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The General Education Committee's proposal to revise the Fine Arts requirement in general education passed first reading in College Senate on 28 April 2009. The proposal would allow students to count three semesters of sustained participation in an approved ensemble or practicum as the equivalent of one approved three-credit course in Fine Arts.

Gen Ed Committee members can follow ongoing discussion about the nature and purpose of writing in general education at this dedicated page. Current documents include statements by Darrell Norris (Geography) and Ken Kallio (Psychology), a summary of the most recent meeting of the Social Science Area Committee, and a memo from the committee chair Jim Bearden reporting a vote of the committee regarding the inclusion of Psyc 100 in S/.

Voting on the amended motion regarding writing in general education ended on April 22. The motion passed by a vote of 13-2. (One vote was shared by the two members representing Critical Writing and Reading.)

Here is the tally:

You can read them here.

Minutes of the March 6 meeting are available. Our next meeting will be Friday, March 27 in the President's Conference Room. An agenda is available.

Minutes of the February 25 meeting are now available. Please look them over and use the Add Comment link in the minutes page for corrections or comments.

Our next meeting will be Friday, March 6 at 2:30 in South 309.

The next meeting of the General Education Committee will be Wednesday, February 25, 2009 in South Hall 309. The agenda is here.

The Gen Ed Committee met at 10:30 a.m. today. You can read both the agenda for and the minutes of the meeting.

The next meeting of the General Education Committee will be Monday, February 16, at 10:30 a.m. in the President's Conference Room.

The Thursday, April 26 meeting of the Gen Ed Committee will take place in Brodie 208, not in Brodie 145 as previously announced.

The General Education Committee will meet April 26 in Brodie 154 at 12:45 p.m. Committee members can read the meeting agenda here.