Approval Process for Category Proposals

*Faculty teaching a First-Year Seminar or a Course in Categories A-D are required to submit assessment material for the required SLOs when requested by the General Education Assessment Committee. Failure to submit assessment material may result in a course being pulled out of the General Education Program.* 

****There will be new Summary of Request sheets for submissions in 2021-2022 for categories A4, C2, and D. They will be posted here to be downloaded by the end of June 2021. These will only be required of new proposals being submitted for the October 2021 meeting and not for proposals already moving through the approval process.

All proposals must be uploaded to the appropriate meeting folder (assignments folder) on the GEC's D2L page by the deadline listed in the meeting dates/deadline information. The SLO rubrics can be found on the General Education Assessment Committee's website.

Categories A, B, C and D (the description and SLOs for each category can be found below)

• All proposals must go through the college curriculum committee (COB, COE, VPA, or LAS) for evaluation before being considered by the General Education Committee.
  
• The department should send one original proposal to Brian Meares in the office of the Associate Provost with a scanned copy to the D2L Assignments folder.
• There are specific guidelines for the Composition, Writing Elective, Speaking, and Quantitative courses that must be addressed. Category D guidelines are currently being developed and will be linked once they are finalized.
• All submissions for categories A2, A3, B, and C1 will require the information below for a complete proposal.
  • A template for the summary of the request sheet can be found here.
• Proposals for categories A4, C2, and D should use the summary of request form linked below and include a first day handout with the master syllabus. 
  • A4 Speaking
  • A4 Writing
  • C2 Quantitative
  • D Creative and Artistic Works 
• While the General Education Committee encourages departments to submit different levels of courses, it generally does not approve 300 level classes for use in one of the categories. Exceptions should be sought prior to a 300 level course being submitted.

1.     UCC Cover sheet Each submission must include a UCC cover sheet with a college routing number and the appropriate General Education box checked. Courses for categories A.2 and A.3 should also check the box for A.4. All other writing courses should only check box A.4. This is the only case when more than one box should be checked. 

2.     Assessment Agreement. Each proposal must include the following phrase with the appropriate section checked: "Do you agree to provide the General Education Assessment committee appropriate student work product for assessment? Criteria for each SLO assessment is available on the GEAC website. ______ yes  ______no"

3.     Summary of Request. (A sample template for the Summary of Request can be found here) The summary of a request must provide a detailed description of the course (more than just the course description on the master syllabus) and include the reason a course fits into a category based on the description (see below) and rubrics for the two required SLOs. Specific note of instructional time given to elements of the category and SLOs is required. If a course currently carries a competency (CD, WI QL, etc.), it should be noted here or on the UCC cover sheet.  

This section must also include specific examples of assignments (classroom activities, assignments, assessments, etc.) that will be used in the course to accomplish the required SLOs for the selected category. This should include assessment activities that can be sent to GEAC when assessment material is requested. In some cases, one assignment may be enough to fulfill both SLOs. Descriptions of the assignments/activities must be included. More than one assignment may be listed if a course is shared among many members of a department, such as a CMP 100 level course. The assignment(s) must be clearly linked to an SLO. The two SLOs also need to be clearly stated before the assignment(s) (ex: SLO 5. Demonstrate the ability to retrieve, interpret, and evaluate information). Proposals for the writing portion of category A4 should include a description of the assignment and expected minimum word count or length for the writing assignments (excluding rough drafts). The list of writing assignments are listed in the category guidelines.

4.     Master Syllabus. All proposals must include a master syllabus.  

5.     Sample first-day handout. A sample first-day handout is required for all category proposals submission. The sample first day handout should include a weekly or daily schedule for the course that shows how the category requirements (description, SLOs, and any guidelines) are being covered during the semester. All writing and speaking courses for category A4 must show how the writing or speaking instruction is covered in the semester schedule.