Defining General Education: What Belongs and What Does Not

ASCCC Curriculum Institute July 14-16, 2011

Defining General Education:

What Belongs and What Does Not

Aimee Myers, Sierra CollegeBernie Day, Foothill College

David Morse, Long Beach City College


Overview

• Definitions • External influences• Aligning GE

outcomes with GE curriculum

• Determining what courses are appropriate for GE patterns


Meeting Multiple Criteria

Title 5 requirements

CSU GE/IGETC Criteria

Local requirements


How do we define general education?• Title 5 Definition– Section 55061:

general overview/definition

– Section 55063 (b) outlines specific areas/ requirements

• Local Definitions– Local GE definitions


Outside Influences Influences

• SB 1440 AA-T/AS-T degrees

• CSU Breadth and IGETC patterns

• CSU “Give Students a COMPASS” Project


Aligning GE Outcomes and GE Curriculum

• Local interests & ACCJC• Challenges of shifting established GE

in context of new outcomes• Assessment opportunities


Considerations

• Double-counting• Reciprocity

agreements • ASCCC resolutions• Budget• Enrollment/program

vitality• Proprietary

challenges


What courses should be included on General Education

patterns?

• Examine sample course outlines


Resources• Guiding Notes for General Education Course Reviewers

http://curriculum.comm.mjc.edu/ManualContentsOLD/6_placing_on_GE/2010_January_GE_Reviewers_Guiding_Notes_%20entire%20document.pdf

• Articulation for Non-Experts: Understanding the Process and Jargon (Rostrum March 2011http://asccc.org/content/articulation-non-experts-understanding-processes-and-jargon

• The Case for Reciprocity (Rostrum December 2010)http://asccc.org/content/case-reciprocity• Ethnic Studies Requirement: Understanding It and

Fulfilling It (Rostrum January 2010)http://asccc.org/content/ethnic-studies-requirement-understanding-it-and-fulfilling-it




http://asccc.org/content/articulation-non-experts-understanding-processes-and-jargon

http://asccc.org/content/articulation-non-experts-understanding-processes-and-jargon

http://asccc.org/content/case-reciprocity


Resources

• Use, Effectiveness, and Awareness of the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) An Evaluation (ICAS Publication)http://asccc.org/node/174893

• General Education Model Criteria for the Associate Degree (Academic Senate Publication 1981)http://asccc.org/node/174849

• Association of American Colleges and Universities: http://www.aacu.org/resources/generaleducation/index.cfm


Questions and Discussion

• How does your college determine GE courses?

• What issues do you need help with locally?

Defining General Education: What Belongs and What Does Not

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