Links

 

SACS Self Study Home Page

General Education Review Task Force members

Sense of the Senate Resolution authorizing the work of GERTF (2.8.01)

An Overview of the GERTF: Its Composition, Role, and Mission 

GERTF  Charge for the SACS Self Study

Proposed mission statement and goals for General Education at UNCA

Self-Directive Recommendations for the Process of Revising the General Education Program at UNCA

Self-Directive Recommendations for Institutional Change and Fiscal Allocation for Implementing a Revised General Education Program at UNCA

The General Education Listening Project

Timetable for the Revision Process

Minutes of the GERTF

 

Other useful General Education links and pages

Models for General Education

General Education at other institutions

 

Additional UNCA General Education documents and materials

Departmental General Education Reports to the Academic Policies Committee

APC  General Education Review Reports (2000-2001) 

 

 

 

 

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 DRAFT ARCHITECTURE OF A REVISED GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

Outline of Draft Architecture (with descriptive links)

I:  The Liberal Studies Introductory Colloquium
II:  The Skills and Methods Courses
III: The Integrative Liberal Studies Program (Humanities Core, Topical Clusters, Arts)
IV: Liberal Studies Intensive Courses (Writing, Diversity, Quantitative, Information Literacy)
V:  Health Promotion and Wellness
VI: The Liberal Studies Senior Colloquium

Links to Architecture Summaries

Narrative Summary of Draft Architecture
Chart of Requirements
Checklist of Requirements

 

UNCA General Education Revision Process and Resources

General Education Forums

General Education Focus Group on Diversity in the Curriculum: Questions for Consideration

General Education Focus Group on Freshman and Senior Seminars: Questions for Consideration

General Education Focus Group on Writing Intensive Courses: Questions for Consideration

General Education Focus Group on Topical Approaches in the Curriculum: Questions for Consideration

General Education Focus Group on Quantitative Intensive Courses: Questions for Consideration

Reports and Documents

Statement of Institutional Principles for the Design of a Revised General Education Program at UNCA: This draft document offers a brief history of the process through which the principles were shaped and a statement of their purpose in the revision of the general education program.

Report on Writing Across the Curriculum Program, Curriculum Team Report #4: This report offers a review of important WAC models and resources, along with issues to consider in developing composition programs of this kind.

Learning Communities: A Report to the GERTF and the UNCA Community, Curriculum Team Report #3: This report offers a review of this approach to curricular delivery, including a description of types and models of learning communities.

General Education Requirements, by Division, at Selected Institutions, Curriculum Team Report #2:  A summary of the distribution of general education courses at several COPLAC and Peer Intstitutions.

Report on Diversity Requirements at Model Institutions, Curriculum Team Report #1: This report is based on information collected from institutions leading the way in the development of diversity curricula, both within and outside of a general education architecture.   The report offers an idea of the range of approaches to incorporating diversity into University curricula.

Resource Team Report #1 (Draft):  The Resource Research Team of the GERTF reports on resource issues ranging from the Articulation Agreement and transfer students, to space requirements, administrative models for general education, Enrollment Services concerns, costs for general education programming at UNCA, and the relative size of general education curricula at a variety of peer institutions.

GERTF Revision Update

GERTF Design Phase: Team Assignments


UNCA General Education Faculty Forum and Listening Project Links

Minutes of the Faculty Forum on General Education, 8 November 2002

Minutes of the Student Forums on General Education, 11-12 November 2002

Listening Project Analysis

Listening Project Response Page

Links for General Education Curricular Design

Mary K. Sellen, "Information Literacy in the General Education: A New Requirement of the 21st Century." The Journal of General Education 51.2 (2002): 115-126.  Abstract: Within the current deliberations about the core curriculum of general education in higher education, a new concept, information literacy, is gaining attention and being added to the mix.  Information literacy in the 21st century is going to be an integral part of culture and a cultural change agent. As such, information literacy stands on its own as an important core component to the general education.

Resources on Assessment of General Education Curricula
Diversity Resources for Curricular Design, Teaching, and Assessment