General Education Committee
(FS Bylaws, Article 4.6.2)
Membership of GEC
4.6.2 General Education Committee
4.6.2.1 Composition
(A) Faculty Representation
1. Three faculty representatives from the Baccalaureate Council shall be chosen by the faculty of the Baccalaureate Council.
2. One faculty representative shall be appointed by the curriculum committee of each undergraduate degree-granting college except the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
3. Three faculty representatives shall be appointed by the curriculum committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, including one from the humanities, one from the social sciences, and one from the other sciences.
4. The chair shall be elected by the voting members of the General Education Committee and shall serve a one-year renewable term beginning in the fall semester.
(B) Student Representation
Student members shall be selected by the General Education Committee from:
1. Nominees submitted by the student advisory committees (SAC) of the undergraduate degree-granting colleges. An annual fall deadline will be set to facilitate the nomination from each college's SAC.
2. If the SAC nomination deadline passes, without reaching the maximum representation of three students, then the General Education Committee may nominate students, from across undergraduate degree-granting colleges, to sit on the committee. If the General Education Committee nominates a student from a college, the SAC from that college can no longer select a college representative.
The total number of student members selected to sit on the General Education Committee, from the nominees recruited directly by the committee and the nominees submitted by the SACs, shall not be greater than three students.
(C) Administrative Representation
1. One advisor shall be elected by and from the persons with overall responsibility for undergraduate advisement in each of the undergraduate degree-granting colleges and the Academic Advising Center. The person shall serve ex officio without a vote.
2. The following shall serve ex officio without a vote: the vice provost responsible for undergraduate education and one designee of the provost from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness.
4.6.2.2 Duties
(A) To monitor and evaluate the university general education program.
(B) To recommend policies and procedures to manage both the general education program as a whole and individual components of that program.
(C) To make suggestions to colleges and departments regarding improvements that can be made in the general education curricula.
(D) To approve the addition or removal of courses from the general education curriculum.
(E) To oversee the improvement, including the design, of the general education program and of individual components of that program.
(F) To report its work to the Baccalaureate Council.
4.6. Standing Committees of the Baccalaureate Council
4.6.1 General
4.6.1.3 Faculty members appointed to a standing committee by a college curriculum committee shall serve a three-year, renewable term beginning in the fall semester. Terms of college appointees shall be staggered.
4.6.1.4 Student members on the committees shall serve one-year, renewable terms beginning in the fall semester.
General Education Committee
The GEC meets generally on the third Thursday of the month during the academic year, 12:30-3 p.m.
2022-23 meeting dates: Sep 15, Oct 20, Nov 17, Dec 15, Jan 26, Feb 16, Mar 23, Apr 20
MEMBERSHIP |
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2024-2025
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BC Faculty
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Alicia Schatteman |
*Alicia Schatteman |
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BC Faculty
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*Rod Caughron |
John Evar Strid |
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BC Faculty
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Sina Ehsani |
Margaret (Margee) Myles |
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Business
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Andy Setterstrom |
Yipeng Liu for Setterstrom |
Yipeng Liu for Setterstrom |
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Education
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Stephanie DeSpain for Smith |
Stephanie DeSpain
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Stephanie DeSpain |
Stephanie DeSpain
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Engineering & Eng. Technology
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Fall-Bobby Sinko Spring-Jifu Tan |
Shun Takai |
Shun Takai |
Shun Takai |
Health and Human Sciences
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Marcia Cooke |
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Liberal Arts & Sciences - Social Sciences
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Shane Sharp |
Shane Sharp |
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Liberal Arts & Sciences - Natural Sciences |
TBD for Chakraborty |
Dennis Brown for Chakraborty |
Dennis Brown for Chakraborty |
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Liberal Arts & Sciences - Humanities
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Christina Abreu |
Christina Abreu |
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Visual & Performing Arts
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Bobby Broom |
Jui-Ching Wang |
Jui-Ching Wang |
Jui-Ching Wang |
Students (3)
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Angelica Navarrete Faith Asbrand |
Allison Zaker, BUS Emily Romancew, EET Angelica Navarrete, LAS |
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Advisor per 4.6.2.1(C)1
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Steve Estes
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Steve Estes |
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+ Vice Provost responsible for undergraduate education
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Omar Ghrayeb |
Omar Ghrayeb |
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+ One designee of the provost from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness
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Ritu Subramony
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Jason Rhode |
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* chair
+ ex officio, nonvoting