of a diverse and continually changing world. The general education curriculum fosters the development of communication, intellectual and technical skills, and introduces 重口味SMstudents to a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, and provides the opportunity to develop problem solving and critical thinking skills and awareness of the world beyond the classroom.

(Approved by Faculty on November 4, 2010)

Functions

1. Develop mission and outcomes for the General Education curriculum.
2. Develop standards for designating courses that satisfy Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for the General Education skill areas and approve course designations.
3. Work with the University Assessment Committee to develop assessment processes for the General Education curriculum.
4. Proactively monitor the General Education curriculum and propose changes to the Curriculum Committee, as required, based on internal and external sources.
5. Monitor all policies related to the General Education curriculum and propose any changes to the Curriculum Committee.

Reporting Relationship: The Faculty

(Updated 2022)

Curriculum Proposals

Revisions to the general education curriculum, including addition or revision of courses that contribute to the general education curriculum, require approval by the General Education Committee (GEC). Proposal should be submitted through .

For additions, changes, or deletions of Disciplinary Perspectives courses, please complete the appropriate UG course addition, change, or deletion forms.

To add, change, or remove an Integrative Skills (IS) designation for existing courses, please complete the Course Integrative Skills Designation- Add/Delete/Change form. To add an IS designation to a new course, please complete the UG course addition form and then complete the Course Integrative Skills Designation form.

Approval by GEC is required prior to review by the Curriculum Committee. Proposals should be submitted to the GEC at least one week prior to regularly scheduled GEC meetings (first Tuesday of each month). Incidental changes (i.e. changes to course number, title, or description, only) can be approved by GEC co-chairs and do not require review by the full GEC.

For additional details, please read our .

Transfer Policies

A transfer course that has been accepted as equivalent to a 重口味SMcourse that satisfies a General Education requirement for all sections will satisfy the same General Education requirements as the 重口味SMcourse. (This includes all Core Skills and Disciplinary Perspectives courses, and most Integrative Skills courses.) Students transferring in a course that bears an Integrative Skills (IS) designation for some sections will be reviewed.

This policy also applies to credit for courses received for Advanced Placement exams and other approved equivalency exams.

Students can petition to have other courses accepted as satisfying a specific General Education requirement by completing the Core Course Substitution or the Undergraduate Transfer Credit Forms as appropriate. 

Composition

• Six faculty members:
  • Four from Dr. Bing K. Wong College of Arts and Sciences
  • One each from College of Business and Engineering and College of Health and Education (should someone from these units run, otherwise at-large).
• A voting student representative appointed by Student Government.
• Six nonvoting ex officio members, comprised of representatives from the Provost鈥檚 office, Registrar鈥檚 office, and Admissions office, as well as the First-Year Foundations Advisory Board (FYF), the Council on Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity (CODIE), and Institutional Research.

This committee may solicit members with expertise to develop criteria and guidelines for the competency areas.

Committee Members

Past General Education Requirements

 

2015 - 2025 General Education Requirements