General Education Council
March 14, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m.
PDK Room
Minutes
PRESENT: Tony Ambrosio, Paul Bland, Barbara Bleeker, Gary Bleeker, Malonne Davies, George Durler, Nicole Gannon, Ellen Hansen, Nancy Hite, Alfredo Montalvo (proxy for Gary Wyatt), Steve Neill, and Dennis Schmitt.
Guests: Jim Williams and Lynn Hobson – Student Affairs
I. Minutes of February 28, 2007 were approved.
II. Announcements:G. Bleeker reported that LA&S has a new Dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences; Dr. Steven Brown from the University of Mississippi. He will start July 1, 2007.
III. New Business:
A. Jim Williams and Lynn Hobson presented, for discussion, CW101: Freshman Seminar (Student Success) for inclusion in the Working Draft General Education Program.
B. G. Bleeker reminded the Council that Modern Languages was put in the Humanities to streamline with the Board of Regents’ revised transfer and articulation program.
1. Council unanimously agreed not to include CW101: Freshman Seminar (Student Success) in the Draft Proposed General Education Program.
Council will meet on May 9 (MU Phi Xi) to consider feedback from departments.2. General Education Council unanimously agreed to leave HI112: U.S. History since 1877 in the Working Draft General Education Program.
3. General Education Council unanimously agreed not to include CE250: Construction Your Career in the Working Draft General Education Program.
4. General Education Council unanimously agreed (1 abstention) not to include AC223: Financial Accounting in the Working Draft General Education.
5. PI256 Logic and POXXX were removed from the Working Draft General Education Program.
6. General Education Council agreed to change VI. Contemporary Citizenship to Applied Studies and change “…(10) hours of Modern Languages” to “….(10) hours of one Modern Language”
7. General Education Council unanimously agreed to change I. Core Skills (12-14 Credit Hours) to I. Core Skills (15-17 Credit Hours) and add Information Technology
CSXXX Fluency with Information Technology 3 Hrs
IS113 Intro to Micro Compute Applications 3 Hrs
Or an approved technology course in the discipline “Working Draft” of General Education program was approved.
“Working Draft” of General Education program will be distributed to departments via chairs for departmental review. Responses from departments need to be sent to G. Bleeker by May 4.
IV. Old Business: None
The meeting adjourned at 4:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Gerrit Bleeker
Director of General Education
These minutes are only recommendations by the Council on General Education to the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and any actions taken are not official university policy. All changes in the General Education Program are announced by the Dean of the College.
W O R K I N G D R A F T - 3/14/07
General Education Program
I. Core Skills (15-17 Credit Hours)
Writing
EG 101 Composition I 3 hrs
EG 102 Composition II or an approved junior writing
course in the discipline 3 hrs
Speaking and Listening
SP 100 Interpersonal Communication 3 hrs
OR
SP 101 Public Speaking 3 hrs
Quantitative and Mathematical Reasoning
(One of the following)
MA 110 College Algebra 3 hrs
MA 156 Principles of Mathematics 3 hrs
MA 160 Functions of Calculus 3 hrs
MA 161 Calculus I 5 hrs
MA 165 Basic Calculus 5 hrs
Information Technology
(One of the following)
CS XXX Fluency with Information Technology 3 hrs
IS 113 Intro to Micro Computer Applications 3 hrs
Or an approved technology course in the discipline
II. Creative Arts (2-3 Credit Hours)**
(Choose one course from any of the following three areas)
(**Bachelor of Arts majors choose two courses, one course from two different areas)
Art
AR 105 Art Appreciation 2 hrs
AR 225 Survey of Key Art Figures I 3 hrs
AR 235 Survey of Key Art Figures II 3 hrs
Music
MU 101 Music Fundamentals for Musicians 2 hrs
MU 226 Music Appreciation 2 hrs
MU 324 World Music 2 hrs
MU 328 Music History I 3 hrs
MU 329 Music History II 3 hrs
Theater
TA 125 Theater Appreciation 2 hrs
III. Humanities (6 Credit Hours)
(Choose two courses, one from any two of the following four areas)
History
HI 101 World Cultures to1500 3 hrs
HI 102 Modern World Civilizations 3 hrs
HI 111 U.S. History to 1877 3 hrs
HI 112 U.S. History Since 1877 3 hrs
HI 302 Intro. To History 3 hrs
Literature
EG 207 Literary Perspectives 3 hrs
Mass Media
JO 200 Mass Communications 3 hrs
Philosophy
PI XXX Social and Political Philosophy 3 hrs
PI 225 Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs
PI 255 Ethics 3 hrs
IV. Life and Physical Sciences ( 9 Credit Hours)
( Choose one course from each of the following two areas)
Biological Sciences and Lab
GB 102 General Biology: Field Biology and Lab 4 hrs
GB 103 General Biology: History Emphasis and Lab 4 hrs
GB 104 General Biology: Human Emphasis and Lab 4 hrs
GB 105 General Biology: Environmental Emphasis and Lab 4 hrs
GB 140/141 Principles of Biology and Lab 4 hrs
GB 303 Field and Lab Biology 3 hrs
Physical Sciences and Lab
CH 110/111 Introduction to Chemistry and Lab 5 hrs
CH 123/124 Chemistry I and Lab 5 hrs
ES 110/111 Earth Systems Science and Lab 5 hrs
PS 115 Our Physical World 5 hrs
PH 110/111 Space Science and Lab 5 hrs
PH 140/141 College Physics and Lab 5 hrs
PH 190/191/192 Physics I and Lab 5 hrs
V. Social and Behavioral Studies ( 9 Credit Hours)
(Choose three courses, one from any three of the following seven areas)
Anthropology
AN 210 Understanding Contemporary Cultures 3 hrs
AN 325 Native Peoples of North America 3 hrs
Economics
EC 101 Economics 3 hrs
BC 103 Principles of Economics I 3 hrs
Ethnic and Gender Studies
ET 301 Ethnic and Gender Studies 3 hrs
Geography
GE XXX Introduction to Geography 3 hrs
GE 101 World Regional Geography 3 hrs
GE 354 Cultural Geography 3 hrs
Political Science
PO 100 Introduction to Government and Political Science 3 hrs
PO 330 International Relations 3 hrs
Sociology
SO 101 Introduction to Sociology 3 hrs
SO 202 Social Problems 3 hrs
SO 354 Information, Technology, and Society 3 hrs
SO 370 Race and Ethnic Relations 3 hrs
SO 400 Family in Social Context 3 hrs
Psychology
PY 100 Introduction to Psychology 3 hrs
VI. Applied Studies (5-6 Credit Hours)**
(Choose a modern language course or two courses from any of the other four areas)
(**Bachelor of Arts majors need ten (10) hours of one Modern Language)
Modern Languages
AB 110 Arabic I 5 hrs
AB 111 Arab Lang and Culture II 5 hrs
AS 110 Chinese Lang and Culture I 5 hrs
AS 111 Chinese Lang and Culture II 5 hrs
FR 110 French Lang and Culture I 5 hrs
FR 111 French Lang and Culture II 5 hrs
GR 110 German Lang and Culture I 5 hrs
GR 111 German Lang and Culture II 5 hrs
SA 110 Spanish Lang and Culture I 5 hrs
SA 111 Spanish Lang and Culture II 5 hrs
Business
BU 241 Personal Finance 3 hrs
BU 293 Ethics, Social Responsibility & Sustainability 3 hrs
Leadership Skills
CE 170 Principles of Leadership 3 hrs
Health and Well Being
HL 150 Critical Issues and Decisions in Health 3 hrs
Sociology
SO 261 Human Relationships, Intimacy, and Sexuality 3 hrs
Last Updated May 7, 2007