G.E. Implementation Committee Presentation to the Two-Year Colleges

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G.E. Implementation Committee Presentation to the
Two-Year Colleges

• David M. Orenstein, Ph.D.
• Edgar Rutter, Ph.D.
• Co-Chairs

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GEIC I

• The General Education Implementation Committee is
  a committee of the Wright State Faculty Senate
• The new General Education program arose from
  action by the faculty
• The program and its implementation are driven by
  pedagogical concerns

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GEIC II

• The committee has representatives from all of our
  undergraduate colleges and advisory ex-officio
  administrative members
• All our actions
• 1) have been to implement the program and review
  courses and procedures to see that they meet the
  facultys guidelines and
• 2) have been subject to Faculty senate approval

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GEIC III

• We have educated ourselves about Board of Regent
  Guidelines for G.E. and have rigorously adhered
  to them
• We have always kept foremost in mind our desire
  to do what is best for both native and transfer
  students

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New G.E. Features I

• Overall, the new G.E. program differs from its
  predecessor (implemented in 1987) in a number of
  ways. These include
• 1) The total number of hours has been reduced
  from 57 to 56
• 2) The number of courses has been reduced from 17
  to 14, with more choices available for the student

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New G.E. Features II

• 3) College component courses have been added
  (Area VI) to provide greater flexibility in
  meeting the needs of the undergraduate colleges.
  Each undergraduate degree granting college will
  have one G.E. course that will serve as a
  transition to the major and give more full-time
  (and senior) faculty the opportunity to teach in
  the G.E. program

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New G.E. Features III

• 4) Specific skill-based student learning
  objectives have been identified for each area of
  the program. All courses have been reviewed in
  terms of meeting these outcomes. (Thus even
  existing courses had to undergo a review process
  with no course just grandfathered in)

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New G.E. Features IV

• 5) Increased attention to American diversity and
  internationalism has been incorporated throughout
  the program
• 6) Fewer G.E. courses to be a full-time student
  (due to the change of all courses to 4 credit
  hours) giving students a greater chance for
  success

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New G.E. Features V

• 7) More individual student attention through
  smaller average class size (including ending the
  very large classes in History, Political Science
  and Sociology)
• 8) The flexibility to add additional courses
  through a permanent faculty Committee dedicated
  to G.E. The University General Education
  Committee

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Unchanged Features

• Among things we have not changed are
• All writing across the curriculum requirements
  and policies
• All previously approved G.E. substitutions

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The New G.E. Areas

• The New General Education Program divides course
  requirements into six areas Communication and
  mathematics skills, Cultural-Social Foundations,
  Human Behavior, Human Expression, Natural
  Science, and the College Component
• Each area has its own learning objectives and
  examples for assessment

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Area I Area Objectives - Assessment
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Area IIArea Objectives -Assessment
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Area IIIArea Objectives - Assessment
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Area IVArea Objectives - Goals
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Area VArea Objectives - Assessment
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Area VIArea Goals - Assessment
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G.E. requirements - Area ICommunication and
Mathematic Skills

• 12 hours
• English composition I II
• Mathematics 145 (A number of math substitutions
  exist)

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G.E. requirements - Area IICultural Social
Foundations

• 8 hours one from each of the two categories
• History (currently 4 courses approved)
• The Non-Western World (currently 17 courses
  approved)

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G.E. requirements Area IIIHuman Behavior

• 8 hours two course from different categories
• Economics (2 courses approved and substitution)
• Political science (1 course approved)
• Psychology (1 course approved)
• Sociology (3 courses approved)

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G.E. requirements Area IVHuman Expression

• 4 hours
• Great Books (4 courses approved)
• Fine performing Arts (4 courses approved, 1
  pending)

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G.E. requirements Additional courses from Areas
II, III, IV

• 8 hours 2 additional courses (some restrictions
  exist)

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G.E. requirements Area VNatural Sciences

• 12 hours 3 courses science and lab (some
  substitutions exist)
• Biology (3 courses approved)
• Chemistry (3 courses approved)
• Geology (3 courses approved)
• Physics (3 courses approved)

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G.E. requirements Area VICollege Component

• 4 hours 1 course specific to college of major
  (45 total courses approved)

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