The Faculty Senate establishes a standing General Education Course Review Subcommittee of the General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Committee (GEP/GRC) as follows:

• Membership (voting members shall serve three-year staggered terms):
  • 14 voting members: drawn from the Schools (two from each School):
    • 1 member elected from, or appointed by, each School's Curriculum Committee
    • 1 member nominated by School faculty and elected at-large within each School
  • 1 non-voting member appointed by/from the GEP/GRC
  • 1 non-voting member; the General Education administrator
• Structure:
  • 3 working groups:
    • Area A, Advanced Study, and Race and Ethnicity
    • Areas B and D
    • Areas C and E
  • Subcommittee and working groups initially convened by administrator responsible for GE
  • Subcommittee chair elected annually by and from voting members
  • Working group convenor elected annually by and from membership of working group
  • Membership of working groups to be determined by the subcommittee
• Procedures:
  • Working groups review and recommend course proposals for inclusion in GE pattern and send recommendations to Subcommittee for approval
  • GEP/GRC acts as body of appeal
  • Working groups develop definitions and evaluation standards pertaining to area criteria and submit to Subcommittee and GEP/GRC for approval
  • Working groups undertake periodic reviews (every 2 years) of area and sub-area criteria, definitions, and standards as required by current University policy
  • Working groups undertake periodic (every 2 years) reviews of course compliance with area criteria as required by current University policy.

Carried. (4/30/98)