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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/Unit Rotation Year

Chase Bringardner, Chair

Associate Provost for Academic Affairs (Provost or designee) Continuing, Non-voting

Katie Boyd

Director of Academic Assessment Continuing, Non-voting

Peter Weber

Consumer & Design Sciences 2026

Sara Wolf

Educational Foundations, Leadership & Technology 2027

Michael Kozuh

Representative for History 2026

Matt Waters

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences 2028

Kris Shuler

Representative for Social Science 2026

Kara Lascola

Clinical Sciences 2027

Meghan Jones

Nursing 2027

Maggie Han

Representative for Mathematics 2026

Thomas Lockhart

Representative for Philosophy 2026

Piper Cumbo

Library 2027

Karen Sonik

Representative for Fine Arts 2026

Juliane Braun

Representative for composition or literature 2027

Kimberly Garza

Pharmacy Care Systems 2027

Travis Holt

School Of Accountancy 2028

John Pittari

School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture 2028

Janna Willoughby

Forestry and Wildlife Science 2028

Anahita Ayasoufi

Mechanical Engineering 2028

Shobnom Ferdous

Representative for Natural Sciences 2028