On behalf of the General
Education Task Force, we would like to thank you for your feedback on the first
set of recommendations to modify and update the General Education program. The
Task Force sought feedback through the GE Task Force Website and from faculty
and staff at numerous forums during April, May, and June.
The Task Force intends to
gain further feedback and to continue the process of developing structure for
the new program during the 2008-2009 year. We will seek continued feedback from
the campus community as we engage this entire process, and we will make sure
both the structure of the new program and the process for implementation have
been fully vetted by those involved in General Education at ISU.
Both the first version of recommendations and the second are available at http://irt2.indstate.edu/surveys/GenEd/. A brief summary of what is changed in the second version:
We clarify issues surrounding Composition
QL category is now “Mathematics/Quantitative Literacy”
We have separated Literature and Fine Arts into two categories: “Literature (and…)”
And “Fine and Performing Arts”
History is now “Historical Studies”
Citizenship and Social Responsibility is now “Ethics and
Social Responsibility”
The total number of credits
needed to complete General Education for the college prepared student (one who
has completed foreign language, needs no remedial math and has tested into
English 107) would be 43, and the maximum would be 50. These calculations do not
take into consideration those students completing a minor or studying abroad (GE
coursework would be completed by the minor or study abroad).
Members of the Task Force are
happy to answer any questions you might have about these changes, and we look
forward to your feedback and to your questions.
Co-Chairs of the GE Task
Force,
Linda Maule, General Education Coordinator
Debra Worley, Professor of Communication