Faculty Governance

CLAS Standing (Appointed) Committees

General Education Curriculum Committee

 

The General Education Curriculum Committee (GECC) is appointed by the Educational Policy Committee (EPC). Ordinarily, members serve for three consecutive years with a student member serving for one year. A member of the Educational Policy Committee and of the Academic Advising Center are invited each year to act as liaisons.

The committee works closely with EPC to establish procedures for the approval of General Education status for existing courses; to establish procedures for the five-review of courses with approved GE status; to conduct that review; and to advise the College on General Education issues. The College's Manual of Procedure, section 26, describes the General Education Curriculum Committee and its duties in more detail.

Proposals for General Education status are due at the beginning of the fall or spring semesters, generally by the first week in September and the last week in January. Proposals should be submitted earlier than these deadlines if at all possible; late proposals will be held for consideration until the next semester.

Procedures for the five-year review of all courses with approved GE status and for proposing General Education status for a course are available at the General Education Program site.

Questions about GECC and the General Education Program may be addressed to Kathryn Hall.

 

Fall 2009 Members

Pat Folsom, Liaison, Academic Advising Center

Miriam Gilbert, Liaison, English

Paula Kempchinsky, Spanish and Portuguese

Sara Gardner, Student member

Elizabeth Pelton, Health and Sport Studies

Wayne Polyzou, Physics and Astronomy

Sonia Ryang, Anthropology

Mary Trachsel, Rhetoric