Core Curriculum And General Education

Core Curriculum and General Education

The committee shall have the responsibilities of recommending goals for general education and the Core Curriculum and monitoring the University's effectiveness in fostering student achievement of these goals. Toward this end, the committee shall oversee the assessment of student learning in the Core, including the evaluation of courses, and may recommend to the University Senate changes in the Core Curriculum and general education.

Membership

The Core Curriculum and General Education Committee shall consist of the Provost or designee as chair, and faculty membership. There shall be seven representatives from the core areas: 1) composition or literature 2) fine arts 3) history 4) mathematics 5) natural sciences 6) philosophy 7) social sciences; and one from each of the remaining colleges, excluding the Graduate School; and one from the University Libraries. The Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment shall serve as a non-voting, ex officio member of the committee. The director of the Office of Academic Assessment shall serve as a nonvoting, ex officio member of the committee.

Members

Name Department Term Exp.

Charles Bringardner, Chair

Associate Provost for Academic Affairs Continuing, Non-voting

Katie Boyd

Director of Academic Assessment Continuing, Non-voting

Matt Waters

College of Agriculture 2025

Robert (Bob) Gitzen

College of Forestry, Wildlife, and the Environment 2025

Travis Holt

Harbert College of Business 2025

John Pittari

College of Architecture, Design, and Construction 2025

Robert Barnes

Samuel Ginn College of Engineering 2025

Minseo Park

Natural Sciences; Physics, COSAM 2025

Kris Shuler

Social Sciences; Political Science, CLA 2026

Karen Sonik

Fine Arts; Music, CLA 2026

Xiaying (Maggie) Han

Mathematics; COSAM 2026

Mike Kozuh

History, CLA 2026

Peter Weber

College of Human Sciences 2026

Thomas (Tom) Lockhart

Philosophy, CLA 2026

Juliane Braun

Comp. or Lit; English, CLA 2027

Piper Cumbo

Libraries 2027

Sara Wolf

College of Education 2027

Meghan Jones

College of Nursing 2027

Kimberly Garza

Harrison College of Pharmacy 2027

Kara Lascola

College of Veterinary Medicine 2027