GE Meeting October 4, 2013

• Date: Friday, October 4, 2013
• Place: 10-241
• Time: 9:10 am to 10:00 am
• Attendance 
  

  Josh Machamer, GE Chair, Tal Scriven (CLA), Brenda Helmbrecht (CLA), Charlotte Rinaldi-Zuniga (PCS), Clare Battista (OCOB), Emily Fogle (CSM), Rachel Kramer (ASI), Helen Bailey (Office of the Registrar)

Updates

• Planning for the year ahead: Update on GE's four unit reduction's effort.
• There is a CAFES vacancy on the GE Governance Board.
• This will be Josh Machamer's last year as GE Chair due to department chair commitment.  Ongoing discussions as to replacement.
• Josh's memo on reduction of four GE units of 9/16 was delivered to the Senate Executive Committee.  No need for Senate resolution. 

Business

ARCE

• ARCE has sent the GE Governance Board a proposal for an exemption from the upper-division Arts and Humanities C4 requirement.  This is out of complicance with EO 1065.

CENG

• We should continue to discuss possible alternative for the future.
• CENG excited about possibilities: increased trust in GE Governance Board.

Program Review

• ​GE will undergo self-study this year.  The committee will work on specific tasks.
• Program Review is a two year process.  Our document is to be prepared this year and outside reviewers will come to campus next year.
• This is the opportunity to think about our strengths and weaknesses as a program
• Discussion/Comments
  Need to survey students
  Need to look at criteria and learning outcomes with GE assessment in place
  Need to have GE Program Learning Outcomes.
  How to assess effectiveness of writing in GE courses
  GE courses meet objectives - but do instructors have expertise in subject?