General Education at KU
General Education at KU is overseen by the General Education Program & Assessment Committee (GEPAC)
This page provides information related to the General Education Program at Kutztown University. Students will find lists of courses approved to be used towards a category requirement and a list of First-Year Seminar (FYS) class for the upcoming semester. Students can search for courses being offered that count towards their general education requirements on the course search system in MYKU. There are also FAQs that provide some information on the program including information for transfer students.
The full lists of approved General Education courses can be found here.
GEPAC
The purpose of the General Education Program & Assessment Committee (GEPAC) is to administer the General Education Program, and to collect and analyze assessment data from Kutztown University's General Education Program. The General Education Program consists of eight Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs). Each year, the GEPAC is charged with submitting data-informed recommendations to the division of Academic Affairs and the University Curriculum Committee on ways to improve the structure and content of the General Education Program at Kutztown University. The committee also oversees approval of courses into the General Education Program, and determines the categories that the courses are placed into.
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CONSTITUENCY |
MEMBER | TERM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| College of Education | Meg Norris | mnorris@kutztown.edu | 2023-2026 |
| College of Business | Feisal Murshed | murshed@kutztown.edu | 2022-2025 |
| College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Lauren Levine | levine@kutztown.edu | 2021-2024 |
| College of Visual and Performing Arts | Megan O'Byrne | obyrne@kutztown.edu | 2023-2025 |
| At-Large Teaching Faculty | Diana Ebersole | ebersole@kutztown.edu | 2023-2025 |
| At-Large Teaching Faculty | John Stanley | stanley@kutztown.edu | 2023-2025 |
| At-Large Teaching Faculty | Alex Hernandez | ahernandez@kutztown.edu | 2023-2026 |
| At-Large Teaching Faculty | Erin Kraal | kraal@kutztown.edu | 2022-2024 |
| At-Large Teaching Faculty | Dannell MacIlwraith | macilwraith@kutztown.edu | 2021-2024 |
| At-Large Non-Teaching Faculty | Krista Prock | prock@kutztown.edu | 2022-2024 |
| Office of Assessment | Michele Baranczyk | baranczy@kutztown.edu | N/A |
| Academic Affairs | Karen Rauch | rauch@kutztown.edu | N/A |
| Academic Dean | Laurie McMillan | lmcmillan@kutztown.edu | N/A |
| Student Government Board | TBD | 2024 - 2025 | |
| Composition Coordinator | Sandra Leonard | sleonard@kutztown.edu | N/A |
| FYS Faculty Fellow | Tony Bleach | bleach@kutztown.edu | N/A |
| Admin Support | TBD | N/A |
The General Education Program & Assessment Committee (GEPAC) was formed by combining the former General Education Committe (GEC) and General Education Assessment Committee (GEAC) effective January 2024. GEPAC holds meetings open to the campus community once a month during the semester.
Fall 2024 Meeting Schedule:
- Aug 22, 2024 (Proposals due by 8/15/24)
- Sept. 19, 2024 (Proposals due by 9/12/24) - Continuation meeting on 9/24
- Oct. 17, 2024 (Proposals due by 10/10/24) - Continuation meeting on 10/22
- Nov. 21, 2024 (Proposals due by 11/14/24) - Continuation meeting on 11/26
GEPAC Minutes: